About Time You Tried: Mystery Dining in the MaldivesBy Angelica Malin
Fancy something different? Well, it’s about time you tried a “blind dining” experience at Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa for something truly once-in-a-lifetime. Here’s what you need to know:
New for 2016, Park Hyatt Maldives Hadahaa has launched a 24-hour dining extravaganza. Yes, that’s right – 24-hours of feasting. The foodie adventure includes a blindfolded gourmet dinner on the beach, champagne breakfast and more.
Your 24 hours of food heaven starts with a cocktail and canapé pairing on the island’s sugar-soft beach – think lapping waves and the most beautiful sunsets whilst you enjoy a delicious fruity cocktail.
Once sufficiently merry, you’ll be escorted to a private location on the beach and blindfolded! With senses heightened and flavours intensified, you will be treated to a 3-course banquet crafted from your favourite ingredients.
Just imagine: the sounds of the waves lapping at the shore, the feeling of the gentle breeze on the skin and the rubbing of sand between the toes – the sole accompaniment to a sumptuous and sense-awakening dinner in the dark.
The experience continues the following morning with a champagne breakfast, served in your villa, for ultimate privacy. After which, you can take a stroll with the chef through Hadahaa’s hydroponic garden where you will learn about this innovative plant growing method and the various edible specimens growing in the garden, before relishing a healthy three-course gourmet lunch. After all that feasting, you may well need it.
Blind Dining: To Finish it Off
You may then choose to work up an appetite again by exploring some of the Maldives’ best snorkelling sites, or taking part in a spot of water sports at the Park Hyatt’s private new water-sports island, before rounding off your culinary journey with afternoon tea above the sea in The Drift water villa. Sounds like heaven, right?
Price: US $670 /£458* per couple. 24-hour advance reservation is required. Nightly starting rates at Park Hyatt Maldives are from US $830/£568* per villa, inclusive of Breakfast. For more information and to book visit here.