Standards of cuisine, whether French, Creole, Indian, Chinese or English, are generally very high, but fruit, meat, vegetables and even fresh seafood are often imported.
Things to know: Waiter service is normal in restaurants and bars.
National specialties:• Venison (in season).
•
Camarons (freshwater prawns) in hot sauces.
• Octopus.
•
Dholl purri (a wheat pancake stuffed with ground peas
and served with curry).
•
Gateaux piments (chilli cakes).
National drinks: • Rum.
• Beer.
•
Alouda (almond-flavored
ice milk drink).
• Fresh coconut milk.
Legal drinking age: 18.
Tipping: 10% is usual in most hotels and restaurants.
NightlifeGrand Baie is the center of the island’s nightlife, with
bars with
live music,
restaurants and
nightclubs. Port Louis has mainly restaurants and bars. Rivière Noire is a Creole fishermen’s district where
sega dancing is especially lively on Saturday nights.
Sega troupes give performances at most hotels. Gamblers are lavishly catered for;
casinos are among the island’s attractions.
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