Fijian Raita is a salad consisting of sour cream or yogurt, grated or raw carrots and cucumbers, minced garlic and chiles, and seasonings such as cumin and salt. Raita is originated from India, it is always served well-chilled because it was originally invented as a way to cool down the palate...

Sapasui (or Sapa Sui) recipe is adored in Samoa, a variation on the classic Chinese Chop Suey recipe, there are many different ways to cook this dish.This is one of the most typical recipes in Samoan cuisine, hailing straight from the beautiful Oceanic island.

Saina is such a special snack/dish for us Fijians. It is a dish that takes times, but its so treasured because the work behind it is so worth it! Saina is made with fresh taro leaves (taro leaves) stuffed with a lentil, gram flour, and spice mixture. It is first steamed until fully cooked then...

Faiai Eleni is essentially fish in coconut cream. The dish is popular in Samoa and Tahiti. Traditionally, people use mackerel to prepare this famous main-course and typically cook it in coconut shells. They also add cucumbers, onions, and tomatoes to the already flavorful dish, apart from the new...

Bacon and egg pies (breakfast pies) are a New Zealand classic pastry. The pie consists of juicy scrambled eggs, hearty whole eggs, thick smoky chunks of juicy bacon, buttery, flaky layers of puff pastry. This pie is the best ever picnic pie and a New Zealand favourite of weekend brunch for the...

New Zealand Crayfish,popularly known as crays resemble lobsters but lack the lobster’s large crushing pincers on their first pair of walking legs. This delicious Crayfish otherwise known as Spiny Rock Lobster is a true New Zealand delicacy. Crayfish dishes are very popular in New Zealand, prepared...

New Zealand‘s or a Southland cheese roll is a slice of sandwich bread, on which a sauce of evaporated milk (unsweetened condensed milk), cheese and onion soup is spread, before it is rolled then toasted. Cheese rolls are a very popular food in Otago and Southland of New Zealand. Cheese Rolls make a...

A sausage sizzle is a grilled or barbecued food item and community event held in Australia and New Zealand. A sausage is served on sliced bread with grilled onions and various condiments, most commonly tomato sauce, barbecue sauce or mustard.

The Kiwi burger contains, in no particular order, a juicy beef patty, a fried egg, beetroot, tomato, lettuce, cheese, onions, mustard, and tomato sauce (of course) on a toasted bun. The Kiwi burger is a type of burger totally unique to New Zealand, it consists of your normal beef burger ingredients...

Hāngī is a dish cooked in an earth oven by the Māori people of New Zealand, typically containing a variety of meats and vegetables. Hāngi is also a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven, called an umu. The umu is essentially an underground pit...

Perna canaliculus, the New Zealand green-lipped mussel, also known as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae (the true mussels). P. canaliculus has economic importance as a cultivated species in New Zealand. Green lip mussels are...

Boil Up is a dish and a traditional method of cooking used by Maori’s in New Zealand where starchy vegetables such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, carrots, pumpkins are boiled together with pork bones, spinach/watercress and dumplings called dough boys. This type of dish can be found everywhere like...

Whitebait fritters or patties are made with whitebait fish and egg white seasoned with condiments such as salt and pepper. Fried whitebait fish as an omelette is a traditional New Zealand dish, whitebait fish can also be prepared as a principle dish usually deep fried or poached. The whitebait is a...

Lamb, hogget, and mutton, generically sheep meat is the most favorite food of New Zealand cuisine, far more than beef and pork. New Zealand Lamb is wonderfully versatile and easy to prepare. The are thus many dishes with ingredient sheep meat, like this herb crusted leg of lamb is a dilicous dish...

An Australian or New Zealand meat pie is a hand-sized meat pie containing largely diced or minced meat and gravy, sometimes with onion, mushrooms, or cheese and often consumed as a takeaway food snack. While the classic Aussie pie is just pastry, meat and gravy, in New Zealand these ingredients are...

Chiko roll is the Australian version of a Chinese spring roll or an egg roll. This snack consists of a dough made from eggs and flour which is filled with seasonings, carrots, cabbage, barley, mutton, celery, and rice. The dough is thick and almost chewy, and chiko rolls are commonly deep-fried in...

Chicken Parmigiana or Chicken Parmesan (known colloquially in Australia as simply a ‘parmy’) with crumbed chicken smothered in a rich tomato sauce and mounds of melting cheese is the sort of meal it is impossible to dislike. The dish is originated from Italy, but this dish with Mediterranean...

Pigs in a blanket (also pigs in blankets) is a variety of different sausage-based culinary dishes. Smaller versions of the dish are commonly served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre, sometimes with a mustard or aioli dipping sauce, or are accompanied by other foods during the main course. Australian...

Damper Bread was a staple of the early Australian settlers' diet. Traditionally, the dough was cooked directly on the coals of an open fire. Damper was originally utilised by stockmen who travelled in remote areas for long periods, with only basic rations of flour, sugar and tea, supplemented by...

A sausage roll is a savoury pastry snack, popular in current and former Commonwealth nations. They are sold at retail outlets and are also available from bakeries as a take-away food. Australian Sausage Rolls are a seasoned, fresh sausage wrapped in a flaky, buttery pastry. They are delicious for...