Cooking with LACMA: Fijian Dish Ika Vakalolo (fish with coconut cream)

Cooking with LACMA brings together chefs and culinary historians to demonstrate recipes inspired by artworks at the museum. For this episode, chef Chandra Williams will teach the Fijian fish recipe Ika Vakalolo, in conjunction with the exhibition "Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific."
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Additional credits:
The construction of the drua was made possible with generous support from the exhibition's presenting sponsor, FIJI Water.
Installation photograph, Fiji: Art & Life in the Pacific, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, December 15, 2019-July 19, 2020, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
Constance Gordon Cumming, Levuka in Ovalau, Fiji, 19th September 1875, watercolor, 19 3/16 × 28 28 in., Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge: 1998.55, photo reproduced by permission of the Museum Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Cup (bilo), Fiji, early 19th century, coconut shell and fiber, length: 4 3/8 in., lent by Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, photo courtesy of the Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
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[@una2000]

Wowww.. You are so smart in making that 'ika vakalolo'. Looks so delicious and yummy😋Watching from 🇫🇯💕💜

[@helensaxenian]

Wow, this looks so delicious! I will make it! Chandra Williams provides very clear instructions!

[@danielprasad1270]

Hi Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge of Fijian Style cooking of Fish in Coconut cream
You are a wonderful cook

[@veronicalyn7906]

Thankyou so much! My Mother would cook this for me as a child! I love my Fijian Family! Beautiful people! all cultures are

[@sangeetareddy19]

Wow that looks delicious, so proud of you Chandra keep up God Bless You.

[@laveniakotoisuva6476]

I love your cooking maam......nice jaba

[@dianadeller7579]

Looks yummy! Yes miss home n all the great food!! Taro n cassava..yummy! Thank you n god bless my dear..🌸🌸🌷🌷🌷🌿🌿🌿🌿🥰

[@msjroache]

Love the tapa behind

[@TheOfficialHomemade]

very nice. love the presentation and preparation. thanks for sharing. love it..❤️.

[@gurdeepgrewall2787]

Way to go Chandra! So proud of you! God Bless you!

[@sitivenikinikini9723]

❤️🇫🇯

[@sarawilson9743]

That looks so delicious! Can’t wait to try your recipe!!

[@molahumola9352]

Please give more recipes I like the way u do simple n nice

[@DOX83UK]

Omg. That cassava topped it off for me 😋

[@molahumola9352]

Wow very nice yum I m going to try long time

[@mohommedyakub3114]

Looks delicious Chandra

[@barbaramiehls6981]

Looks delicious .Is coconut cream the same as coconut milk?

[@vbiukoto]

Cream is thicker than milk...cream is best for this dish

[@kara8892]

Coconut cream is reduced coconut milk.

[@akshay2947]

This was way cool! Thank you for sharing

[@faithprasad1902]

Man that looks good

[@goshaaa5783]

YUMMMM FIJI FOOD

[@masakololaisa325]

yummy