A wave of Portuguese came to Hawaii in the late 1800s to work the sugarcane fields, and over time their cooking traditions fused with those of other cultures in the islands, including Chinese and Japanese.
Edible bananas find their origin in the Indo-Malaysian region and northern Australia. Many varieties and species of wild bananas still occur in Philippines, Malaysia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Coconut appears in many Samoan dishes, like this one for example, the palusami is a parcel of coconut cream wrapped in taro leaves baked in the umu. This is eaten in its entirety including the leaves, and is rich in taste due to its coconut content.
Delicious and tasty, the food in Tahiti gives a whole new meaning to fine dining. This dish is a Tahitian Classic. It combines chicken, coconut milk and spinach.