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fiogf49gjkf0d FOOD AND RESTAURANTS -------------------- 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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