Christmas Island cuisine

[2] Previously an additional 2,000+ people lived at the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.

[2] The centre was closed in October 2018 but re-opened in 2019, and as of early 2020 hosted only one family of Tamil asylum seekers.

As of November 2013[update], an additional air-freight of vegetables arrives from Malaysia via Indonesia every Friday night for purchase on Saturday morning.

In recent years, the supply of fresh food has been affected by a number of major incidents.

Some of the things that can be found by foraging on Christmas Island include: Many other well known tropical fruits such as rambutan, lychee and durian do not grow on Christmas Island as there is inadequate soil depth and not enough steady rainfall throughout the year.