Tourism company specializing in Food Tours or discovering Mauritian culture through its culinary specialties
This company offers an immersion in Mauritian culture (history, lifestyle...) through its culinary specialties. The first of its kind, the Street Food Tour dedicated to Port Louis not only immerses you in the various districts, but also allows you 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 some unlikely doors and learn, for example, that you don't enter New Ladies Corner in Port Louis just to buy clothes, but to access a courtyard where Ahmed (alias Mimosa) has been concocting and selling succulent dholl-puri for 46 years. This is how the sites come into their own: rather than observing the heaps of foodstuffs in the big market-bazaar, you can feel and taste them, like the delicious snacks made from fresh tropical fruit prepared by Baby and her family, or the dragon fruit in the Chinese section... In fact, Chinatown is the subject of a section of the tour, and even a tour in its own right - Chinatown & Port Louis Food Tour - such is its wealth of gustatory wonders. Food Tours are also available in other parts of the island, including Pamplemousses (north of Port Louis), Grand Baie (north), Mahébourg (south-east) and Flacq (east).
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Adrien was friendly, and told us some cool information. But the whole thing is just way too long, it could have been done in 1 to 1.5 hours.
Also in the end we were still hungry. It was difficult to gauge how much we should eat at each stop because we didn’t know what was coming.
We were a group of 7 and I don’t think it’s good value for money - we paid £35 per person for the tour.
Our guide Adrian was so friendly and he was spreading his good mood to all of us. He showed us many places in Port Louis and taught us about the history of Mauritius. He is fluent in English and French so that everyone could understand.
We had 4 stations with different food, showing the variety of Mauritius' culture. Vegetarian was available.
Absolutely recommend it !