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Food and Drink in American Samoa
Restaurants offer a variety of cuisines, including American, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and Polynesian. There are also various drive-in restaurants.
Specialities:
• Fia fia (suckling pig, chicken, fish, palusami (coconut cream wrapped in taro leaves and cooked in the umu, or pit oven), breadfruit, coconut, bananas, lime and mango).
Tipping:
Not customary.
Regional drinks:
Kava is the national drink and is often drunk in sacred ceremonies.
Note: If you become intimate with Samoans, you may be invited to a genuine kava ceremony. If you go, follow these basic rules: do not sip until you tip a little kava from its coconut shell cup onto the ground immediately in front of you while saying manuia (mah-noo-ee-ah), meaning good luck; do not drain your cup - leave a little and tip it out before handing the cup back to the server; remember that drinking kava is a solemn, sacred ceremony not to be confused with a casual round of drinks in Western society. The taste may take a while to acquire.
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Even short-haul trips carry risks
Visit your GP surgery/Travel Clinic to stay healthy on holiday. This is an educational initiative from GlaxoSmithKline Travel Health UK/MARK/0207a/10 January 2011
Spot the holiday killer
Protect yourself from malaria. Before you travel, find out if your holiday destination is in a malaria zone. (An educational initiative organised and funded by GlaxoSmithKline Travel Health. UK/MARK/0173/10 September 2010) www.malariahotspots.co.uk
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