Along with a seafood menu including Atlantic lobster and seafood chowder that Laing says was tastier than Nobu sushi, the couple played the Graham Cooke-designed golf course, eight-room spa and 63-foot luxury cabin cruiser for private sightseeing tours.

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The on-site restaurant, appropriately named the Perfect Blend, offers up local fare, including favourites such as seafood chowder and lobster rolls.

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"The benefits of cardiovascular health from eating seafood, including farm fish, far outweigh the risk of cancer from environmental contaminants, " said Dr. William Hogarth of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the group that commissioned the report.

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Given the circumstances, I'm impressed by the variety and quality of what is always a multicourse lunch and dinner, with beef, game, fish, and seafood, including krill, the tiny shrimplike creatures that are a staple of whales' diets.

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It has highly localized menus, including congee, or Chinese-style porridge, for breakfast, Peking duck served with scallion and seafood sauce, and you tiao, or Chinese dough fritters.

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