Restaurant: Cocoa Island
Location: Maldives. Tel +960 6641818 Fax +960 6641919 Email res@cocoaisland.como.bz
Date: March 16-22, 2012
Cuisine: International
Rating: Mindblowing Hotel Breakfast in paradise
One of my oldest and best friend’s wedding brought us literally across the world to Cocoa Island in the Maldives. This little slice of paradise is an atol about two feet tall in the Indian Ocean not far from the southern tip of India and Sri Lanka.
As you can see, it was hardship duty. Completely equatorial the weather is about 88 degrees day and night year round. The ocean is about 18 inches deep and around… you guessed it… 88 degrees. Above is the view from the restaurant, which brings us to my favorite topic, food. The food at this resort was incredible, and best of all was the breakfast. It was included with the room and you could order as much as you liked. This led us to term it “endless breakfast.”
There was a cold buffet plus this menu. Again, you could order one thing, two things, or ten things.
But one must begin with a cappuccino. Or three.
The cereal section of the buffet.
They had great baked goods.
And jams.
And fruit.
The yoghurt with fruit was incredible. Rich and unpasteurized. The fruit juice was pretty spectacular too.
We’ll start with some classic Indian breakfast. Potato masala dosa (below) with daal (lentil curry) and some kind of creamy sauce.
The ultra crisp potato filled fried crepe.
Maldivian egg curry. You spoon it out onto the crepes. There is coconut on the side too.
A fantastic egg’s benedict.
And a frittata.
Or straight up eggs, bacon, and hash browns. This ain’t no MacDonalds.
They had these amazing flatbreads. This is cottage cheese, tomato, arugala, and avocado.
Or this one with top grade salmon and cottage cheese.
Or this meet and cheese plate.
Or a bit of fresh sliced mango.
Then come the starches. These incredible waffles.
Or French toast. You can see what I mean when I say the food was fantastic.
One day I spent nine hours (no exaggeration) at the table. Not only was the food continuous and great, but so was the ever changing parade of dining companions. Truly, the ultimate endless breakfast.
A review of lunch can be found here and dinner here at this incredible resort.