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China Town & Port-Louis Food Tour: Exploring Local Life and Cuisine
4.8
15 Ratings
Port Louis
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture and cuisine of Port Louis’s China Town. Discover the local life, street art, and fusion flavors on this engaging food tour.
Immerse yourself in the vibrant culture and cuisine of Port Louis’s China Town. Discover the local life, street art, and fusion flavors on this engaging food tour.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- China Town - We will wander through the streets of China Town and admire the vivid street art. We’ll learn about the challenges of China Town and now its revival. Let’s not forget the fusional flavours of the Sino-Mauritian dishes we will taste, and the friendly faces we will meet along the way.
- Central Market - Enjoy the colours and flavours of the lively fruit and vegetable market - so authentic!
- China Town - We will wander through the streets of China Town and admire the vivid street art. We’ll learn about the challenges of China Town and now its revival. Let’s not forget the fusional flavours of the Sino-Mauritian dishes we will taste, and the friendly faces we will meet along the way.
- Central Market - Enjoy the colours and flavours of the lively fruit and vegetable market - so authentic!
What's Included
- Snacks
- Drinks offered at our food stops
- Lunch
- Snacks
- Drinks offered at our food stops
- Lunch
What's Not Included
- Private transportation
- Parking fees
- Private transportation
- Parking fees
Additional Information
This food tour is the perfect option for those who want to experience the local Port Louis life as well as go deeper into China Town, discovering its rich culture, its vivid street art, and fusional flavours.
We will first visit Port Louis, taste its delicious street food, meet those that prepare it, and learn the history of the capital city of…
This food tour is the perfect option for those who want to experience the local Port Louis life as well as go deeper into China Town, discovering its rich culture, its vivid street art, and fusional flavours.
We will first visit Port Louis, taste its delicious street food, meet those that prepare it, and learn the history of the capital city of Mauritius.
We will then enter the gates of China Town and feel like we’re somewhere else.
We will enjoy all the Mauritian street food classics like dholl puris or ‘boulettes’, then we will also relish on some Chinese specialties with a Mauritian twist.
We will also learn of the struggles of this neighbourhood and how it has managed to transform itself to become a hotspot of Chinese heritage, street art and delicious food.
The revival of China Town is inspiring ; it brought families together and restored the sense of community.
Location
Le Casino
In front of the casino at the Caudan Waterfront.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(15 Ratings)
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Barbaran568
Sep 22, 2024
Brilliant tour - On our stay in Mauritius we did the Chinatown and port Louis tour. It was absolutely fantastic. Ashvin our guide was so funny ,informative and made the whole experience so enjoyable. The food was interesting and good quality and especially the meal at the Chinese restaurant .
all in all would highly recommend this tour, especially if you can manage to get to Ashvin as your guide
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Manuel
Sep 29, 2023
Tasty and interesting - During our honeymoon we wanted to get to know Port Louis a little better and what better way than with a culinary tour of the city.
The tour lasted about 3.5 hours and was a mix of sightseeing and culinary tour.
During the tour we had a variety of dishes such as Roti, duck, fruits, Chinese dessert and many more. The criticism of some that there is too little to eat during the tour, we can not understand at all. For us it was more than sufficient.
Our tour, which we had with another couple, was led by Rudi. With his competent and funny manner, he gave us a better understanding of Port Louis and Mauritius both culturally and culinary.
All in all we van say, it was an extremely interesting and especially delicious tour that we can recommend to everyone.
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Tousika
Aug 22, 2023
When cultures mix - Great tour we learn a lot about the history of Mauritius so interesting for the very complete gastronomic suite and the top support
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Loretta
Jan 14, 2023
Highly recommended! - We initially took the Grand Baie food tour with Adrien, who was great - very engaging, personable and enthusiastic - and he really helped us find a few new gems in the town (although it was our fourth visit to the island, we had never felt we'd really 'cracked' Mauritian food). The Grand Baie tour helped open up some fantastic new options for us, and we retuned to several of them afterwards.
We enjoyed the experience so much we decided to book a second tour, so ended up doing the China Town tour in Port Louis with Rudi. This was another really positive experience . We had visited bustling Port Louis before, but had no real idea of where to find the best street food options. Rudi's strong local knowledge was so helpful, and the various eating places selected for us were nicely varied and off the beaten track. We'd never have found the roti stand, or the little family bakery that did such delicious cakes!
We enjoyed everything we ate on both tours, and Adrien and Rudi were professional and charming. Though they must both have done so many of these tours, they still managed to sound fresh and enthusiastic!
Very highly recommended for anyone wanting to get a bit deeper into everyday Mauritian life, culture and food. Many thanks!
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Gailycameron
Aug 11, 2022
Such a fun way to spend a day in Mauritius! - Loved this food tour with Taste Buddies. Great value for money - you get all food and drinks included in the tour. Great way to see Port Louis on foot, and a good mix of history and food. Everything was delicious and so unique. Would highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys trying local food with some history thrown in. Such a fun way to spend a day in Mauritius!
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Geoffreyb5050
May 2, 2022
Great food, great company - What a amazingly beautiful experience! We did the port louis and china town tour and it was such a joy. 10/10 would do again. Both guys were such a joy to chat to.
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Mike-rosemary
Mar 13, 2022
A good way to taste local food and learn more about Port Louis - We love to taste local foods and learn a bit about the history and local culture when on holiday and the China Town and Port-Louis Mix Food Tour was a great way to do this. Adrien was an excellent guide and we felt we learnt a lot about Port Louis from the tour as well as enjoying a number of snacks and a Mauritian-Chinese lunch. We would agree with a previous review that mentioned the expensive cost of the spices in the market. We bought some and initially miscalculated (conversion) the actual cost. We ended up taking them back, on advice from Adrien, and getting a refund so we were only out of pocket with the cash machine costs they took us to as they did not take credit cards in the market. We did, however, enjoy the tour very much.
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Ellenfishing
Jan 3, 2022
Fun tour! - Great tour of places we wouldn’t otherwise have seen. Adrien was friendly and informative and we felt we’d seen a lot of Port Louis and leaned about Mauritian culture and ethnicities. It was a lot of walking in the heat for the kids (11, 9) but they still enjoyed it especially the pastries at the start and sugar cane juice at the end! Other highlights were the mural streets, the Chinese restaurant and the dumplings. A great contrast to lazing at the beach and I’d recommend it! (One watch out : the spices in the market are expensive. Fun to smell but we made mistake of buying some and felt a bit scammed by the stall owner. It would have been good if the tour had been clearer in its warnings at this point of the tour. Other feedback: the market is shady and full of interest so we could have lingered a bit longer over this part of the tour to explore the market slightly more.)
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Travelwith-thersia
Nov 21, 2021
Extraordinary - What an amazing way to explore Mauritius! The local food is part of the travel experience. I recommend you wear comfy shoes, a pair of trainers maybe. This is a walking tour. This tour formed part of the MTPA experience, Thank you so much to our awesome guides!!! #MauritiusNow
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Paphosgerry
Jul 28, 2023
Not for me - I did not get a great feeling for this place some parts especially round the market area we're very dirty the centre part we're slightly better. Took a taxi the following day to tour the island once again not overly impressed but that could be the fact it never stopped raining !!
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