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by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaii Papua New GuineaPolynesiaSouth Asia BangladeshIndiaNepalSri LankaSoutheast Asia CambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnamSettled by Polynesians between A.D. 300 and 600, Hawaiian cooking features seafood, tropical fruits, vegetables, and meats. Hawaiian cuisine has much in common with those on other Pacific islands. Asian and American settlers brought their own cooking, which has enriched the island’s cuisine. A luau, a traditional feast often featuring roast pork, has become a tourist favorite. Common ingredients: pork, seafood, chicken, coconut, pineapple, Macadamia nuts, tropical fruit, vegetables oven kalua pork; guava barbecued pork ribs; Polynesian bread with banana, pineapples, and nuts; fish fillets; pip kaula (steak strips marinated in sugar, ginger, garlic and spices); Macadamia cream pie More Information: Infoplease Atlas: Hawaii State Profile: Hawaii More Asian-American Features

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Settled by Polynesians between A.D. 300 and 600, Hawaiian cooking features seafood, tropical fruits, vegetables, and meats. Hawaiian cuisine has much in common with those on other Pacific islands. Asian and American settlers brought their own cooking, which has enriched the island’s cuisine. A luau, a traditional feast often featuring roast pork, has become a tourist favorite.

Asian Foods Guide

Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures.

  • Introduction

East Asia

  • ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibet

Pacific Region

  • FijiHawaii Papua New GuineaPolynesia

South Asia

  • BangladeshIndiaNepalSri Lanka

Southeast Asia

  • CambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam

Common ingredients:

pork, seafood, chicken, coconut, pineapple, Macadamia nuts, tropical fruit, vegetables

oven kalua pork; guava barbecued pork ribs; Polynesian bread with banana, pineapples, and nuts; fish fillets; pip kaula (steak strips marinated in sugar, ginger, garlic and spices); Macadamia cream pie

More Information:

  • Infoplease Atlas: Hawaii State Profile: Hawaii

More Asian-American Features

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