TASTE BUDDIES
A human-sized company offering an immersion in Mauritian culture through its culinary specialties
This company offers an immersion in Mauritian culture (history, lifestyle, particularities...) through its culinary specialties. The first of its kind, the Street Food Tour , dedicated to Port Louis, not only immerses visitors in the various neighborhoods, but also allows them to discover the real local cuisine, that of the streets and gargotes. While the walking tour, in groups of 8 or less, begins with a reminder of the island's great historical periods, and the various pauses in front of monuments are always the subject of instructive commentary, it is above all the tasting stops that give rhythm and direction to the itinerary. This is an opportunity to push open the most unlikely doors, leading, for example, to Abedeen's, the Rassol's pastry chef for the past 50 years, an uninviting stall where the whole of Port Louis throngs. And to know that you're not entering New Ladies Corner just to buy clothes, but to access a small courtyard where Ahmed (alias Mimosa) has been making and selling succulent dholl-puri for 45 years. This is how the sites gain in prominence: rather than observing the pile-up of foodstuffs at the big market-bazaar, you can feel them, taste them, like the dragon fruit in the Chinese section...
China Town & Port Louis Food Tour - such is its wealth of gustatory wonders. Also: Grand Baie Home-Made Food Tour (North), Mahébourg Village Food Tour (South), Flacq Village Food Tour (East).