WATSON: Welcome back to the program. Imagine a place where you can find food to satisfy just about every pallet. Well, Mauritius might be just that. Its cuisine combines the best of Indian, Chinese, French and Creole influences. Today, we fallow an award- winning chef as he puts together a tasty feast with a myriad of flavors.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When people come to Mauritius, the first thing to their mind is to have the sun, the sea, the coconut trees and the local food, Mauritian food. I like working with local food, local vegetable and local meat also local fish. But you have got to see behind (ph) of you. and you can talk to a fisherman. He can bring you every day fresh fish. It's very nice. You see it. This fish we call Dorado. Dorado (inaudible). Now we are in Port Louis. Port Louis is the capital of our country, Mauritius. And we are situated now in the central market. I come here to find all the ingredients, the fresh vegetables and also the spices like curry powder, saffron, cumin and many things just to realize my recipe at the hotel. This is fresh saffron that we'll use in our chicken curry. Mauritian food it's a little bit spicy, but all the guests who come here, they love Mauritian region food. On Thursday, we have a Mauritian buffet with many types of foods from different regions. It's very nice. It's good. What do you want eat? Indian food, Chinese food, creole food, Maurer (ph), or Muslim food? The beauty of Mauritius is that you can have any type of food you want.</s>WATSON: I don't know about you, but I'm hungry. And that is News Stream. I'm Ivan Watson. But don't go anywhere. World Sport with Christina Macfarland is next. END
Mauritius Chef Cooks Up Local Cuisine.