Melting pot for one plate
Mauritian food na where India, Africa, China and France dey meet for Indian Ocean. Plenty years of immigration create cuisine wey bold, sharp and mix well well. You fit chop Creole curry, Chinese noodle bowl and French-style cake within one afternoon for Port Louis.
Signature dishes to try
- Dholl puri the national obsession: soft flatbread wey dem stuff with ground yellow split pea, dem go serve with bean curry, rougaille and tangy chutney. Two for around Rs 25.
- Rougaille Creole tomato-based stew with garlic, thyme and ginger, dem often cook am with sausage, fish or egg.
- Vindaye fish or octopus wey dem marinate with mustard seed, turmeric and vinegar, sharp and addictive.
- Cari Mauritian curries dey gentle pass Indian ones; cari poulet with rice and one spoon of pickled lime na classic.
- Mine frire and bol renverse Sino-Mauritian fried noodles and the famous upside-down rice bowl.
Street food and snacks
Mauritian street food na some of the best value for the whole world. Look for gateaux piments (deep-fried split-pea fritters), samoussas, boulettes (steamed dumplings for broth) and farata with curry. The roti vans near Port Louis Central Market and Flacq Market na legend. Finish am with napolitaine, shortbread biscuit sandwich wey get pink icing on top.
Drinks
- Alouda sweet milk drink with basil seed, agar jelly and rose syrup, dem dey sell am cold for market.
- Phoenix beer the island pilsner, na institution since 1963.
- Rum Mauritius dey serious with sugarcane rum. Visit Rhumerie de Chamarel or Saint Aubin for tasting of aged and arranged (spiced) rums.
- Fresh sugarcane juice and coconut water dem dey sell am for roadside stalls.
Practical dining tips
- Carry cash for small rupees; plenty street vendors and markets no dey take card.
- Tap water dey generally safe for towns, but plenty travelers prefer bottled one.
- Tipping good but e no compulsory; round up or leave 5 to 10 percent for restaurant.
- Chop where local people dey queue, especially for market around lunch time when food dey freshest.
- Spice level fit high; ask for mazavaroo (chili paste) for side if you no sure.
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