Fiji Times Saturday 27 May 2017 KAI Pasifika restaurant has received rave reviews from patrons and the Pacific Islands Trade and Invest New Zealand.
The Pacific Periscope, which is a PTI NZ newsletter, reported that celebrity chef, television cuisine show host and award winning author Robert Oliver recently opened his restaurant — Kai Pasifika in Auckland and offered an array of pan-Pacific dishes, both from Polynesia and Melanesia — Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu.
“Pacific cuisine has suffered from a lot of misconceptions,” Mr Oliver said.
He said misinformed stereotyping had tended to portray Pacific Island food differently from the pristineness that is its true character.
Mr Oliver said all Pacific cuisine used fresh ingredients that were organic, for the most part, and used little oil in the cooking process.
“That’s the goodness of Pacific cuisines with fresh Pacific ingredients that we bring with Kai Pasifika,” Mr Oliver said.
“It’s our interpretation of Pasifika cuisine in an urban and contemporary way.”
He said most of their ingredients were sourced directly from the islands. Read more…
