The Mango Café

The renovated premises of The Mango Café are a vast improvement over the old cafe: 2 stories now, air-conditioned, with a pleasant balcony along one side, and lots of glass and light. The atmosphere is relaxed and informal; the decor: muted.


Mango café offers breakfast, lunch and dinner menus ... and a sandwich bar. Whilst we've tried the lunch menu (the burgers and pasta dishes are good), this review is mainly concerned with their all-day breakfast menu.

Lunch in Suva: The Mango Café

Fijian Food from Market to Table | Culinary Colorado

Lautoka market vendors sells the foods that Bulou cooks with total authenticity

The market of Lautoka, a town diagonally across Fiji’s Viti Levu island from the capital at Suva, exerted a magnetic on me and my four colleagues heading to Bulou’s Eco-Resort.

We stopped “for 10 minutes” and reluctantly emerged something like 40 minutes later, having met vendors (“Bula!” was a welcome not to encourage us to buy), gazed a familiar and unfamiliar produce and were told what this or that root vegetable was called and perhaps how it was prepared.

This enormous mostly-indoor market is open daily except Sunday. Most vendors have tables, but others sell off blankets on the edge of the hall or outside. I have heard that it is Fiji’s largest market — and if it, I’m guessing it’s close to the biggest. Below are some market images, mostly uncaptioned because even stretching our10-minute plan, we moved too fast for photos and notes.

Full article here: Fijian Food from Market to Table | Culinary Colorado

Recipes of Fiji, Food of Fiji

In general, native Fijians and the Fijian-Indian populations use their hands to eat. Meals are eaten on the floor while the family sits on mats. If you make a Fijian meal to share this month, consider incorporating these eating customs into your meal plan.

Common food of Fiji:
Rice, taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes, cassava, fish & coconut

Lovo

A communal village feast for special occasions such as weddings, festivals or the inauguration of a new chief. Lovo is prepared by digging a large pit and lining it with dry coconut husks. The husks are set on fire, then stones are heaped on top. When the flames from the coconut husks die down, the food is wrapped in banana leaves and lowered into the pit. Meat and fish are always put in first, and the vegetables are put on top. Everything is covered with more banana leaves and stones and left to cook for about 2 ½ hours. When it’s ready, it’s a feast for all!

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