Haiti Food and Drink

Haitian food brings the best of Africa, France and the Caribbean together on a plate. Creole and French cuisine are the most widely available, but there's a variety of other cuisines on offer too, including Lebanese, Japanese and American.

Specialities

• Griot (fried pork)
• Pikliz (Spicy Haitian coleslaw)
• Banan peze (fried green plantain)
• Cabri boucane (grilled goat)
• Tasso (preserved beef, goat or turkey, fried or grilled)
• Lambi nan sos kreyol (Conch in Creole sauce)
• Marinade de Lambi (Conch fritters)
• Akra (fritters made out of Malanga, a root vegetable)
• Diri ak djondjon(rice and black mushrooms)
• Diri kole (rice and beans)
• Pate (savoury pastries stuffed with chicken, beef, cheese and smoked or unsmoked fish

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