Yasawa help

Can anyone recommend somewhere in the Yasawas that does not coerce guests into paying for a meal plan?
I am arriving in Fiji in early November and have made a dorm reservation for 12 days.
When the reservation was confirmed I was asked to pay almost $50 US a day to cover 3 meals. I have never in my life eaten 3 meals a day and object being to forced to pay for food I would not eat. I have contacted the resort twice and asked for a modified mealplan to cover breakfast and lunch but they will not do this.

Now I must cancel the reservation and start again to find somewhere reasonable to stay.I should add that after these 12 days I'm heading for Taveuni and in April will be spending 2 weeks on the Coral Coast.

Thanks for any help you are able to give.

Bula Aphrodite!
Thinking you must have been quoting Fijian$50 for three squares a day-- I looked at the website
of the Octopus Resort and was stunned to find out after paying for a dorm room for US$21 they are
charging US$50 for their compulsory meal plan. Very steep in my estimation, however good the meals
may be. The twin property- the Blue Lagoon Beach Resort on NanuyaLaiLai has a similar arrangement.
You can go to Wayasewa--- the Yasawa Island next to Waya--- and dorm-stay at the Fijian-owned and
Fijian-run Wayalailai Resort for US$40. Except here, the $40 includes a dorm berth AND 3 meals daily. Keep in mind meals are quite basic- probably chicken or fish and rice with a side dish and tea/coffee. (Beer
is extra) They have great activities like a visit to their village, diving, and fishing.
Be sure to do some hiking with a group on the island-- it looks like Robinson Crusoe's island-- a very lush
and green volcanic island-- great beaches, nice reefs.

Cheers!
-Ken

somewhere in the Yasawas that does not coerce guests into paying for a meal plan?

Nobody is forcing you to do anything.
Coercion has nothing to do with it. There are simply no other options for food at these isolated resorts, no external restaurants, no villages to go to, no supermarkets to buy your own food, nothing.

The options are very simple. Examine resort rates and their accom/meal plans. If you don't like them, go somewhere else. Some resorts have fixed plans, some are a la carte; one resort is more expensive than the next.