Pacific Islands & Australia

The Pacific Islands use their surroundings to create native dishes inspired by Asia and the South Pacific, while Australia offers up eccentric favorites like vegemite and fairy bread. Root crops like taro and sweet potato, bananas and plantains, and breadfruit all feature heavily on islands like Samoa and Tahiti. Seafood makes a regular appearance on menus across the Pacific Islands, like oka and Poisson cru, while Hawaii has a signature all its own, inventing the poke bowl and Spam musubi inspired by Japanese sushi.