The cuisine in Moorea has been a
bit confusing for a for me, granted I have only been on the island for a day. All that I have found while exploring the island are either pizza
parlors or burger stands. I know that the burger I consumed earlier
had a kind of island spin on it but I was expecting more of a food
culture. Especially for an island in a French territory. At least they have a strong showing of other
international options...
By the time that dinner time rolled around the sun was long gone. I
was not that hungry at the time but because of my jet lag schedule I was
positive I would wake up in the middle of the night starving. I
decided to grab some dinner as to avoid this awkward
conversation with my stomach. Driving being my only real option to
obtain nutrition I set off down the road. Lets just say that driving on a small island with no lights in the middle of the night
is terrifying.
After some pitch black maneuvering I manged to find two places that were
still open; A pizza place and a unidentifiable food
truck glowing on the side of the road. Having experienced the horror
of international pizza multiple times I opted for the cart.
The cook didn't speak English but
they had a small menu written in French that allowed me to point at
things which I always enjoy. I only had enough money with me for one
item on the menu so that's where my finger crept. It turned out to be
a rib eye steak over a large bed of
french fries with a dixie cup full of
melted roquefort cheese and a side of
french bread. There was that french flair I was looking for!
It turned out to be pretty good but extraordinarily rich. So rich that I got tired of the sauce rather quickly and just went to town on the steak.
I was in no means able to finish the thing but I got enough food in
me to prevent a late night craving. I am hoping to find something
other than island style fast food tomorrow. Moorea seems like the
kind of place where only visitors eat out so I may be out of luck in
my search of local fare unless I somehow
get invited to a local home for dinner which with my shy demeanor and awkward stance will never happen. Oh well, I guess island pizza is in my future.
Lets see some of the thoughtful reviews from the trip advisor community for Pizza Daniel, the second best rated restaurant on the island:
This french guy lives in his house and makes pizza all day long. He was very nice and made some mean pizza!
I only gave it a 4 star because of the flies and how it's all outside
I tried a lot because my wife doesn't eat seafood.
He may have thought we were American as he brought out some great hot sauce right away! :)
Our family of 4 ate 2 1/2 pizzas
