Every dish the atlas documents for Oceania — 253 of them, from 14 countries. Narrow it by food type, country or ingredient below.
253 dishes.
street foodKeke Pua’aSteamed or baked buns filled with seasoned minced pork.mainKinaSea urchin roe scooped raw from the spiny shell, briny and custard-softstreet foodKiwi BurgerBeef burger with beetroot, fried egg, cheese and salad in a bun.snackKiwifruitFuzzy green or gold fruit eaten halved with a spoon, tart and floralbreakfastKoko AlaisaRice simmered with local cocoa and sugar until dark, sweet and slightly bitterdrinkKoko SamoaRustic hot cocoa brewed from roasted local beans, grainy and bittersweet
KokodaRaw fish cured in lime, dressed with coconut milk, chili and onionsalad & sideKukauBoiled swamp taro, ceremonial staple tended in women's gardensdrinkKulauRefreshing water of a young green coconut, drunk from the shellsalad & sideKumalaSweet potato boiled or baked in the 'umu; served with meat and fish.wine & spiritKwasoHarsh home-distilled spirit made from yeast, sugar and fruit in bush stillsdrinkL&PLemon-flavored sparkling drink from Paeroa, 'world famous in New Zealand'
Lagoon ClamsSmall cockles gathered from lagoon sand flats, boiled or eaten raw.mainLamb FlapsFatty sheep belly cuts grilled or stewed; cheap and heavily salted.
LamingtonSponge cake cubes dipped in chocolate and rolled in desiccated coconut
LaplapNational dish of grated root-crop pudding with coconut cream, baked in leaves
Lemon MyrtleNative rainforest leaf, ground or infused, more lemony than lemon itself
Lemon, Lime and BittersLemonade, lime cordial and a dash of Angostura; the standard pub soft drink.dessertLolly CakeNo-bake log of malt biscuits studded with colorful lollies, rolled in coconut
Lolo BunsSoft bread rolls baked sitting in sweetened coconut cream.bread & pastryLouise CakeShortcake base spread with raspberry jam under a coconut meringue.
LovoEarth-oven banquet of chicken, fish, taro and palusami for celebrations
Lū PuluCorned beef and coconut cream baked in taro-leaf parcels undergroundmainLu SipiFatty mutton flap baked with onion and coconut cream inside taro leavesfermented & pickledMaBreadfruit or banana fermented in a pit; sour paste baked with coconut cream.
MacadamiaRich buttery native nut in a rock-hard shell, roasted, salted or in biscuitsfermented & pickledMadraiBreadfruit or cassava buried in leaf-lined pits for months until sour.salad & sideMahrPit-fermented breadfruit preserved for months, then baked before eatingsalad & sideMakmokArrowroot starch washed from the root, cooked into a stiff sweet pudding
Mangrove CrabPohnpei's famously fat crabs steamed or simmered in coconut milksalad & sideManiokeBoiled cassava served in thick chunks alongside meat and coconut creamsauce & condimentManuka HoneyDark thixotropic honey from manuka blossom, medicinal and intensely herbalsauce & condimentMaritaScarlet oily pandanus sauce squeezed from cooked fruit, poured over greens and kaukauwine & spiritMarlborough Sauvignon BlancPungent grassy white with passionfruit and cut-grass aromas, poured cold everywherebread & pastryMarshallese DoughnutsFried wheat-flour rings sold warm at stores and roadside tables all morningfermented & pickledMasiBreadfruit fermented in leaf-lined pits; sour dough baked into dense cakes.
KokodaRaw fish cured in lime, dressed with coconut milk, chili and onionsalad & sideKukauBoiled swamp taro, ceremonial staple tended in women's gardensdrinkKulauRefreshing water of a young green coconut, drunk from the shellsalad & sideKumalaSweet potato boiled or baked in the 'umu; served with meat and fish.wine & spiritKwasoHarsh home-distilled spirit made from yeast, sugar and fruit in bush stillsdrinkL&PLemon-flavored sparkling drink from Paeroa, 'world famous in New Zealand'Lagoon ClamsSmall cockles gathered from lagoon sand flats, boiled or eaten raw.mainLamb FlapsFatty sheep belly cuts grilled or stewed; cheap and heavily salted.LamingtonSponge cake cubes dipped in chocolate and rolled in desiccated coconutLaplapNational dish of grated root-crop pudding with coconut cream, baked in leavesLemon MyrtleNative rainforest leaf, ground or infused, more lemony than lemon itselfLemon, Lime and BittersLemonade, lime cordial and a dash of Angostura; the standard pub soft drink.dessertLolly CakeNo-bake log of malt biscuits studded with colorful lollies, rolled in coconutLolo BunsSoft bread rolls baked sitting in sweetened coconut cream.bread & pastryLouise CakeShortcake base spread with raspberry jam under a coconut meringue.LovoEarth-oven banquet of chicken, fish, taro and palusami for celebrationsLū PuluCorned beef and coconut cream baked in taro-leaf parcels undergroundmainLu SipiFatty mutton flap baked with onion and coconut cream inside taro leavesfermented & pickledMaBreadfruit or banana fermented in a pit; sour paste baked with coconut cream.MacadamiaRich buttery native nut in a rock-hard shell, roasted, salted or in biscuitsfermented & pickledMadraiBreadfruit or cassava buried in leaf-lined pits for months until sour.salad & sideMahrPit-fermented breadfruit preserved for months, then baked before eatingsalad & sideMakmokArrowroot starch washed from the root, cooked into a stiff sweet puddingMangrove CrabPohnpei's famously fat crabs steamed or simmered in coconut milksalad & sideManiokeBoiled cassava served in thick chunks alongside meat and coconut creamsauce & condimentManuka HoneyDark thixotropic honey from manuka blossom, medicinal and intensely herbalsauce & condimentMaritaScarlet oily pandanus sauce squeezed from cooked fruit, poured over greens and kaukauwine & spiritMarlborough Sauvignon BlancPungent grassy white with passionfruit and cut-grass aromas, poured cold everywherebread & pastryMarshallese DoughnutsFried wheat-flour rings sold warm at stores and roadside tables all morningfermented & pickledMasiBreadfruit fermented in leaf-lined pits; sour dough baked into dense cakes.