Would you like to learn more about Polynesian cuisine? Would you like to take advantage of your kitchenette in your suite at Cook's Bay Hotel?
Here are 3 Tahitian recipes to prepare and enjoy in the comfort of your suite:
- Tahitian ceviche with coconut milk
- Coconut curry shrimp
- Vegetarian Chao Mein
Bonus: a cocktail recipe to go along your Tahitian meal!
Take pleasure now in concocting a Tahitian menu with local and accessible ingredients around the hotel!
1/ Tahitian ceviche with coconut milk
This dish is a classic of traditional Tahitian cuisine.
Ingredients for 2 people:
- Red or white tuna
- One tomato
- One small cucumber
- One onion
- 2 or 3 small green onions (to taste)
- 2 or 3 limes (to taste)
- 20 cl coconut milk
- Salt and pepper
How to prepare raw fish in coconut milk
Cut the tuna into small pieces and soak in salted water for 5 minutes. Drain and place in a salad bowl.
- Core the cucumber and tomato. Finely chop the tomato, cucumber, onion and scallions.
- Pour the lemon juice over the tuna and mix well.
- Add the vegetables, then the coconut milk.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
It's ready! And if you feel so, you can add grated carrot to the other vegetables.
2/ Tahitian coconut milk curry shrimp
In Moorea, you can buy shrimps directly from the producer. Visit the shrimp aquaculture farm at the entrance of Opunohu valley!
Ingredients for 2 people
- 500 grams raw peeled shrimp
- One onion
- One small green onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- Grated fresh ginger
- Curry powder
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
How to prepare the coconut curry shrimps
- In a hot frying pan with a little olive oil, sauté the onion.
- Add the garlic, ginger and curry powder.
- Stir to blend the flavors.
- Then add the shrimp and sauté until golden-brown.
- Gently pour the coconut milk into the mixture and simmer for just a few minutes.
- Remove from the heat, season with salt and pepper, and add the chopped green onions.
Serve with rice and enjoy!
3/ Tahiti's Chao Mein dish
Inspired by Chinese cuisine, chao mein is just one of the recipes offered by Tahitian cuisine.
Here is a vegetarian version.
Ingredients for 2 people
- Chinese cabbage (or white cabbage)
- One carrot
- One onion
- One small green onion
- A clove of garlic
- Chinese noodles
- A few Chinese mushrooms
- Olive oil
- Oyster sauce
- Soy sauce
- Cornstarch
- Salt and pepper
Preparing chao mein tahiti
- Finely chop the cabbage, carrot, onion, green onion and garlic clove.
- Drain (if necessary) and chop the Chinese mushrooms.
- Mix a little cornflour, soy sauce and oyster sauce in a bowl.
- Prepare the Chinese noodles as indicated on the packet, then set aside.
- In a wok (or frying pan), pour a little olive oil and fry the vegetables over high heat for 5 to 7 minutes. The vegetables should remain crisp.
- Add the sauce and stir until thickened.
- Arrange the noodles on plates, then pour the sauce over them.
Bon appétit! Tama'a maita'i as we say in Tahitian!
Bonus: Pair these Tahitian recipes with a cocktail!
Discover the recipe for Mai Tai, a cocktail that originated in Polynesia.
In a shaker, mix white rum, amber rum, triple sec, lemon juice and orgeat syrup.
Want to try other cocktails? Visit Le Cook's, our waterfront bar to discover our menu!
