Papua New Guinea Food and Drink

Hotel dining rooms cater for most visitors and menus in main centres are fairly extensive. The more remote the area, the more likely it is that the menus will be basic. However, increasing use is made of fresh local meat, fish, vegetables and fruit. The number of European, Chinese and Indonesian restaurants is rising.

Specialities

• Traditional cuisine of Papua New Guinea is based on root crops such as taro, kaukau and yams, sago and pig (cooked in the earth on traditional feasts).
• Mumu is a traditional dish combining roast pork, sweet potatoes, rice and greens.
• Local fruits include pineapples, pawpaws, mangoes, passion fruit and bananas.

Things to know

Waiter service is usual. Bills include a 10% sales tax.

Tipping

Not customary and discouraged.

Drinking age

18.

Regional drinks

Alcohol is readily available and includes Australian and Filipino beers.