Oceanian food

Oceanian cuisine

Traditional dishes like laplap, manioc, taro, spinach and ground coconut, and meat cooked in an earthen oven, nalot, taro are always popular in Oceania. A strong French influence has added croissants and escargots to the menus of many of the local restaurants.

Anzac Biscuits

Traditional biscuits baked by anxious wives and mothers during World War I, packed in food parcels, and sent to the Australian soldiers in the trenches.

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Lamingtons

Small squares of plain cake, dipped in melted chocolate and sugar and coated in desiccated coconut.

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Cassava Cake (Namatakula)

Cassava cake is delicious and is normally served with afternoon tea or breakfast.

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Fijian Raita

This dish was originally designed to cool down very hot curries, but then adventurous cooks had the idea to spice it up!

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Kokoda (Fijian Spicy Fish)

This fish dish is a Fijian favorite and utilizes common ingredients of the islands. It is the Fiji version of ceviche.

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Pavlova

In 1935, the chef of the Hotel Esplanade in Perth, Western Australia, Herbert Sachse, created the pavlova to celebrate the visit of the great Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova.

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