Dinner: Blue Lagoon Beach Resort, Fiji

Fiji's Blue Lagoon Beach Resort is five hours by catamaran from the nearest city, Nadi, so it's an impressive feat that the resort's restaurant is capable of whipping up elaborate multi-course meals consisting of temptations that range from sesame-crusted tuna steak with kumara mash and mango chutney to grilled pork cutlets with pineapple-coriander salsa and apple cider pickled vegetables.

Lunch: Blue Lagoon Beach Resort, Fiji

A hearty lunch of Fijian kokoda (the catch of the day prepared with fresh coconut cream), battered fish with cassava chips, and pumpkin risotto with chicken hits the spot after a long hike over the hills of Nacula, one of the farthest-north islands of Fiji's Yasawa archipelago.

Dinner: Paradise Cove, Fiji

Paradise Cove's Black Rock restaurant serves elegant Pacific island fare, from roasted spiced pork with local spinach mash to coconut parfait with minted pineapple salad - perfect for wrapping up the evening after basking on a Fijian beach.

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