What should I eat in Tuvalu?

Start with Pulaka, Raw fish, Toddy, Fekei. Pulaka: Giant swamp taro grown in pits, cooked in coconut cream for feasts.

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What to eat in Tuvalu

The 4 dishes to eat in Tuvalu

Atoll food: fish, pulaka taro, coconut and pandanus.

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Pulaka

Eaten all over Tuvalu

Giant swamp taro grown in pits, cooked in coconut cream for feasts.

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Raw fish

Eaten all over Tuvalu

Tuna in lime and coconut cream.

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Toddy

Eaten all over Tuvalu

Fresh coconut sap, drunk sweet or left to ferment.

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Fekei

Eaten all over Tuvalu

A pudding of grated pulaka or cassava and coconut, wrapped in leaves and baked.

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Where to eat in Tuvalu

Chef is checking the restaurants worth it here, one by one, and posts each once it's confirmed open. See the list so far

Eat your way through Tuvalu

Tell Chef when you're going and he'll lay out the days: the dishes, the markets, a walk and dinner, with places that are open.

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