I felt for Superintendent Hastings and his lovely wine-lit meal of moral confliction ("I took vows. I can't undo them").
Anything that screams "romance" should be avoided--this can range from taking a stroll through the rose gardens or having a candle-lit meal at the new French restaurant down the street with the new couple.
The Soneva can also pack a picnic lunch for guests or arrange an outdoor meal lit by lanterns somewhere on the property.
By the time the meal reaches the neon-lit aisles of your local supermarket, it has travelled thousands of miles and dozens of people have been involved in its production.
As for dessert, if you're lucky, your waitress will overhear a friend say "Happy birthday," and your meal will end with a candle-lit slice of red velvet cake, that much sweeter for being a surprise.
Guests dine on the beach or amongst the ruins, with meals – which have a distinct Swahili influence – lit by candelight, while the rooftop bar has a deck for observing the star-speckled sky.
Meals have been prepared and cleared away, fires lit.
With great small plates and mains and a relatively reasonable lunchtime meal deal, Bistro 1847 makes for both a low-lit romantic treat or a tasty working lunch.
The Birches, which provides a clear view of the lake by day, offers a candle-lit restaurant by night, a staple among locals for a good, high-end meal with an excellent atmosphere.
Mr. Harteau's color-saturated photos showcase lush Andean hillsides, his daughter embraced by villagers, the organic meals his wife whips up with fresh local ingredients and the Westfalia lit by the glow of a beachside campfire.
The lampshades are large, the bar back-lit, the armchairs velvety but there's still enough period charm to mean that a meal in the fine-dining Arboretum Restaurant is a comforting treat.
