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Paifala Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas | The Koko Samoa - The Koko Samoa

Paifala Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas ...

If sunshine were a pastry, it would taste like Paifala—triangular hand-pies brimming with pineapple-coconut custard. American military rations introduced canned pineapple to Samoa during World War II, and island bakers...

Paifala Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas ...

If sunshine were a pastry, it would taste like Paifala—triangular hand-pies brimming with pineapple-coconut custard. American military rations introduced canned pineapple to Samoa during World War II, and island bakers...

Keke Pua’a Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas | The Koko Samoa - The Koko Samoa

Keke Pua’a Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ide...

Meet the bao’s adventurous island cousin: Keke Pua‘a. When Cantonese engineers built Apia’s first hydropower plant in 1917, they shared char-siu-bao lunches with Samoan co-workers, who were instantly smitten. Local...

Keke Pua’a Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ide...

Meet the bao’s adventurous island cousin: Keke Pua‘a. When Cantonese engineers built Apia’s first hydropower plant in 1917, they shared char-siu-bao lunches with Samoan co-workers, who were instantly smitten. Local...

Oka Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas | The Koko Samoa - The Koko Samoa

Oka Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas | Th...

Crystal-clear lagoon water, a woven lauloa mat, and a half shell brimming with citrus-kissed tuna—oka i‘a is the taste of an island afternoon bottled in coconut cream. Before chilled eskies...

Oka Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas | Th...

Crystal-clear lagoon water, a woven lauloa mat, and a half shell brimming with citrus-kissed tuna—oka i‘a is the taste of an island afternoon bottled in coconut cream. Before chilled eskies...

Suafa’i Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas | The Koko Samoa - The Koko Samoa

Suafa’i Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas ...

Long before smoothie bowls and chia puddings stormed Instagram, Samoan children slurped warm, velvety Suafa‘i from enamel mugs at dawn. The porridge mingles tapioca pearls softened in coconut milk with...

Suafa’i Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas ...

Long before smoothie bowls and chia puddings stormed Instagram, Samoan children slurped warm, velvety Suafa‘i from enamel mugs at dawn. The porridge mingles tapioca pearls softened in coconut milk with...

Pani Popo Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas | The Koko Samoa - The Koko Samoa

Pani Popo Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Idea...

Picture a tray emerging from the oven: pillowy dinner rolls floating in molten coconut syrup that bubbles at the edges like a tropical hot spring—this is Pani Popo. Samoan parish...

Pani Popo Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Idea...

Picture a tray emerging from the oven: pillowy dinner rolls floating in molten coconut syrup that bubbles at the edges like a tropical hot spring—this is Pani Popo. Samoan parish...

Supo Esi Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas | The Koko Samoa - The Koko Samoa

Supo Esi Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas...

When monsoon rains drum on corrugated roofs and school is called off, many Samoan households reach for a ripe papaya and craft Supo Esi—golden fruit simmered with ginger, coconut cream,...

Supo Esi Recipe – History, Tips & Serving Ideas...

When monsoon rains drum on corrugated roofs and school is called off, many Samoan households reach for a ripe papaya and craft Supo Esi—golden fruit simmered with ginger, coconut cream,...