This document provides information about culinary tours and restaurants in the Maldives. It discusses several popular Maldivian dishes like vegetable curry, tuna mas huni, reef fish curry, and chicken curry. It also lists top restaurants in Cocoa Island like Stingray Beach Inn, Terrazzo, and Maafushi View Restaurant. The document recommends accommodation options in Cocoa Island like Cocoa Island by COMO, Maalifushi by COMO, and Vilu Reef Beach & Spa Resort.
2. Index
• Types of Food to try out in Maldives
• Top Restaurants in Cocoa Island
• Accommodation
3. Maldivian Vegetable Curry
Maldivian Vegetable
curry is made by using
vegetables and spices.
Even though a lot of the
spices used in the curry
are similar, the
Maldivian chicken curry
still distinguishes itself
Maldivian Tuna Mas huni
Mas huni is a Maldivian
breakfast food made
with tuna. It is like a
salad with simple
seasonings of onions
and shredded coconut
added to tuna and can
be eaten with roshi.
4. Maldivian Reef Fish Curry
Even though a lot of the
spices used in the curry are
similar, the Maldivian
chicken curry still
distinguishes itself. Curries
can be made using chicken,
fish or vegetables.
Baraboa Mas huni ( Pumpkin)
Mas huni is a Maldivian
breakfast food. It is like a
salad with simple
seasonings of onions and
shredded coconut and can
be eaten with roshi.
5. Maldivian Chicken Curry
Even though a lot of the
spices used in the curry
are similar, the Maldivian
chicken curry still
distinguishes itself.
Curries can be made
using chicken, fish or
vegetables.
Maldivian Gulha
Gulha are bite sized, ball
shaped hedhika which are
usually stuffed with tuna
fish, onions and grated
coconut.
6. Maldivian Roshi
Roshi is very similar to
Indian rotis
(flatbreads).
Maldivian Fish Cutlet
These Maldivian fish
cutlets were one of my
favorite kinds of hedhika
(short eats) on the island.
A simple combination of
tuna and potatoes fried to
a perfect crunch makes
for a great anytime snack.
7. Maldivian Biskeemiyaa
Biskeemiyaa is surprisingly one of the
few Maldivian hedhika ( short eats) that
does not have tuna in it ( which the
Maldivians love). The main ingredients
comprise of chopped cabbage and boiled
egg.
8. Stingray Beach Inn
Stingray Beach Inn is a small, boutique style
Restaurant. And it is perfectly set under swaying
coconut trees and towering tropical plants and the
small beach of Maafushi Island which is one of the
inhabited isles in South Male Atoll or also known as
Kaafu Atoll.
Terrazzo
Adjacent to Terrazzo is the climatically controlled
Wine Cellar, where Anantara's own Wine Guru has
source some of the finest grape varietals and
international wine selections from around the
world.
9. Maafushi View Restaurant
It's a small place hidden on a side
street about a block and half from
the water The service is excellent
There is a small indoor seating area
or a lovely garden for outdoor
dining. Mainly locals visited
Maafushi view.
10. Cocoa Island by COMO Maalifushi by COMO
Vilu Reef Beach & Spa Resort