Food of Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island cooking mixes Pitcairn-descended Polynesian and English traditions with fresh local produce. Fish, hihi (limpets), pork, bananas, and pilhi (a banana-based dish) are old favorites, along with roast dinners and sweet pies. Gardens produce lemons, guavas, and passion fruit.

National dish

Pilhi

Savory dish of banana and corn, baked and served with meat.

Staples

  • fish, pork, banana, corn, potatoes, lemon

Signature flavors

  • lemon, guava, passion fruit, thyme, honey

Main dishes

Pilhi

Savory dish of banana and corn, baked and served with meat.

Key ingredients: banana, corn, pork
Fried fish

Fresh local fish.

Key ingredients: fish, flour
Roast pork

With potatoes.

Key ingredients: pork, potatoes
Hihi pie

Limpet dish.

Key ingredients: limpets

Breakfast

Banana bread

Soft.

Key ingredients: banana, flour
Toast with guava jelly

Local preserves.

Key ingredients: bread, guava

Desserts and sweets

Guava pie

Sweet fruit pie.

Key ingredients: guava, pastry
Passion fruit tart

Tangy.

Key ingredients: passion fruit, pastry
Lemon cake

Moist.

Key ingredients: lemon, flour

Drinks

Lemonade

Fresh lemons.

Key ingredients: lemon
Tea

English style.

Key ingredients: tea

Fruits and produce

Guava
Guava

Grown wild and used in jelly.

Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Passion fruit
Passion fruit

Tangy.

Key ingredients: juiceFull guide →
Lemon
Lemon

Plentiful.

Key ingredients: drinks, cakes
Banana
Banana

Used in pilhi.

Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →

Dish guides from Norfolk Island

Banana
BananaFruits
Guava
GuavaFruits
Passion fruit
Passion fruitFruits
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About this page

Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.

Photo credits
  • Guava pink fruit: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Passiflora edulis forma flavicarpa: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • P1030323: Elena Chochkova, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • 14-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT: BANANATEX, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)