Culinary world experience
The Mauritian culinary scene offers everything from Michelin-star chefs, to fine dining to enticing roadside snacks sold by street food vendors. The delicate ‘heart of palm’ salad is famous in Mauritius and something to try if your budget allows it. Cultural festivals, such as the Chinatown Festival, are known to attract thousands of Mauritians for their food offerings.
Traditional local restaurants offer a dizzying variety of tasty, typical Mauritian dishes, reflecting the islands’ French, Indian, African and Chinese heritage. Alongside the curries, briani and vindaye (fish or meat coated in turmeric, ginger, chilli and mustard seeds), look out for Creole-style rougaille (fish or meat in a spicy tomato sauce with thyme and chilli), Chinese inspired bol renverse (or upside-down dish) and French style meat stew or daube. Accompany it with a local Phoenix beer – or healthy citronelle – water spiced with lemon grass and ginger – and a homemade rhum arrangé digestive, flavoured with coconut or chilli.
A street food tour of the capital, Port Louis – listed among the top ten cities in the world for street food by The Telegraph – is a must for foodies. Sample the ubiquitous street food: dholl puris, samosas, gateaux arouille and gateaux piments both on and off the streets of Mauritius, in the many small restaurants and takeaways (“snacks”). Visitors will soon learn that eating is extremely popular among the locals.
Please find below a small choice of restaurants in and around Tamarin or contact us for more infos:
Restaurants
In our area there are various restaurants, and definitely something for everyone. If you drive along the main street of Tamarin below you will find a large part.
La Bonne Chute – Creole and international cuisine from Mauritians who lived in Bavaria
Les Salines – Creole and Chinese cuisine, very simple, but good
Cosa Nostra – Pizzeria hold by a French
Hotel The Bay – Creole / French cuisine only restaurant with sea view, nice for sundowners
La Creperie – salty and sweet crepes with ingredients from Brittany Roots and Spirits – a young couple offering divers dishes in a nice garden, if you like beef ask for “le tigre”
Hidden Garden – balinese style cottages international food
Moustache – french cuisine with a wide rage of wines
Frenchie Café – french cuisine in a cozy atmosphere
Oousaporn – best Thai on the island
Furthermore, Ruisseau Creole has an Italian restaurant and an excellent steakhouse. Veranda Hotel offers music 5 days a week.
In Cap Tamarin are two good restaurants and the Big Willy’s. A sports bar with a restaurant, often with live music on weekends and DJ’s later at night.
At Cascavelle, between Tamarin and Flic en Flac, there is a food court with several different food options, from Italian to Japanese, even Burgers including a MCDonalds.
But the best place is definitely Lakaz, a restaurant with live music and DJ on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
A special atmosphere offers the Domaine Anna. There is Creole cuisine in a romantic atmosphere at a good price. Or a bit further down in Flic en Flac, Zub Express a very good Indian restaurant or Ah Youn with good Chinese food.