Mauritian Cuisine
The “Mauritian Cuisine“, like the Mauritian society, is a very complex one as it in fact a mixture and improvement of various cuisines from around the world, with influences from Asia and Europe mainly.
When one speaks of Mauritian cuisine, one usually only means a couple of dishes. These dishes are served on a frequent basis in every local family, regardless of its origins and socio-economic background.
The typical dishes almost every “family cook” can prepare, include amongst others, famous dishes such as the Indian Curry, Chinese noodles and euro-asian-african “rougaille”
Curry : forget the curry you’ve had in India or the one served in your favorite Indian restaurant!
As in all Mauritian dishes, the curry, called by locals “cari”, has known so many evolutions that the only link it has with the Indian brother is the name and the curry powder. it is usually served quite spicy and depending on your preferences, this explosion of wonderful tastes, can be vegetarian or not. You may find various types of Curry served on the island, such as chicken (cari poule), beef (cari bef), banana (cari banane), octopus (cari ourite), deer (cari cerf)…. Curry is usually served with rice and chutney alongside.
Noodles : the Mauritian called “mine” are favored by a large percentage of the local population at all ages as it can be served on so many ways with so many extras added to them, that nobody can resists it. You can have a bowl noodles soup with eggs around the corner while waiting for the bus or at the fanciest restaurant on the island (obviously the price wouldn’t be the same…) or a plate of noodles with seafood. Beef, chicken, vegetarian… are also very popular and most important, tasty!
With the years gone by and the huge improvement in life quality, we can see more and more ranked restaurants where one must book a table well ahead. The Mauritian culinary scene does not only include local cuisine ones, but also Chinese, Indian, French, Italian ones…. Who could easily place themselves as top class restaurants around the world.
If you’re planning to stay on the paradise island of Mauritius anytime soon, we suggest visiting Restaurants.mu , the leading Mauritius restaurants guide.


















