Soneva Fushi opened 25 years ago, according to Sonu Shivdasani, who launched the agenda-setting resort on Kunfunadhoo island with his Swedish wife Eva and is still at the helm."In the old days, the Maldives had a terrible reputation for service," he tells me over a sushi lunch on the island. "Then there was the food - everything came in tins - and you couldn't drink well because there were no wine cellars.
There was also nothing to do. You'd walk around the island for half an hour and that was it."The restaurant we're sitting in, So Hands On, is a reminder of how Soneva Fushi changed tourism in the Maldives.
In front of us, chef Akira Koba slices red snapper and rosy seabass into glistening strips to lay atop sushi rice. Each morsel is.
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