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0:08 we're in the Cook Islands on the beautiful island of Rarotonga and it is a Saturday which is market day we're going to take you into Punanga Nui market and show you what great food there is to discover here I'm Thomas and I'm Sheena and we're Chasing a Plate we hope you're hungry let's eat and our first stop is right here we've been on the island a week now eating so much good food this place has been on our hit list since day one but it's not been open many days cause they have not been able to go out to get fresh fish for the morning breakfast cook up hi kia orana oh that looks good
0:56 this place is called Māroro tunatunu Māroro is flying fish but what I'm seeing is tuna at the moment maybe they haven't been able to go out to get Māroro so I'm going to have a little chat to the team and see what's going on kia orana tuna? yeah is it because the seas have been bad so no māroro? no more māroro finished oh it's finished yeah okay these guys open at 6:00 a.m. and we're too late it's 8:00 a.m. now they're all out of the Flying Fish and they've just got Tuna on the grill I think we'll just get into that so he's just been saying cause the seas have been rough they did get flying fish as we know cause they've sold out but they only got 80 normally they get about 160 so they're sold out pretty early but we would have made it
1:48 oo so close we have to come back to the Cook Islands now cause these guys are not going to be open any days we're here so today is tuna we're going to have to come back for the flying fish $10 New Zealand dollars for this big plate of tuna and then you just help yourself there's some lemon lime some maniota which is cassava root look at that some birdseye chilli grab a couple of those and then there's coconut milk I think on the tables or coconut cream so we'll just pour that all over there was rice but I think they're out now Papa's cooking the tuna it's a really cool buzzy vibe here I've got this uh coconut sauce I'm just going
2:39 to do what everyone else is doing and throw it all over the fish yellow fin tuna cooked just on that hot plate this is the maniota or cassava root lemon and some heat in the birdseye chillies if we want going to dive into this fish just as fresh as anything that is really good being an island nation obviously fish is easy to come by when you're eating out here in Rarotonga but far out it never gets old it is always knock your socks off
3:28 lovely with that coconut sauce really creamy mellow the maniota is quite sticky doesn't have a very strong flavour but dipped in that coconut sauce it's real good the tuna is seared so these massive hunks cooked on the outside but on the inside it's raw it's the most beautiful flavour oh yeah this is a really good time and what a spot just everyone's so satisfied everyone's having a great time tucking in whoa I'm glad we made it finally not for the māroro which means we'll just
4:14 have to come back to Rarotonga but second best just as good delicious thank you time to find more food this Market is just on on Saturday mornings the restaurant where we just were can be open other days of the week cause that's a little bit more permanent than the rest of the market but the market that we're right in the middle of now is just on Saturdays and we've spied real fruit smoothies with the most incredible lineup of tropical fruit let's grab one kia orana how are you?
5:00 wow look at this lineup papaya coconut banana dragon fruit what else? Is that all? Soursop, soursop just fruit how beautiful oh I'm going to give that a stab what can you say it just screams the islands screams Tropics refreshing cold all those tropical flavors there you go oh so good mmm want to try honey? I think the whole family is
5:45 getting amongst this one delicious along this stretch of the market there are local Growers so they've got all of their fresh fruit fruits out there's Bakery items and over there I've just spotted some delicious looking pies I think they may be sweet pies Kia orana How are you? good thanks how are you? A real line up here we've got Cook Island Donuts pineapple pies quiches some coconut rolls the pies are looking pretty good got a pineapple and meringue Pie we're going to sort of move along this area pick up a few things to eat and
6:31 probably go and have a little makeshift picnic I've just spotted some banana is this banana poke Papa? Yes some banana poke which is a local delicacy so we'll grab that too thank you cool thank you perfect thanks oh got a little collection here looking forward to getting into it the Saturday market is more than just food there's a whole lot of clothing jewelry art all sorts so we're just having a wander through this section of the market before we settle down and tuck into our food
7:19 yeah a sugary pineapple pie whoa pineapple meringue pie to start our mini picnic off I think I'm going to tear it in two get right into into the guts of it oh unexpected oh it's a full-on custard style inside I thought it was going to be full of like bits of pineapple oh my god pineapple custard mmm a really soft pastry outer that pineapple custard has a good hit of pineapple someone wants in
8:04 and then a little bit of meringue on top for a bit of sweetness not too sweet overall though it's good pie we're getting into the banana poke bit of a local delicacy overripe bananas you can see the colour of them cooked with coconut cream arrowroot and a bit of sugar I believe oh it's really sticky and gooey let's give it a taste mmm very sweet creamy sticky obviously a very strong banana flavour the bananas here are really sweet and intense
8:56 they're utterly delicious and this dessert is great do you want to give it a go? I don't know what the verdict is there mmm yum it is some very cruisy vibes here at the market things happen you know at a nice pace you just wander around lots to check out lots of good music playing everywhere What? It's a nice vibe I see I next stops straight ahead and it goes by the name of Baby Pancakes Baby Pancakes is a bit of a locals favourite they serve pancakes and donuts so let's go and order up a bunch see what they're all about
9:42 kia orana, how are you? oh my goodness we've gone for butter one which is the OG just pancake maple syrup butter oh yes they look great what's that? baby pancakes butter icing sugar maple syrup how good oh my gosh they look amazing thanks Viani Baby Pancakes is owned by husband and wife team Viani and Dion look at this they've just given us a stack of their baby
10:30 Donuts as well oh my gosh cinnamon donuts with a I don't know a caramel sauce or something oh yes I got myself a nice buttery one to to try first now these really are baby pancakes we're not talking pikelets that are being considered pancakes no no these are like properly bite-sized small makes it easy to just poke them in real quick it's a pancake covered in butter and maple it's good it's so good you can't go wrong sweet delicious buttery goodness yum hot baby Donuts covered in cinnamon sugar I've just dipped it in that chocolate sauce I found out
11:27 irresistible hot fluffy light sweet ah I love cinnamon oh yes mmm I think that's about all we can manage to fit in our tummies there's plenty more food at the market though it's been a really fun morning super cruisy here there's cool music playing it's just a a neat place to hang out check out Saturdays only for the market real Vibe got to be said it's been a fun one hit that subscribe button there's plenty more videos we're making here in Rarotonga in the Cook Islands check out the other videos there's more to come thank you for watching we'll see you on the next one see you guys
