Local specialities include breadfruit and thin slices of raw fish dipped in a peppery sauce. Pohnpeians use yam in large quantities in their cuisine.

Kava or sakau, as it is known in Pohnpei, is made from the root of a shrub which yields a mildly narcotic substance when squeezed through a hibiscus bark. Achi (fermented coconut toddy), chooriyu (distilled achi) and yiss (yeast or home brew) are popular in Chuuk.