With so many of the world's best travel destinations (totally my opinion as a self confessed desert junkie!) being by the sea, it is no surprise that many of the best experiences on my travels involve eating fresh fish; charcoaled until crispy, succulent seafood gumbo, towering bowls of perfect mussels. It's been a fish heavy week for dinners at home and it got me thinking about those meals which stood out as being heaven sent from the ocean...
Above: welcome to the Seychelles. The lovely Sophie (fellow Egyptian) accompanied me for a week before I started leading advemture travel tours out there, island hopping from one beautiful spot to the next. A firm favourite spot was on the capital island, Mahe. Every night, local suppliers set up stalls on the long stretch of road running parallel with the beach; the crispy plantain chips were a favourite of the kids on my tours, whereas the mums and dads routinely went back for more of the whole fish. And you'd be silly not to - flaky flesh tumbled onto the plate with a single push of a plastic fork and melted in the mouth, time and time again. Then, washed down with the traditional coconut cocktail.
Salty beach air, crashing waves on the shore, songs of the seychelles as background noise... pretty good spot for another al fresco dining experience.
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