Hi everyone welcome to Mauritius on a budget we're going to be eating street food
we've set ourselves a goal of $10 which is about 400 rupees and we each each
awesome so that's extra money but we're going to see if we can actually do it if we can eat
just street food for the whole day and still have money left over at the end we'll keep a scorecard
so you guys can follow along let's go check out the street food so you spent the morning on the
beach and now you're getting hungry for breakfast the street food is right there let's go get some
you can have a coffee i'll throw in here if you want okay wow this place actually does coffee
that's great news for breakfast but we found that they do a single banana so we're getting a single
banana because you got to be a little bit healthy so we're going to do the healthy banana 10 rupees
awesome banana there's a lot of street food here in Grand Bay to choose from but i think we're going
to go with the traditional breakfast which we try not spend all our money this is the roti and
dhal puri with that dhal puri chili and these are fresh gateaux piment just come out of the fryer
these things are irresistible and three for 10 rupees you can't go wrong on a budget
yeah yes that's 40 rupees so far wow that's cool so onion bhaji's dhal puri and roti
awesome well that's so nice she gave us a free gateaux piment yeah hot hot
are simply adorable there you go this is alouda and it's getting some red stuff
so there's and then this is the actual alouda which is milk based
oh and it comes in a cup and so here we've got alouda which is so amazing like milk
and strawberry and bits of jelly and basil seed 20 rupees okay so we got our our roti
and we've got our dhal puri and we've got our little bhajis yeah and the banana this looks
like a great breakfast this is all for me so oh yeah if you think of that that's 40 50 60
70 rupees for breakfast check that out 70 rupee breakfast what's that like less than two dollars
life doesn't get much better than that well i'm trying the alouda first
oh it's milky oh and it's strawberry yeah they're really really yummy for
breakfast and they have all that ice in it so it's really cold yeah yeah awesome
perfect breakfast time Mauritius national dish dhal puri actual national dish is dhal puri have
a look inside oh with fillings and this is a like a split pea split pea and they always come two
let's see Mauritius' national dish
could you take a bigger bite
and pause we'll be back to you after this well i'm gonna do some roti now
also great classic breakfast you'll find this sort of food anywhere anywhere on the island
you'll find the street food breakfast this is Riki trying the bhaji
oh these are lovely crisp and yum and she did put relish on
there we go and then Riki with the beach behind her
top notch is there any chili on it so you don't have to go for the alouda
awesome top street food tip bring your own little cloth so you can wipe your hands because these
things do get messy wow that was actually a lot of food we managed to finish it off but
oh man i am really full i really am full love to have another one of those dhal puri but i don't
think there's space yeah amazing 70 rupees so we still got 330 left let's go spend it for lunch in
about four hours exactly we have been burning our breakfast off and uh i stopped and got myself a
water 20 rupees keep hydrated and you can always refill it so just ask someone will refill it for
you yeah and it's completely safe to drink the tap water we do it all the time lunch is quite
important so there are a few options to go for but we're going to go for a three-course meal
there's some briyani there and there's also some bread that you actually put curries in
chinese this is a beef briony oh wow look at the size of that chicken biryani it is massive
wow the biryanis are 150. let's go see if there's something else all sorts of things that you can
put onto a baguette chicken and the beef oh look at this how much is it to put like beef on top
60 rupees wow okay so here you can see the classic you get this massive bread roll
there you go putting the curry into the bread awesome chicken tikka as well
so another choice here chicken tikka freshly fried there's the frying pan right there
wow on the street just in case you don't believe me we're on the street
50 rupees nice oh wait you know we always love seeing people make
fresh things on the street look at that look how quickly he did that
aubergine eggplant brinjal dunk it in it goes oh amazing ketchup anymore oh cool
gateaux piments oh they're hot they're really hot my fingers here i'll give you one
hot gateaux piment yeah thank you well it looks like i finally got my 12 z's just before lunch
let me see
and you know it's super fresh because he's frying them right here oh this is haleem it smells
amazing what type of halim has it got meat in yes mutton mutton the smell coming off that is beautiful
well i think we've actually found our starter hot too hot so she put the ingredients in first
which is the the salad and the meat and then the lime goes on top wow there we are and you get a
little bit of vinegar and you can choose chili but that's Riki's one so no chili for Riki
okay awesome this is vinegar with lemon it goes beautifully with halim you can come and sit here
and there's the vinegar and the chili and some salt if you need
yeah but we've decided we're going to sit on the street because it's street food
whoa gorgeous mutton halim look at what's at the bottom yeah some chopped up ones
there's vegetables in that so it's very healthy
street food halim only 35 rupees for all of that and really hot
oh wow look at that that is hearty goodness
one of my favorite winter dishes now you can get it in summer
it's great it's a meal in its own i don't know how we're going to manage a three course
i can't imagine getting bread on the side but you can get bread on the side it's actually quite nice
great starter so now we're 125. yeah got a loads of money left so these are
the noodles being cooked expertly wow fresh made fried noodles right here on the street
and you can tell they're fresh because i'm about to eat them when i'm on the street
so i got myself a tamarind juice tamarind and mango tamarind mango it's always got a little bit
of refreshment in it because there's a bit of salt great and that whole big cup is 15 rupees icy cold
drink on the go and enjoy deliciousness always chili and garlic and vinegar available
chicken noodles chicken fried noodles with some chilli well we brought our own plate and our own
chopsticks but this was bought on the street wow so let's get a bit of chili on there and
chicken fried noodles you could eat them all in one bite
there was 100 rupees and always carry around your own containers because you can save a little bit
you don't have to pay for the takeaway container cost this is Riki eating some noodles
how beautiful is that sea view that is our location for noodle eating
well that was fantastic completely finished another 115 to the total so that takes us
to 240. we've got to find pudding and something for supper and maybe three z's
you're kidding right so we found an ice cream stand with an ice cream so i'm gonna get an
ice cream for mine so there we are we've got loads of choices vanilla and pineapple
there's straight up vanilla and there's also an almond one which is the green one in there
pudding so we came to Cap Malheureux because it has the best ice cream on the street
oh it looks lovely refreshing on a hot day and 25 rupees and it's creamy as well and pineapple here
how did it's a pineapple oh ice cream
by the famous red roof church and it matches it's got a red roof
wow okay so this just in this nice lady she actually makes these herself at home
completely homemade by hand that's amazing it's totally yummy red roof church come get them yes
worth the trip lots of different flavors as well well it looks like we found the grill and that's
gonna be our supper something from the grill oh my word can you smell what the grill is cooking
so we're gonna get one of these pieces of chicken some bread and some salad for 150 which takes us
to whatever it says up there i don't know anymore i've lost pounds okay so it's secret marinade
sauce chicken on the grill here's the chef so he's telling us he's got lamb also okay five
o'clock you start time to finish to one job wow one o'clock two o'clock in the morning so popular
popular right here on the main road oh he cuts the bread into pieces right but all the way through
garlic butter or garlic butter oh wow
garlic bread
and back on it goes onto the grill with the bread with the garlic butter paint on the
special basting sauce this stuff is what makes it smell so delicious it's absolutely irresistible
okay so we brought our own plate cool tip
so now he's putting the salad and a bit of mayonnaise on there
these guys still cooking away nicely and the bun is still going over the flames
awesome top tip someone just called the chef
and said they're coming to order something and so he's preparing it so they can just drive past
you can see where tammy's parked over there and pick it up super easily
there we are look at that a beautiful plate of fried foods yeah oh man
wait there's a happy Riki pointing at it look at that 150 oh man 150. oh yummy yummy yummy
please make sure i'm focused on that yummy yummy yummy
oh wow wow if your mouths weren't watering before for this dinner course they are
gonna be super watering fresh off the grill hot garlic bread oh it's crispy
yeah that's kind of cool because not everyone does the garlic bread so sometimes they just
give you bread but garlic bread awesome touch dip it in the basting sauce absolutely
well the proof is actually in the chicken
soft and tasty wow that does look good i i i licked a bit before so i know it's good oh wow
that is the softest juiciest flavorful chicken that i actually have eaten in a long long time
that guy knows his sauce awesome wow look at that that is a hot dog off the grill how much does this
one cost is that 50 rupees 50 rupees for this huge hot dog wow wow Mauritian street food on a budget
you are certainly not going to go hungry and everything we ate was fantastic so everyone
thanks for watching and we'll see you next time a little bit of behind the scenes for you guys
we're actually sharing all of this because it's so much food and we've actually got most of the