My Samoa Polynesian Food & Takeaway

If you’re looking for typical Polynesian foods, My Samoa in Kelston is a pretty good place to start. Family run and owned, this little place is on the side street near Kelston Boys High School. West Auckland boasts many similar shops that claim to do «quality» and «traditional» Pacific foods. It can be so hard to find a shop bought meal that will match your mums, grandmas or maybe even your dads Sunday lunch — but My Samoa makes a valiant effort.
Their taro is firm (not soggy/​low quality) and covered well in coconut cream– $ 3 for a piece bigger than your hand isn’t too bad going. They also sell cooked banana’s (fa’i) for $ 1, again — great price and great taste. They then do a smorgasboard of prepared dishes including lamb flaps, chopsuey, chicken curry and other ‘bulk’ styled meals that can be bought in $ 5-​$ 11 dollar chinese takeaway style boxes. They also offer many other samoan delicacies — $ 5 Luau (taro leaves filled with coconut cream), Panikekes (fried banana doughnuts), Keke Pua’a (pork buns) and much much more.
The chopsuey is decent — they use a enough soy sauce for it to be tasty, however they do use some cheap cuts of meat, meaning you may find some small bones throughout your vermicelli. The pumpkin and lamb we tried today was delicious and just needed a bit of seasoning. The taro and banana’s were all fantastic and alot better than the ones found down the road in Glendene– so I will definitely be back for that. We also get the fish/​coocnut cream dish (Eleni) which was also very nice.
If you’ve ever wanted to try some traditional Island grub, outside of the Pasifika Festival — My Samoa would be a fantastic place to start.