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New Caledonia Cooking New Caledonia

 
 
Area : 7172  sq.mi - Population 245580 hab.
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Cooking New Caledonia

 Gastronomy

The most renown speciality is bougna, a traditional Melanesian meal. It is meat or fish stew, cooked in banana leaves with coconut milk, yam and taro. The tradition is that everything should simmer in a Kanak oven made out of hot stones buried in the ground. It is recommended to taste it with the tribes of Grande Terre and the islands. Other Caledonian delights are wild pig, shark fillet, grilled lobster, freshwater shrimps and venison, presented in the form of steak, paté or sausage! Tropical fruits come in an amazingly wide range: papayas, lychees, mangos, mountain apples and sugar apples. Wash your meals down with the local beer, which is very good, and savour a cup of the local coffee at the end.