Enjoy Island Flavours

The Maldives’ tropical location means that the islands’ cuisine relies heavily on fresh seafood and local ingredients. While travellers can get overwhelmed when exposed to a wide array of dishes, when staying at a buffet restaurant, Maldives foods such as ‘Mas Huni’ and ‘Garudhiya’ are flavours that are worth sampling.

Unique Flavours

Situated close to countries like Sri Lanka, India and parts of the Middle East, Maldivian cuisine has drawn significant inspiration from these cultures. Often pairing rice with coconut and spices, they resemble South Asia’s tangy and spicy flavour profiles.

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Mas Huni

Mas Huni is known as the best way to start off the morning. The dish’s simplistic elements, when combined with Maldivian culinary techniques, create blooming flavour profiles. With the freshest tuna used as the base, the dish combines coconut, onion, bird’s eye chilli and lime to create a zesty breakfast meal served by many hotels, including Cinnamon Hakuraa.

Garudhiya

Although the Maldives is popular for its fine dining experiences, the island’s cuisine holds soul foods at its heart. Garudhiya is an amber-toned broth poured over steaming rice and garnished with onions, lime and mashed chillies. Brewed with fresh tuna, water and salt, this dish presents the purest flavours of the ocean.

Freshest Ingredients

Maldivian cuisine focuses heavily on foods that are available to the island in abundance. With fresh island ingredients such as seafood, coconut, and tropical fruits being available, Maldivian cuisine is reminiscent of the island itself.