Samoa Food and Drink

Among the local specialities are dishes cooked in the traditional Samoan oven, umu. A variety of Chinese food is also available in a few places and there are several snack and light meal restaurants in Apia serving fast food and other Western food.

Specialities:

• Fresh seafood, including octopus and tuna.
• Roast suckling pig.
• Palusami (young taro leaves baked in coconut cream).
• Oka (raw fish in coconut cream).
• Tropical fruit.

Things to know:

Alcohol may not be purchased on Sundays except by hotel residents and their guests.

Tipping:

Not customary.

Regional drinks:

Kava is the national drink (see also the American Samoa and Fiji sections).

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