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Fresh Pineapple Salsa from the Polynesian Cultural Center
Part 2 of a true island snack treat. Part 1 is baked ulu chips. Part 2 is this incredibly simple and delicious recipe for Fresh Pineapple Salsa, Part 3 is our Sweet & Spicy Chili Sauce, which is the cornerstone ingredient for this Pineapple Salsa recipe (but also handy to have on-hand for other uses).
Sweet & Spicy Chili Sauce – bring on the heat!
Part 3 of a true island snack treat. Part 1 is baked ulu chips. Part 2 is an incredibly simple and delicious recipe for Fresh Pineapple Salsa, Part 3 is this popular sauce with a bite, which is the cornerstone ingredient for the Pineapple Salsa recipe (but also handy to have on-hand for other uses.)
Ulu Chips – crisp, flavorful and oh so Polynesian
Ulu chips makes an excellent treat the entire family can love. Breadfruit is what Polynesians call a canoe plant. Polynesian explorers brought ulu starts to plant whenever they migrated to another island of the sea. They are full of protein, fiber, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.
Pounders Restaurant is back open and leading the way
The popular Pounders Restaurant is back open, and it seems that everyone is feeling the excitement!!!! Last Saturday was our first service since the end of March and we have been busy preparing.
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How To Make Coconut Oil And Why Fijians Love It
“The [coconut] oil is something we still use until today in different parts of Fiji for a lot of things in our culture — cooking, body lotion, medicine and healing wounds among them. For example, our people mixed it with charcoal and used it to help tattooing heal...
“Huki” costumes take a year-plus to design and produce
Pictured above: The final versions of three Huki costume designs Roger Ewens created after consulting extensively with PCC cultural specialists and other members of the Huki committee: (left-right) a 1940s-era Hawaiian hula outfit (with ti-leaf skirt). An unusual blue...
Polynesian Cultural Center’s new “Huki” celebrates canoes
The Polynesian Cultural Center will officially launch the grand premiere of our new Huki: One ‘ohana sharing aloha canoe celebration on August 18, 2018. (‘Ohana means “family” in Hawaiian.) We present Huki each afternoon the Center is open at 2:30 on the freshwater...
Kalbi-Glazed Short Rib Recipe
Pounders Restaurant is fast becoming one of the local favorites here on the north shore of Oahu. It doesn't take much to realize that this is due to local chef, Felix Tai who has been given room to practice his special style of ono Asian-Western-Polynesian fusion....
Choosing a ukulele? Here’s what you need to know
Ukuleles are one of the most popular and easy to play stringed instruments. The Polynesian Cultural Center offers an awesome array of ukuleles. In this blog, Rebecca Sabalones provides our readers with important information to help them select the perfect instrument for them.
Cook Island performers return to Polynesian Cultural Center
For the second consecutive year, the government of the Cook Islands has sent a performing group from its National Arts Theater and leaders to appear at the Polynesian Cultural Center through July 17, 2018. “We’re so excited to have them back again this year,” said...
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