Destination guide — Fiji

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FOOD AND RESTAURANTS
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FIJI FEATURES FOUR STYLES OF CUISINE. YOU CAN HAVE WITH
ALL THE INGENUITY OF MASTER CHEFS AT RESORTS, EUROPEAN
STYLE FOOD, SPICY INDIAN CURRY, CHINESE FOOD OR NATIVE
FIJIAN CUISINE. THESE DISHES ARE PART OF THE EVERYDAY
LIFE OF THE PEOPLE AND REFLECT THEIR CULTURAL AND ETHNIC
BACKGROUNDS. FIJIAN CUISINE RELIES HEAVILY ON SEAFOOD,
PORK, CHICKEN AND ROOT VEGETABLES. FOOD IS USUALLY BOILED
OR STEAMED. COCONUT MILK, ALSO CALLED LOLO IS OFTEN USED.
A FAVORITE DISH IS KOKODA WHICH IS FRESH RAW FISH
MARINATED WITH LEMONS AND COCONUT CREAM AND SPICED WITH
CHILI. YOU MAY ALSO SAMPLE SUCH FARE IN CHINESE AND IN
INDIAN RESTAURANTS IN THE TOWNS AND FIJIAN DISHES ON
SPECIAL ISLAND NIGHTS AT YOUR RESORT OR IN A VILLAGE.
DURUKA, ANOTHER FIJIAN DISH, AN UNUSUAL ASPARAGUS LIKE
VEGETABLE IN SEASON DURING APRIL AND MAY.

DRINKS:
A WIDE RANGE OF DRINKS ARE AVAILABLE. LOCAL BEERS ARE
BREWED IN LAUTOKA.
THROUGHOUT FIJI THE DRINKING OF YAQONA (PRONOUNCED YANGGONA)
OR KAVA IS COMMON.
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