Hiakai is a Maori word that means hungry. It also means having a desire, a need, craving for food. This is precisely why the New Zealander Chef Monique Fiso decided to call her restaurant Hiakai. The chef is hungry to show to the world what the native Maori food and culture is all about. The project launched in 2016 as a series of pop up dining experiences; all centered in the old cooking techniques and elements of the Polynesian people. Today, Hiakai is an actual restaurant in Wellington, or as the Maori people call the Northern Island’s metropolis, Te Whanganui a Tara. Chef Monique Fiso started working the kitchen…
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