Among the local specialties are dishes cooked in the traditional Samoan oven,
umu. A variety of Chinese food is also available in a few places and there are several snack and light meal restaurants in Apia serving fast food and other Western food.
Things to know: Alcohol may not be purchased on Sundays except by hotel residents and their guests.
National specialties:• Fresh seafood, including octopus and tuna.
• Roast suckling pig.
•
Palusami (young taro leaves baked in coconut cream).
•
Oka (raw fish in coconut cream).
• Tropical fruit.
National drinks:•
Kava is the national drink (see also the
American Samoa and
Fiji sections).
Tipping: Not customary.
NightlifeSeveral
nightclubs offer dancing and other entertainment. Several
cinemas show English-language films and Chinese films with subtitles.
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