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Eating in Cook Islands


Eating in Cook Islands

Don't eat pizza in the Cook Islands before you have tried the local stuff (which is admittedly hard to find):
  • ika mata (raw fish) with coconut milk, finely chopped vegetables. It is delicious!
  • umu food (prepared in the traditional earth oven)
  • curried eke (octopus in coconut curry)
  • rukau (Taro leaves, usually cooked with coconut cream)
  • poke (cooked fruit pudding) (banana, pawpaw,...) with coconut milk.
  • Some of these are availlable every day at the market in Avarua. Every 2 weeks there is a "Go Local" market where locals sell their products.

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