Fast food and home catering Port Mathurin

We sit down directly at the fisherman's, who has a store and serves freshly grilled fish, and especially a Tino Rossi salad of which we will not reveal the secret... but... quickly, go ahead! Known throughout the island and adored by travelers for his incredible kindness, our man also takes whoever wants on his pretty pirogue: to Cocos Island and Catherine Islet, for 8 people maximum and with a picnic. Much more than a dinner or an excursion, it is above all the occasion of an extraordinary human meeting!

Located at the beginning of the street, close to the river, here is a small hut with a few tables that makes roast chicken aficionados happy! To take away or to taste on the spot, the poultry, golden brown, is cooked and juicy. The service is simple and efficient, with a little chat and little waiting. We also stop there to have a drink or to buy/swallow a small homemade sandwich ("varied choice" as the sign says) before going to survey the streets of the capital. A nice place to stop if you are in a hurry or if you don't want to be hungry.

In a "small" street full of "small" squares, a few steps from the city center, it is a "small" popular address as we like them, without any decoration effect, with just a few tables and chairs placed here and there. One lines up at the crack of dawn to take away Nabeel's famous briani presented in a big pot with tempting smells: chicken during the week, fish and beef on Saturdays, there is not a grain of rice left at the end of the day, nor even a roti, another popular specialty of the house!

It would be a bit like the local fast food, fast and crowded at peak hours, except that in addition to the speciality filled buns (the equivalent of our hamburgers, only better and healthier), they would also serve daily specials at very low prices - pork in wine, pineapple chicken, sweet and sour fish, octopus carry... To have lunch on the spot: a handful of tables on the first floor and on the sidewalk, a few others upstairs, and waiters who take off. Takeaway and home delivery on request. Efficient and cheap.

A few steps away from the market, on a wasteland with tables and benches laid out in the open air, several street vendors line up their fast food trailers. For three francs six pennies, you can eat small local dishes, sausages, kebabs, fried mines... in a nice popular atmosphere that is reminiscent of a pretty guinguette. A small note for the fragile stomachs: there is nothing to fear in opting for this kind of restaurant in Rodrigues where the products are fresh and often come directly from the vegetable garden and/or the sea.

Brother of the famous Min Koo alias Marcel, the king of pork sausage, whose gleaming orange-yellow hut has always stood in the port area, Georges displays his Chinese origins through a simple and quick cuisine made mostly of boiled mines decorated in many ways - beef, chicken, minced pork, ourite, etc. We appreciate the impeccable cleanliness of the place and the friendly courtyard at the back. Also some chicken legs, pork chops or lamb chops with salad and chips.