Maldives Malé 6-Course Traditional Maldivian Dinner Experience with Local Host

Taste 6 traditional courses
in a setting like a Maldivian home

Dinner takes about 1 hour 30 minutes in a setting reminiscent of a Maldivian family home. Maldivian food blends fresh seafood, coconut, warm spices, tropical fruit, curry leaves, chili and herbs, and has been shaped by centuries of Indian Ocean trade.

Throughout the evening, your local host serves each dish personally and explains the ingredients, traditions and stories behind every course.

Start with fruit juice and coconut porridge

The meal begins with a juice made from seasonal fruit available that day, such as mango, pineapple, watermelon, papaya, passion fruit or lime. Next comes a creamy coconut porridge with warm spices, a taste of local breakfast culture.

Enjoy starters and signature mains

Starters include eggplant simmered in coconut curry with curry leaves and spices, slow-cooked banana flower curry with coconut and spices, fire-grilled local tuna, and grilled reef fish marinated in island spices.

For the mains, you can taste coconut chicken curry, tuna coconut curry, a garudhiya set (clear tuna broth with rice, lime, chili and side dishes), fish curry, green plantain curry, and reef fish curry with turmeric, garlic and lime.

Finish with an island salad and traditional dessert

A crisp salad with vegetables, herbs and citrus balances the rich flavors of the curries and seafood. Finally, a seasonal Maldivian dessert made with coconut, tropical fruit, palm sugar and island spices is served.

※ The fruit juice and dessert may vary depending on seasonal ingredients.
※ The itinerary may change depending on local conditions.