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Mauritius Essentials
A considered first route through Mauritius: the foods that carry its everyday habits, celebrations, ingredients, and memory.
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11 foods to know.
Each selection includes the reason it belongs here—so this is a guide, not just a pile of names.
Mauritius
Dholl Puri
Split-pea flatbreads folded around butter-bean curry, Mauritius' signature street meal.
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Rougaille
Loose tomato, thyme and chili sauce served with rice and sausage or fish.
Mauritius
Mine Frite
Sino-Mauritian wok noodles topped with egg, sold at island canteens at every hour.
Mauritius
Chilli Cake
Gato piment
Split-pea chili balls fried crisp and eaten by the dozen in Mauritius.
Mauritius
Vindaye
Fish or octopus steeped in mustard seed and vinegar until sharply aromatic.
Mauritius
Alouda
Cold basil-seed milk drink perfumed with rose or almond, a Mauritian market staple.
Mauritius
Bol Renversé
Upside-down bowl of rice, vegetables, egg and meat from Sino-Mauritian kitchens.
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Mauritian Farata
Farata
Mauritian flaky flatbread served with curry, soft inside and crisp at the folds.
Mauritius
Phoenix Beer
Phoenix
Mauritius' locally brewed lager, the island beer served with street food and seafood.
Mauritius
Chamarel Rum
Rhum de Chamarel
Mauritian rum from Chamarel, retained as the single additional island spirits landmark.
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Smoked Blue Marlin
Marlin fumé
Smoked marlin served in Mauritian salads, sandwiches and Creole home cooking.