Food of Wallis and Futuna

Wallis and Futuna's cuisine is Polynesian with some French influence, relying on taro, yam, breadfruit, bananas, coconut, pork, and fish. Earth ovens (umu) cook feasts, and lu (taro leaf parcels with coconut cream) is a favorite. French bread and pastries appear alongside local starches.

National dish

Umu feast

Earth-oven roast of pork, taro, and breadfruit.

Staples

  • taro, yam, breadfruit, banana, coconut, pork, fish

Signature flavors

  • coconut cream, lime, taro leaves

Main dishes

Umu feast

Earth-oven roast of pork, taro, and breadfruit.

Key ingredients: pork, taro, breadfruit
Lu
Lu

Taro leaves with coconut cream.

Key ingredients: taro leaves, coconut cream
Fish in coconut milk

Fresh fish.

Key ingredients: fish, coconut milk
Poisson cru
Poisson cru

Raw fish with lime and coconut.

Key ingredients: fish, lime, coconut milk
Chicken and rice

Everyday.

Key ingredients: chicken, rice

Breakfast

Baguette
Baguette

With butter.

Key ingredients: flour, butterFull guide →
Banana fritters

Sweet.

Key ingredients: banana, flour

Desserts and sweets

Coconut pudding

Sweet.

Key ingredients: coconut
Banana cake

Soft.

Key ingredients: banana, flour

Drinks

Coconut water

Fresh.

Key ingredients: young coconut
Coffee

French style.

Key ingredients: coffee

Fruits and produce

Coconut
Coconut

Staple.

Key ingredients: milkFull guide →
Banana
Banana

Many kinds.

Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Breadfruit
Breadfruit

Roasted.

Key ingredients: roastedFull guide →
Papaya
Papaya

Sweet.

Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →

Dish guides from Wallis and Futuna

Baguette
BaguetteBreads
Banana
BananaFruits
Breadfruit
BreadfruitFruits
Coconut
CoconutFruits
Papaya
PapayaFruits
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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
  • Luaulau: Chedlund808, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Poisson cru au lait de coco: Eric Chan, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Baguettes, Paris, France - panoramio: Nick Thweatt, CC BY-SA 3.0 (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)
  • Artocarpus altilis (fruit): Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)