NOT many people return home from a cruise without feeling guilty about the kilos they've piled on in a week or so of in-excess dining.
Unless that time has been spent enjoying one of the more unusual options aboard the mega motor-cruisers of SeaDream Yacht Club.
Growing numbers of guests are taking to the optional menus created using so-called "raw" or "living foods" - items that are raw, organic and vegan (no fish, meat, eggs or dairy) and are never heated above 118 degrees F (47.78C) so as to retain their healthy micro-nutrients.
Yet at the same time they're neither boring nor bland.
The company's Norwegian owners, Linn and Atle Brynestad, discovered "raw foods" at the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida and were excited by the health benefits they both experienced as a result.
At their invitation, the institute worked with SeaDream's corporate executive chef, Sudesh Kishore, to create an optional "raw food" menu of culinary surprises.
"It's a menu that's purely optional," said chef Kishore. "And while growing numbers of our guests now choose it either at some stage of their SeaDream holiday or throughout their entire sailing, we still have our regular menus for those who love their filet mignon, double chocolate mousse and other five-star dining indulgences."
- Travel agents, www.seadream.com
