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by David Johnson Asian Foods Guide Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures. IntroductionEast Asia ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibetPacific Region FijiHawaiiPapua New Guinea PolynesiaSouth Asia BangladeshIndiaNepalSri LankaSoutheast Asia CambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnamThe eastern half of New Guinea, Papua’s cuisine differs between the coast, where seafood is plentiful, or the mountains. The food is often very different from that of neighboring Indonesian islands. Food preparations tend to be simple, with sauces. Common ingredients: pork, seafood, yams, pandanus nuts (in the mountains); sweet potatoes, vegetables, coconuts, sago (from the sago palm), spices Popular dishes: pork grilled over hot stones; boiled shrimp; grilled fish with pepper and onion More Information: Infoplease Atlas: Papua New Guinea Country Profile: Papua New Guinea More Asian-American Features
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The eastern half of New Guinea, Papua’s cuisine differs between the coast, where seafood is plentiful, or the mountains. The food is often very different from that of neighboring Indonesian islands. Food preparations tend to be simple, with sauces.
Asian Foods Guide
Common ingredients and popular dishes of various cultures.
- Introduction
East Asia
- ChinaJapanKoreaMongoliaTibet
Pacific Region
- FijiHawaiiPapua New Guinea Polynesia
South Asia
- BangladeshIndiaNepalSri Lanka
Southeast Asia
- CambodiaIndonesiaLaosMalaysiaMyanmarPhilippinesSingaporeThailandVietnam
Common ingredients:
pork, seafood, yams, pandanus nuts (in the mountains); sweet potatoes, vegetables, coconuts, sago (from the sago palm), spices
Popular dishes:
pork grilled over hot stones; boiled shrimp; grilled fish with pepper and onion
More Information:
- Infoplease Atlas: Papua New Guinea Country Profile: Papua New Guinea
More Asian-American Features
.com/spot/asianfoods16.html
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- African Americans by the Numbers
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