FIJI’s newest tourism property, DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Fiji at Sonaisali Island, is offering a whole new culinary experience for guests.

The resort, which welcomed its first group of visitors this week, has former Sofitel Resort and Spa head chef Jean-Marc Ruzzene heading the resort’s team in the kitchen.

Mr Ruzzene said their menu would feature a lot of local produce.

“Our menu would be designed with as many Fijian produce we can use,” he said.

“The plan is for us to have good quality food at an affordable price and a good taste that would make come back for the special taste of one product or more.

“We will cater for all kinds of customers including our Asian guests.

“We plan to introduce a few more Chinese-style dishes and we hope to have those out in the next couple of weeks.”

He said guests should also expect menus centred around certain themes while staying at the resort.

“We have six theme nights which will have menus from the five continents of the world.

“We will also have the proper Fijian night on Fridays and the future for us is to take our guests away from the restaurant and into an area where we will have a real lovo.

“Guests will have their meals on mats instead of on a table.”

He said fresh produce were also central to putting together a tasty meal.

“I will be very involved in the production side of the meal to make sure that we are growing the best quality of vegetables and herbs so that we can make the best quality meal for our guest.”