Mark Wiens

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Welcome to the Maldives! And today we’re in Addu, in the southernmost atoll of the Maldives and we’re eating tuna for 24 hours straight - but in the Maldives you will try some of the best and most unique and varied recipes for tuna in the world!

A huge thank you to Misbah (https://www.discoveraddu.com/) and his family for arranging this amazing trip to Addu, Maldives.

Breakfast - We’re starting with Maldivian breakfast that just about everyone in the country eats in the morning. Mas huni - smoked tuna, coconut, chilies, Kulle mas - dry fish curry, and Rihaakuru - tuna sauce.

After breakfast we drove around and found some fresh tunas straight from the morning catch, and also visited Sinaa (Beat Harvest) at his farm and tasted a variety of unique Maldivian fruit trays with tuna.

Addu Bendi - One of the most famous foods from Addu is Addu bendi, a type of coconut sweet made with coconut jelly and coconut water, simmered down with sugar and roasted for hours. It’s then hardened into a candy.

Maahere Cafe - Right in the heart of Addu, for lunch we headed to a local fisherman restaurant to eat authentic Maldivian food including lots of tuna, and entire tuna head, and garudhiya - fish broth that’s often considered the national food of the Maldives.

Home style short eats - One of the traditional parts of the Maldivian food culture are short eats, little afternoon snacks that typically go together with tea. And you guessed it, many of them are filled with tuna, and they are so tasty you won’t be able to stop eating them.

Home cooked Maldivian food - Truly the highlight of the day was having a full home-cooked Maldivian meal including one of the best ever Maldives food called Addu Havaadha - a local curry made from a curry paste of toasted coconut and spices. I’m going to say it’s one of the world’s best ever tuna dishes!

Chapters:
0:00 Intro to Maldivian Food in Addu
0:43 Maldivian Breakfast
10:30 Tuna Market
11:34 Maldives Farm
18:41 Addu Bendi
25:10 Maldives Tuna Feast
34:56 Short Eats
39:26 Southern Most Point of the Maldives
40:10 Addu Havaadha - Best Maldivian Tuna Curry
49:19 Thank You

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