National Dishes of Oceania · National Dish Recipes

National Dishes of Oceania

Fiji’s lime-cured kokoda, Samoa’s coconut-rich palusami, New Zealand’s earth-oven hāngī: the national dishes of Oceania are shaped by lagoon fish, taro, breadfruit and coconut. Pick an island nation below — each collection opens with the national dish and carries on through the recipes of Pacific home cooking.

What are the most famous national dishes of Oceania?

Oceania's best-known national dishes include Fiji's kokoda, New Zealand's hāngī, Samoa's palusami, Vanuatu's lap lap, Papua New Guinea's mumu and Australia's meat pie. Every Pacific nation on this page has its own recipe collection, beginning with its national dish.