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Maldives

Dinner price: $420 per person, excluding wine Food: Contemporary french with an asian touch Decor/vibe: Intimate, awe-inspiring

meaning ‘mother of Pearl’ in dhivehi, the maldivian language, this beautiful restaurant sits five metres beneath the Indian ocean at Conrad maldives rangali Island resort. It is the first and only all-glass undersea restaurant, and you’ll be hard pressed to decide where to focus your attention – the fish swimming over and around you or the impeccably presented dishes before you. Children are welcome in the restaurant at lunch, but it’s adults-only at dinner, where table lamps provide the only illumination. guests meet for champagne upstairs at sunset, before descending into the restaurant for the main event. there is a six-course set menu for dinner – think maldivian lobster carpaccio followed by yellow tail kingfish with saffron champagne risotto and beurre blanc foam. www.conradhotels.com