The Mauritian cuisine

The Mauritian cuisine is multicultural and offers a broad choice of different delights.

On the streets you will find many vendors selling delicious snacks. Try out samosas (filled with vegetables, meat or fish), gateaux piment (filled with pea puree) or rotis and dhol puris (a kind of crepes with hot sauces).

You will encounter a broad choice of restaurants: Indian, Creole, Chinese or French, whatever you like. Taste an Indian curry, a Creole rougaille, fried noodles or a French pepper steak.

A specialty of the island is the Millionair’s salad. This salad is made from the hearts of the palmist palm tree –Coeur de Palmiste. In the south of Mauritius there are plantations on which palm trees are only grown for this purpose.

You have a broad choice of drinks on the island. Of course, you can always find the international brands, such as Coca Cola, but also give the local lemonades a try. Eski for example offers such exotic tastes as vanilla and almond.

The Mauritians prefer to drink still water, but you can also buy sparkling water. You should also not miss out to taste some local fruit juice, which is offered in various tastes, like for example mango or passion fruit.

The national drink of Mauritius is rum, which is produced from sugarcane. It is offered in many different variations. Some of the best known brands are Goodwill Local Rum and Green Island. You can savour the rum pure, with Coca Cola or in a tropical cocktail. Beer is also produced on the island itself. The most popular brand is Phoenix, but you can also try Blue Marlin, which is a bit stronger. Vines are imported from South Africa, Australia and France.