1Laplap
Eaten all over Vanuatu
Grated root vegetables baked with coconut cream, the national dish.
‹ The dishes of every country › Australia and the Pacific
What to eat in Vanuatu
The 4 dishes to eat in Vanuatu
Laplap.
1
2A photo like itSimboro
Eaten all over Vanuatu
Grated root vegetables wrapped in leaves and boiled in coconut milk.
3Kava
Eaten all over Vanuatu
Vanuatu's kava is known as the strongest in the Pacific, drunk at nakamals at dusk.
4Coconut crab
Eaten all over Vanuatu
A huge land crab that climbs trees, cooked in coconut milk.
Where to eat in Vanuatu
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 Vanuatu
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.
Next door
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.
Chef Amazing remembers every place you ate, keeps the lists friends send you, and helps you cook it at home.
Our founder's story · For chefs and food creators · Privacy · Terms