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Best STREET FOOD in the Maldives!! (Why Do Tourists Skip This?) 🇲🇻

2025-06-17 Travel & Events
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🇲🇻 Staying at a Luxury Resort in the Maldives: https://youtu.be/FnnHh1qxeZ8 👉 SUBSCRIBE for more: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkWiens Welcome to Malé, the biggest city in the Maldives, home to over 200,000 people on a tiny island filled with building, with one of the densest populations in the world. While the Maldives in known for its extremely beautiful beaches and luxury resorts, I’m going to show you a different side of the Maldives that’s rarely ever been show. Join me on this full day Maldivian street food tour in Malé! A huge thank you to Misbah (https://www.discoveraddu.com/) and ⁠Ahmed Ijaz (https://www.instagram.com/theislandlogic.mv/) for taking me around. Breakfast at Spice Hut - We’re starting bright and early at a popular Maldivian tea breakfast spot. One of the staples of the Maldives is tuna, and specifically Mas huni, a mix of tuna, onions, chilies, coconut, and sometimes other combinations. With a coconut roti known as a disk, it’s the perfect combination. Total price - 320.54 MVR ($20.74) for 4 people After breakfast we visited the fish market, the fruit market, and the smoked tuna market, all of which were energetic and vibrant. Must visit markets when you’re in the Maldives. Moon Cafe (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Hx5hN39E7UZzXxdD6) - For lunch we’re heading to Moon Cafe, a very popular canteen for all things Maldivian food. This is where you can get a taste for authentic Maldivian meals. Price - 333 MVR ($21.54) for everything Oxygen Cafe - In the afternoon, most Maldivians eat some short eats, or basically tea snacks. And we’re first starting at Oxygen Cafe and then trying more short eats at Asda Cafe. Price - 55.85 MVR ($3.61) for everything Faseyha Point 1 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/x1wuWJ7nC6iiBdNA9) - This legendary food institution in the Maldives is known for their Masburi Riha, a spicy tuna chunks curry. And the method to eat it is so unique. Price - 123 MVR ($7.96) for 2 people Coffee View - Finally we finished the day off with a gizzard skewer and cardamom tea at a typical street food stall in the Maldives. Before going to the Maldives I really had no idea what Maldivian food is, and though today we just scratched the surface, it was fascinating and I learned a lot. Chapters: 0:00 What is Maldives Food? 0:44 Where is Malé, Maldives? 1:16 Maldivian Breakfast at Spice Hut 7:18 Attractions in Malé 9:42 Malé Fish Market 11:19 Malé Fruit Market (Travelers Market) 17:17 Maldivian Food at Moon Cafe 22:44 Short Eats 30:37 Spicy Tuna Curry 36:01 Street Food in the Maldives Follow for more food: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkWiensAbroad https://www.facebook.com/markwiensfoodvideos https://www.instagram.com/migrationology/ https://www.tiktok.com/@markwiens 👕 T-shirts: https://store.migrationology.com/ 🎥 Camera gear I use: https://amzn.to/3FVdBUd (some of these are affiliate links and I will make a small commission from any sales)

Top Comments (10)

@ismailniyaz5167 2025-06-17

It's a shame that Maldivians haven't tried to promote their food more; it's such an underrated cuisine. Whenever I see one of these videos, it's almost always a tourist eating at a cordon bleu restaurant at a luxury resort with a European chef...you know, the kind of cuisine that the vast majority of locals never get to eat.

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@GracieGuillermo 2025-06-18

This is what I have been waiting for so long for food vloggers to come to Maldives and feature it's cuisines. No one does it better than Mark Weins

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@PREPFORIT 2025-06-17

I really like when you highlight REAL local food..

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@SaaidAbdulla 2025-06-17

an honest review of our local Maldivian everyday food, no exaggeration just to the point,

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@mahirufernando6407 2025-06-17

Probably one of your best videos! Thank you for sharing with us the Maldivian food!

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@MHai-on2jm 2025-06-18

You guys took him to all the correct places to eat ... I give you that . ❤

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@aaayan10 2025-06-19

as a maldivian , i love to see new tourists reviewing the country , its truly amazing

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@anthraxice612 2025-06-21

as a foreigner living here for almost a decade, this is one of the great videos highlighting authentic local cuisine. welcome to Maldives!

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@DrLeaders 2025-06-18

I love the love for food Mark has, but my favorite thing about him is that, knowing he’s a Christian, he still holds such respect and high regard for other religions like Buddhism and Islam. I wish more people were like you these days, man! 💙✌️

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@Whyalwaysme_s 2025-06-22

Salute to the person who guided him to this wonderful foods of Maldives which most of the pope’s and tourists have no idea exits, bro chose the right person for the food guide 👏❤

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