Updates: If it swims...

I have been feeling a little under-the-weather this week - a losing battle against the flu. However, I haven't let this stop me from working or going on another restaurant adventure.
Last night we went with three other Portuguese people (same as Bed Supper Club) to The Seafood Market and Restaurant. The slogan of the Seafood Market is "If it swims we have it" and certainly nothing could be further from the truth with the vast range of fresh fish, shellfish, lobsters, crabs and other seafood on display on the 50 metre length counter. As you enter you are given a shopping trolley which you wheel around picking out a variety of incredibly fresh seafood (most still swimming or flapping about), vegetables and fruit.
The cost is based on what you choose, its weight and the way it is cooked, so you can either choose carefully and keep the price down or - especially if you go for the lobster (which of course we did!) splash out and rack the price up. A good average would be 30-40 dollars for two including drinks and a good amount of food.
Once you have paid at the cashier for your food and beverages, a waiter takes your trolley with your instructions on how you would like to have it cooked. They are eager to help out with suggestions. I have to recommend the spicy clams with aniseed leaves, Thai curry crab, steamed lobster and shrimp with tempura vegetables.
The highlight is watching your food being cooked in a huge open kitchen by dozens of chefs in large woks over open pit fires - a show in itself. The restaurant is enormous, seating around 1,500 people but it is all part of a memorable experience.
Naturally, I filmed the whole thing so look out for the video on dailymotion.

We are flying to the Maldives tomorrow afternoon, staying one night at the airport hotel in Male, before being flown to the Soneva Fushi Resort by sea-plane. Amandio is working on an 'Opera' installation project for one month, and I am, well.. planning on doing lots of reading and relaxing :-)
Just to make you all jealous.. this hotel was voted the 'Best Hotel in the World' by Condenast two years in a row! LOL. Needless to say, I am ecstatic! More later..