Lau Lau ingredients in the UK

[ChemicalChaos]

Evening all,

Having watched the Hawaii episode of Man V Food earlier I was quite taken by the dish named Lau Lau - this is various cuts of pork belly and white fish, wrapped in big succulent Taro plant leaves and then steamed in a closed saucepan for hours to make a wilted package of rendered, meltingly tender meat:



I so want to try this at home, however funnily enough it's hard to come across fresh Taro leaves outside of Hawaii/Polynesia. having looked online, you can only buy small packages of dried ones. Does anyone please have a suggestion for locally available alternatives, or am having to try and grow a Taro plant in a greenhouse?

Thanks!

[sherman]

Banana leaves. You can buy or grow a plant in your garden. Frost protect over winter though.

[Lynchie999]

... should've guessed you'd have started this thread CC after reading the title and thinking WTF is that...

Yes, banana leaves would be your best bet, can probably get them from you local friendly Asian supermarket maybe ?