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Doesn't it look just beautiful. How can you resist?
A bilo of kokoda!
Mmmm, I'm both hungry and nostalgic just looking at it.
And the review? Let me cut and paste:
Me'a Kai: The Food and Flavours of the South Pacific
Robert Oliver
The cuisines of the South Pacific island nations are noted for their sensational use of coconut cream, fresh fruit and the most delicate fish. Away from the big resort hotels, skilled local cooks make the most delicious meals, whose range would surprise most tourists. Two years ago, New Zealand-born chef Robert Oliver, who has had a stellar career in the United States restaurant industry, went back to Fiji, where he grew up, to rediscover the art of Pacific cooking. He travelled to Tonga, Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji,Vanuatu and the Cook Islands to track down the most skilled local cooks. This outstanding, landmark table-thumper of a book brings together a treasury of South Pacific cooking, arranged country by country, with 90-plus recipes and photos that capture the essence of the Pacific. And there's much more than just recipes, it's a culinary journey. Along the way Robert pauses to tell fascinating stories from his encounters with both local cooks and food producers. Flipping through its pages is like going on holiday!
| RRP: | $75.00 | ISBN: | 9781869621759 |
| Format: | Hardback | Imprint: | RH NZ Godwit |
| Subject: | Cookery/Wine | Release: | 30 April 2010 |
And there's another review I've read that quotes Her Royal Highness Princess Pilolevu Tu'Pele'Akai Tau'fa'a'hau Tupoa of Tonga, saying she found reading this book uplifted her spirits.
Fantastic, la? Go Robert Go.
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Sorry, there is no subtlety in Fijian cooking. The general theme is - get pot, add ingredients, add water and then boil at high heat. Ingredients are normally tin fish, corn beef, fish, potatoes, tapioca, and dalo.
You Philistine! You've obviously never been to a lovo, or had really good kokoda, or palusami, or a big plate of okra, or daruka cooked in all its myriad of ways, or dalo or ... I could go on except I'm making myself all hungry and nostalgic.
There's a restaurant opposite the co-op, next to FBC, along from old Parliament buildings, that serves exclusively Fijian cuisine and it is truly truly to DIE FOR!
It's in downtown Suva, btw, I forgot to mention.
Yeah thanks, forgot about those dishes, the daruka and palusami are excellent. Been to many lovos - better with a long pig missionary in it though!
Nice blog!
The Kokoda Track is an important part of Australian history. It has left its mark on the Australian people and is rightly now, within the last decade or so, being recognised. Peter Brune's book 'A Bastard of a Place' is the recognised authoritive book on the Australians in Papua. It is a very fine read and this movie does a good job at portraying this important period of Australian history. Kokoda Track
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