Dinner. Ahhh….. one of the best parts of the day, because we could get plonked on cocktails and wine and enjoy some really fine food. The Shangri-La has 5 restaurants, Javuu being the main restaurant where we also have our breakfast (it’s the one right on the beach)…. Fashala which is perched above the water and offers the best sunset views on the island as well as a killer BBQ… and Khazaanaage which has 3 dining rooms – ‘Southern China’, ‘Arabian’ and ‘Indian’ – all themed and serving the associated cuisine.

5 large restaurants, and around 100 or so guests.. you do the math on just how crowded they were 😉 It was fantastic not being squished into a restuarant, herded and rushed to order and feeling cramped and having to suffer lack of service. Shangri-La’s restaurants were just the exact opposite of all that – really attentive, dedicated service.. and very fine cuisine. These guys cook well. We each had a 3-course meal each night, as well as multiple cocktails and wines. Decadence at its finest 😛

Dinner in a hut by the water at Javuu

Menu with clip-on light

Assorted breads in a cool tin basket

Goats cheese with mesclun greens, grapes and roasted walnut dressing

Crisp pastry tart with roasted roma tomatoes, onion confit, buffalo mozzarella and aged balsamic syrup

Roasted portobello mushrooms with chive mash, roasted vegetables and vinaigrette dressing

Australian grass-fed sirloin steak

Date pudding with vanilla ice cream

Walking towards Khazaanaage, with the 3 different dining rooms – ‘Southern China’, ‘Arabian’ and ‘Indian’

Chilling out watching the sunset

One of the courses in the ‘Arabian room’

In the ‘Indian room’

Tucking in 🙂