WHAT SHOULD YOU EAT IN THE SEYCHELLES? THE TOP 10 SEYCHELLOIS FOODS

In Story Seychelles Bar & Restaurants you can dine under the stars for an exclusive gourmet supper, or on a diverse culinary adventure across our seven eclectic restaurants and bars to pick from. Alternatively, watch the sunset with cocktails and canapés at The Eden.

Every meal is yours to savor at these gourmet restaurants in STORY Seychelles, and every bite is designed to inspire. Every meal, from extravagant buffet breakfasts at Vasco’s to a teppanyaki show at the famous Seyshima, is another chance to savor a favorite or try something new while enjoying the finest of Seychelles’ fine dining scene.

Story Seychelles one of the best venues for weddings in Seychelles presents to you the Top 10 Seychellois Foods you need to try while you are on holiday on this beautiful island.

1. Ladob

Plantains, breadfruit, and cassava are used to make Ladob, a Seychellois delicacy. It comes in both sweet and savory varieties. Plantains or cassava are boiled in coconut milk with nutmeg, vanilla, and sugar as flavorings for the dessert version.

The dish has a delicate and creamy texture when properly prepared. Salted fish is simmered in coconut milk with plantains, cassava, nutmeg, and salt in the savory variant. Ladob is a popular dish on the island, and it can be eaten hot or cold.

2. Civet de chauve souris

Civet de chauve Souris is a curried fruit bat that is one of the most peculiar and unique Seychellois specialties. This bat curry is often made with peeled fruit bat chunks that have been marinated in vinegar and red wine before being cooked with a variety of herbs and spices. The meal is usually served with steamed rice or potatoes.

The fruit bat, which is now considered a delicacy, used to be a daily mainstay in the past. Due to the creature’s relatively human-like look, once it has been skinned, the dish is an acquired taste, and many people resist the desire to sample it.

3. Pwason griye

On the Seychelles Islands, pwason griye, or grilled fish, is one of the most popular fish meals. Fresh fish, usually red snapper or rabbitfish, is seasoned with crushed chiles, garlic, and ginger. The entire fish is roasted and served over rice with sweet potatoes and an unusual tamarind-tomato chutney on the side.

On weekends, piquant grilled fish is a must-have at parties and get-togethers with family and friends. This dish is available in one of the restaurants of Story Seychelles, Seychelles’ best hotel and resort.

4. Kari Koko zourit

Kari Koko zourit is a Seychellois curry dish made with octopus and coconut milk. It usually consists of octopus that has been sliced into little pieces and boiled before being cooked with coconut milk. Various herbs and spices are used to flavor the concoction.

Even though the dish varies from family to family in Seychelles, with each household having its own unique way of preparing it, cubed eggplants, garlic, fresh ginger, curry leaves, cinnamon leaves, curry powder, saffron, masala, chili powder, turmeric, and green hot chili peppers are common ingredients. This dish is available at the 1502 bar one of the best bars in Mahe, Seychelles.

5. Pwason sale

Pwason sale, also known as salted fish, is a traditional Seychelles cuisine that dates back to a time when food preservation was limited to simple methods like pickling and salting. Freshly caught fish is preserved by salting and sun-drying, a procedure that imparts a particular flavor to the fish.

Salted fish is used in a variety of Seychellois cuisines, such as chatinis (chutneys) and fish curries, as well as rougail, a spicy tomato-onion sauce. The salted fish is sometimes fried, and it’s usually served with rice and papaya chutney on the side.

6. Salade de palmiste

Salade de palmiste is a Seychellois dish made with the heart of palm trees as the main component. Other common salad ingredients include green mangos, coconuts, avocados, green tomatoes, red bell peppers, coriander, and mint, in addition to this gourmet item.

All of the ingredients are finely chopped and mixed in a sweet and sour dressing with ginger and lime. Because removing palm hearts is time-consuming and necessitates cutting down entire palm trees, this dish is commonly referred to as a millionaire’s salad.

7. Kat-kat banana

Green bananas and fish cooked in coconut milk are used in the traditional Seychellois dish kat-kat banana. Plantains are frequently boiled with fresh coconut milk before being mashed and mixed with cooked, shredded fish fillets, usually carangue or amberjack. Ginger and garlic are commonly used to flavor the banana-fish combo. This dish is typical of Seychelles Creole cuisine and is served with rice and jalapeño peppers.

8. Chatini requin

A local delicacy called chatini requin or satini rekin is made of boiled and mashed shark meat, lime juice, bilimbi fruit, and fried onions, as well as a variety of spices (including turmeric). The shark chutney is normally served cold with shredded green papaya, rice, and lentils, and garnished with chives. It’s commonly served as a side dish to a variety of cuisines or as a filler for samosas. This salty Seychellois chutney, which has a distinctive fishy flavor, is frequently purchased from Creole takeout.

9. Carotte banana

Carotte banana is a Seychellois delicacy made of a banana wrapped in banana leaves and sweetened with honey and vanilla. This sweet dessert is frequently enjoyed in the morning or afternoon with a cup of tea. The word carotte, which means carrot in French, refers to the shape of the snack rather than the carrots used in its production. The local specialty resembles a carrot once cooked, which is how it received its unusual moniker, banana carrot.

10. Bouillon brede

Bouillon brede is a greens-based Seychellois soup served similarly to spinach. Bok choy, chum choy, Chinese lettuce, moringa oleifera leaves, or cos lettuce are some of the greens or plants (locally known as brèdes) that can be used. Cut up your favorite greens and simmer them with bouillon and stir-fried onions, ginger, garlic, herbs, and seasonings.

Crushed chilies can be added to the broth, which can also be seasoned with chicken or fish stock and (sometimes) tomatoes. This light and delicious Creole soup are often served as a side dish to main courses, with steamed rice, beans, lentils, or fried fish.

That’s our list of the food that you must try while in the Seychelles. Some of them are available in Story Seychelles Bar & Restaurant. For the best dining and hotel rooms in Seychelles, call Story Seychelles now.