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Boiled Taro

Simple, comforting boiled taro seasoned with salt. Tender and mildly sweet, it’s a versatile staple or snack enjoyed on its own or as a base for other flavors.

🇻🇺 Vanuatu$

Resi

Resi is a Kashmiri-style lamb in a silky yogurt gravy scented with fennel, cardamom, cinnamon, and warming spices. Rich yet balanced, it’s finished with ghee and fresh cilantro for a fragrant, comforting main course.

🇨🇾 Cyprus$$$

Arepas con Guasacaca

Crispy-on-the-outside Venezuelan arepas stuffed with shredded chicken and queso blanco, served with a bright, herby-creamy guasacaca avocado sauce.

🇻🇪 Venezuela$$

Toloma

Toloma is a warm, Amazonian plantain-and-cassava porridge-drink sweetened with panela and scented with cinnamon. Comforting, naturally gluten- and dairy-free, it’s perfect for breakfast or a nourishing snack.

🇩🇲 Dominica$

Capitaine fumé

Capitaine fumé is a smoked Nile perch seasoned with garlic, ginger, chili, paprika, thyme, and lemon for a fragrant, gently spicy fish with a delicate smoky finish.

🇨🇫 Central African Republic$$

Po'e Banane

Po'e Banane is a traditional Tahitian baked banana pudding set with tropical starches and enriched with coconut milk. Fragrant with vanilla, lime zest, and warm spices, it’s wrapped or baked with banana leaf for aroma and served with a touch of coconut. Naturally gluten-free and vegan.

🇵🇫 French Polynesia$$

Woodlands Callaloo

Woodlands Callaloo is a rich and flavorful Caribbean dish featuring nutritious dasheen leaves combined with coconut milk, spices, and crab meat for a taste of the islands in every bite.

🇲🇸 Montserrat$$

Saksak Roll

Saksak Roll is a traditional Papua New Guinean dessert made by wrapping a delightful mixture of sago, coconut milk, banana, and sugar in banana leaves, then steaming them until soft and aromatic.

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea$

Dried Dragonfruit Chips

Dried Dragonfruit Chips are a healthy, crunchy snack that boast both vibrant color and deliciously sweet flavor, made simply with dragonfruit, lemon juice, and honey.

🇦🇺 Australia$$

Moroko Pap

Moroko Pap is a traditional African dish that combines the simple flavors of maize meal and morogo, cooked with just a hint of butter to create a nourishing and hearty meal. It's perfect as a comforting side or a wholesome main.

🇱🇸 Lesotho$

I've been...

Boiled Taro

Resi

Arepas con Guasacaca

Toloma

Capitaine fumé

Po'e Banane

Woodlands Callaloo

Saksak Roll

Dried Dragonfruit Chips

Moroko Pap

I've been...

Boiled Taro

Resi

Arepas con Guasacaca

Toloma

Capitaine fumé

Po'e Banane

Woodlands Callaloo

Saksak Roll

Dried Dragonfruit Chips

Moroko Pap