Every dish the atlas documents for Oceania — 253 of them, from 14 countries. Narrow it by food type, country or ingredient below.
253 dishes.
snackMasi SamoaCrumbly coconut shortbread biscuit, dry and lightly sweet; dunked in koko.
Meat PieFlaky hand-held pie of minced beef and gravy, doused with tomato saucemainMegapode EggsLarge yolky eggs dug from hot volcanic sand and boiled or baked.
MiloMalted chocolate powder stirred into hot or cold milk, often eaten dry by the spoonsnackMince and Cheese PieFlaky pie of savory minced beef and melted cheese, bakery staple
MitiCoconut cream sharpened with lemon, chili and onion, spooned over fish and tarosnackMokwanPandanus pulp cooked and dried into a sweet preserved pastemainMotu-Cooked PorkPork steamed with hot stones in a leaf-covered earth ovenmainMud CrabMangrove crab boiled or cooked in coconut cream, sold live at roadside markets
MumuEarth-oven feast of pork, sweet potato, taro and greens steamed undergroundmainMurukCassowary meat, dark and lean, roasted or cooked in a mumu pit.salad & sideNalotPounded breadfruit or taro blended with roasted coconut cream
NamaFresh sea grapes seaweed served with coconut and lemonsnackNamambeTahitian chestnut boiled in its pod; floury and mild, eaten by hand.snackNangai NutRich oily canarium kernel cracked from a hard shell; eaten raw or smoked.mainNawitaOctopus tenderised, then simmered in coconut milk with island greens.
Neenish TartSmall tart of jam and mock cream iced half brown, half white.dessertNgali Nut PuddingFestive taro or cassava pudding studded with rich canarium nutsmainNgduulMangrove clams simmered in coconut milk, esteemed traditional fooddrinkNiu MuiGreen drinking coconut, cut open and drunk cold from the nut.mainOka i’aRaw fish marinated in lemon, coconut cream, onion and chili
PaloloSea worms swarming once a year, scooped by net and eaten raw or fried on toast
PalusamiCoconut cream baked in taro-leaf parcels in the umu, rich and silkysalad & sidePanaSmall sweet lesser yam, boiled or roasted, prized above cassava in the villages
Pandanus FruitFibrous orange keys chewed straight from the head for their sweet juice.snackPandanus PasteBoiled pandanus fruit pulp dried into sweet chewy blocksstreet foodPanikekeDeep-fried round banana pancake balls sold in bags, sweet snackbread & pastryPanipopoSoft buns baked in a sweet coconut cream saucebread & pastryParaoa ParaiPuffy Maori fry bread torn hot and spread with butter and golden syrupmainPauaBlack-shelled abalone minced into fritters, chewy and deeply oceanic
PavlovaCrisp-shelled marshmallow meringue with cream and passionfruit, Christmas centrepiece
Pie FloaterMeat pie capsized in a bowl of thick green pea soup with tomato saucesnackPineapple LumpsChewy pineapple-flavoured candy logs coated in chocolate, sold in yellow bagsmainPisupoTinned corned beef fried with onion or baked in taro leaves, gifted by the casesalad & sidePitpitTender wild-cane or grass shoots steamed in leaves, tasting of sweetcorn and asparagussauce & condimentPohnpei PepperAromatic black peppercorns grown under forest shade, mild and citrus-scented
Meat PieFlaky hand-held pie of minced beef and gravy, doused with tomato saucemainMegapode EggsLarge yolky eggs dug from hot volcanic sand and boiled or baked.MiloMalted chocolate powder stirred into hot or cold milk, often eaten dry by the spoonsnackMince and Cheese PieFlaky pie of savory minced beef and melted cheese, bakery stapleMitiCoconut cream sharpened with lemon, chili and onion, spooned over fish and tarosnackMokwanPandanus pulp cooked and dried into a sweet preserved pastemainMotu-Cooked PorkPork steamed with hot stones in a leaf-covered earth ovenmainMud CrabMangrove crab boiled or cooked in coconut cream, sold live at roadside marketsMumuEarth-oven feast of pork, sweet potato, taro and greens steamed undergroundmainMurukCassowary meat, dark and lean, roasted or cooked in a mumu pit.salad & sideNalotPounded breadfruit or taro blended with roasted coconut creamNamaFresh sea grapes seaweed served with coconut and lemonsnackNamambeTahitian chestnut boiled in its pod; floury and mild, eaten by hand.snackNangai NutRich oily canarium kernel cracked from a hard shell; eaten raw or smoked.mainNawitaOctopus tenderised, then simmered in coconut milk with island greens.Neenish TartSmall tart of jam and mock cream iced half brown, half white.dessertNgali Nut PuddingFestive taro or cassava pudding studded with rich canarium nutsmainNgduulMangrove clams simmered in coconut milk, esteemed traditional fooddrinkNiu MuiGreen drinking coconut, cut open and drunk cold from the nut.mainOka i’aRaw fish marinated in lemon, coconut cream, onion and chiliPaloloSea worms swarming once a year, scooped by net and eaten raw or fried on toastPalusamiCoconut cream baked in taro-leaf parcels in the umu, rich and silkysalad & sidePanaSmall sweet lesser yam, boiled or roasted, prized above cassava in the villagesPandanus FruitFibrous orange keys chewed straight from the head for their sweet juice.snackPandanus PasteBoiled pandanus fruit pulp dried into sweet chewy blocksstreet foodPanikekeDeep-fried round banana pancake balls sold in bags, sweet snackbread & pastryPanipopoSoft buns baked in a sweet coconut cream saucebread & pastryParaoa ParaiPuffy Maori fry bread torn hot and spread with butter and golden syrupmainPauaBlack-shelled abalone minced into fritters, chewy and deeply oceanicPavlovaCrisp-shelled marshmallow meringue with cream and passionfruit, Christmas centrepiecePie FloaterMeat pie capsized in a bowl of thick green pea soup with tomato saucesnackPineapple LumpsChewy pineapple-flavoured candy logs coated in chocolate, sold in yellow bagsmainPisupoTinned corned beef fried with onion or baked in taro leaves, gifted by the casesalad & sidePitpitTender wild-cane or grass shoots steamed in leaves, tasting of sweetcorn and asparagussauce & condimentPohnpei PepperAromatic black peppercorns grown under forest shade, mild and citrus-scented