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What to eat in Haiti

The 8 dishes to eat in Haiti

Creole cooking with epis and pikliz.

1

Griot

Eaten all over Haiti

Fried marinated pork with pikliz, the national dish.

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2

Soup joumou

Best: Everywhere on Jan 1

Squash soup for Independence Day. UNESCO-listed.

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Diri ak djon djon

Eaten all over Haiti

Rice cooked with black mushrooms, which turns it a dark grey.

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4

Pikliz

Eaten all over Haiti

Cabbage, carrots and Scotch bonnets pickled in vinegar, served with fried pork.

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5

Lambi

Best: The coast

Conch stewed in a Creole tomato sauce.

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Tasso

Eaten all over Haiti

Goat meat marinated in citrus and fried crisp.

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7

Banan peze

Eaten all over Haiti

Green plantain slices fried twice, served with griot.

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Akra

Eaten all over Haiti

Fritters of grated malanga with herbs and chilli.

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Photos: each dish's lead photo on its Wikipedia article (license and author on Wikimedia Commons); "a photo like it" is a food photo of the same kind, not that dish. Cook it opens a recipe in Chef Amazing, or Chef writes one for you. Picked by Chef Amazing, November 2026.