Root vegetables and coconut define Vanuatu’s food identity, with laplap as the most recognizable dish. Laplap is made by grating root crops like taro or yam, mixing them with coconut milk, and cooking the mixture with meat or fish in an earth oven. Root vegetables and coconut define Vanuatu’s food identity, with laplap as the most recognizable dish. Laplap is made by grating root crops like taro or yam, mixing them with coconut milk, and cooking the mixture with meat or fish in an earth oven.
