Sea food and coconuts pretty much sums up what Maldivian cuisine is all about. Although influenced by Sri Lankan and Indian cuisine, the Maldivian food has amilder and authentic tang to it that is unique to the Maldives alone. Not all Maldives resorts offer authentic Maldivian food and therefore, choose one of the known Maldives spa resorts such as Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas to truly indulge in your culinary journey. A typical Maldivian meal would comprise of seafood, vegetables cooked in coconut milk or tossed in coconut and a variety of starches such as rice, taro, sweet potato, cassava, breadfruit or screwpine. Some popular delicacies to try while you are at this beautiful archipelago would be the Kulhi boakibaa, a Maldivian fish cake, gulha and bajiya which are popular snacks consumed eagerly even by the locals.

Jayani Senanayake is a writer who dabbles in travel and all things exotic. Under the pseudonym of Calliope Sage, she writes of the allures that must simply be discovered. Google+