Signature dishes

Mumu

Traditional dish steaming pork, taro, and banana in ground oven wrapped with banana leaves.

  • Region: Highlands
  • Main ingredients: Pork, Taro, Banana, Coconut milk

Saksak

Dumpling of sago starch kneaded with coconut milk and steamed in banana leaves.

  • Region: Sepik River Basin
  • Main ingredients: Sago starch, Coconut milk

Kaukau

Simple staple of sweet potato cooked by direct fire or steaming.

  • Region: Nationwide
  • Main ingredients: Sweet potato

Kokoda Fish

South Pacific-style raw fish salad marinated with lemon juice and coconut cream.

  • Region: Coastal areas
  • Main ingredients: White fish, Lemon, Coconut cream, Chili pepper

Sago Pancakes

Sweet made from sago starch dough grilled on iron plate with honey.

  • Region: Gulf Province
  • Main ingredients: Sago starch, Honey

Roast Pig

Whole roasted pig served at ceremonies with herb and stone-roasting smoke fragrance.

  • Region: Nationwide
  • Main ingredients: Pig, Herbs

Pork & Taro Stew

Rich stew simmered in coconut milk.

  • Region: Madang
  • Main ingredients: Pork, Taro, Coconut milk

Papua-style Greens

Side dish of choy-sum-like leafy vegetables mixed with peanut sauce.

  • Region: Lower Sepik
  • Main ingredients: Leafy greens, Peanuts, Onion

Tavit

Portable food of grilled banana and yam mashed cake.

  • Region: New Britain Island
  • Main ingredients: Banana, Yam

Yam Wonton Soup

Clear soup with mashed yam dumplings.

  • Region: Oro Province
  • Main ingredients: Yam, Chicken broth, Spring onions