Food of Christmas Island
Cooking on Christmas Island reflects its Malay, Chinese, and Australian communities, with rice, noodles, fresh fish, and curries on the table. Seafood from the surrounding ocean, coconut, and tropical fruit are everyday ingredients, and Australian classics like barbecue and meat pies sit beside nasi lemak and char kway teow.
Staples
- rice, noodles, fish, coconut, chicken
Signature flavors
- sambal, chili, coconut milk, lemongrass, ginger
Main dishes
Coconut rice with sambal and sides.
Key ingredients: rice, coconut milk, sambalFull guide →Malay-style curry with potatoes.
Key ingredients: chicken, coconut milkFresh catch with sambal.
Key ingredients: fish, sambal
Stir-fried noodles with prawns.
Key ingredients: noodles, prawnsFull guide →
Chinese-style classic.
Key ingredients: pork, pineappleFull guide →Australian-style grill with sausages.
Key ingredients: sausages, steakBreakfast
Flaky flatbread with curry.
Key ingredients: flour, dalFull guide →
Toast with coconut jam.
Key ingredients: bread, kayaFull guide →Street food
Australian-style pie.
Key ingredients: beef, pastryFull guide →
Fried pastry with spiced potato.
Key ingredients: potato, pastryDesserts and sweets
Pandan jelly in coconut milk.
Key ingredients: pandan jelly, coconut milkFull guide →
Fried banana.
Key ingredients: banana, flourDrinks
Pulled milk tea.
Key ingredients: tea, milkFull guide →Fresh.
Key ingredients: young coconutFruits and produce
Used in cooking and drinks.
Key ingredients: milk, waterFull guide →
Grown on the island.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Sweet.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Seasonal.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →Dish guides from Christmas Island
More cuisines of Australia and New Zealand
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Nasi Lemak dengan Chili Nasi Lemak dan Sotong Pedas, di Penang Summer Restaurant: Meandkancil2020, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Char kway teow: Elizetang, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sweet and sour pork: ProjectManhattan, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Making Roti Canai: AssFeder, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kaya toast on a plate: Pinklily08, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MeatPie: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Karipap Daging: Mdsheth1986, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kampung Paya Jaras Tengah, Selangor 20250112 111330: Wiki Farazi, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Banana Fritters and tea: Iloveporotta, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teh Tarik at the Iskandar Curry House at One Riverside (DSCF0286): Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- 14-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT: BANANATEX, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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