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What to eat in Seychelles

The 10 best dishes in Seychelles

Creole cooking: fish, coconut and fruit bat.

Fish curry
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Fish curry

Eaten all over Seychelles

Reef fish in a coconut curry with green papaya chutney.

Octopus curry2

Octopus curry

Eaten all over Seychelles

Octopus braised in coconut curry.

Grilled red snapper3

Grilled red snapper

Eaten all over Seychelles

Whole snapper grilled with Creole spice.

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Ladob

Eaten all over Seychelles

Plantain or breadfruit cooked in coconut milk, sweet or savory.

Shark chutney5

Shark chutney

Eaten all over Seychelles

Boiled shark mashed with bilimbi and lime.

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Bouyon bred

Eaten all over Seychelles

A clear soup of greens and fish.

Breadfruit chips7

Breadfruit chips

Eaten all over Seychelles

Breadfruit sliced thin and fried crisp, the Seychellois snack with a cold beer.

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Kat-kat banane

Eaten all over Seychelles

Green bananas cooked with fish in coconut.

Coconut curry9

Coconut curry

Eaten all over Seychelles

Chicken or fish in coconut.

Rougay10

Rougay

Eaten all over Seychelles

A Creole tomato sauce with onion, garlic and chilli, cooked with fish, octopus or sausage.

Where to eat in Seychelles

Chef is checking the restaurants worth it here, one by one, and posts each once it's confirmed open. See the list so far

Eat your way through Seychelles

Tell Chef when you're going and he'll lay out the days: the dishes, the markets, a walk and dinner, with places that are open.

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