What to Eat and Drink in Fiji

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Kokoda

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Lovo essentially means “feast cooked in the earth.” A shallow pit is dug and heated rocks are placed at the bottom. Meat wrapped in taro leaves is placed on top and covered with a variety of root veggies like cassava and taro.

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Also known as sea grapes. They are incredibly green and the tiny little beads kind of pop in your mouth.

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Fruit

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A unique Fijian food, duruka is a vegetable sometimes called “Fijian Asparagus.” It’s actually the unopened flower of a cane shoot. It’s fleshy and kind of stringy but tasty.

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Taro is a heavy, potato-like tuber with a kind of purple hue. They eat so much taro here they even have a holiday dedicated to it: the first full moon in the month of May is Taro Day.

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Kava

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45% of the population is Indo-Fijian, meaning Indian food is also Fijian food and is plentiful and popular. Curries, dal, samosas and chutneys are all popular and easy to find.

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What to Eat and Drink in Fiji

Kokoda

Obviously living on a bunch of tiny islands out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has influenced Fijian food greatly.

Lovo essentially means “feast cooked in the earth.” A shallow pit is dug and heated rocks are placed at the bottom. Meat wrapped in taro leaves is placed on top and covered with a variety of root veggies like cassava and taro.

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to

Eat in

Lovo

Also known as sea grapes. They are incredibly green and the tiny little beads kind of pop in your mouth.

what

to

Eat in

Nama

Fruit

Like any good tropical paradise, fruit is a big deal here.

A unique Fijian food, duruka is a vegetable sometimes called “Fijian Asparagus.” It’s actually the unopened flower of a cane shoot. It’s fleshy and kind of stringy but tasty.

what

to

Eat in

Duruka

Taro is a heavy, potato-like tuber with a kind of purple hue. They eat so much taro here they even have a holiday dedicated to it: the first full moon in the month of May is Taro Day.

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to

Eat in

Taro

Kava

Also known as Yaqona, kava plays a huge roll in Fiji’s culture and day to day life.

45% of the population is Indo-Fijian, meaning Indian food is also Fijian food and is plentiful and popular. Curries, dal, samosas and chutneys are all popular and easy to find.

what

to

Eat in

Indian Food