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The Menu of a Mauritius Holiday
What Mauritius Holiday would be complete without the
flavor of a local dinning experience? This diverse,
multicultural gem in the Indian Ocean has over 1.2
Million inhabitants mostly from throughout the
surrounding areas and each brings with it the tastes of
a homeland. All this confluence of menus brings a
cuisine of unique flavors combining Indian, Creole,
African, Chinese and European. Adding the local fruits
and vegetables for ingredients makes a wide variety of
flavors unique to no other location on earth.
Indian curries, Creole rougailles and Chinese Mine Frite,
with French gratin de crabes sur coeur de palmiste. Ever
seen a menu with all of that? I didn't think so. Local
ingredients will include tomatoes, onions, ginger,
chilies and garlic as common bases for the curries and
rougailies. both are made from the crushed spices grown
locally which provide major portions of the Mauritian
diet. Saffron, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves give accent
and subtle flavors to the dishes.
Beans such as lentils, kidney, and yellow, combined with
white rice are also common elements. Green Veggies home
grown or bought at the local farmers markets are used
freely for bouillons and toffees. Sidewalk markets are
common and provide sources of dholl puris, a flat bread
with peas, and farcas, spicy sort of balls made of peas.
Rum is a local commodity as well and common form of
alcoholic drink. More on the sedate side is Alouda, a
milk drink made with basil seeds which is a favorite of
many neighborhoods on Mauritius.
The best elements of each community have provided a
unique accompaniment of tastes to compliment each
other's dishes. Commonly served together on Mauritius
might be a Creole rougaille with achards pickles, Or a
Chinese mine frite together with various Indian
chutneys.
Best sellers in many restaurants include fried rice and
mine frite, crab soup, and sweet and sour fish.
Many intriguing fares are also available on the
sidewalks of Port Louis, which is the capital city. A
fish ball called boulettes are a must try for
adventurous tastes. Many markets offer mine frite, dholl
puris, gateau piments and somosas.
Many better restaurants will offer a grilled prawn dish
or venison curry, both meat delacacies of note. Or
perhaps a gratin de coeur de palmiste?
Fresh fruits grace the dessert menus in the form of an
exotic salad.
Hence, if you come on a Mauritius Holiday to eat, you
won't go hungry. You may not recognize everything at
first blush, but when you have tried it, you won't want
to leave!
Our website, MauritiusVacation.Net, endeavors to
describe the wonderful opportunities available to
vacationers looking for new location for adventure,
romance, and adventure. And to give a little background
that would be of interest to new visitors. To say
nothing of being a superbly relaxing venue, the Island
of Mauritius offers friendly reception in both urban,
rural and beach settings.
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