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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Mauritians can trace their roots to Madagascar, Zanzibar and East Africa, to the four corners of India and southern China and to the Malay Peninsula and Europe\u2014 the legacy of centuries of colonial rule.<\/p>\n

Now their island\u2019s streets are lined with temples, churches and mosques, alongside roti stands, bistros and noodle houses. Baby Allken owns a prime piece of Port Louis real estate: a fruit stall at the entrance to the capital\u2019s Central Market fresh produce hall.<\/p>\n

The market was established around the 1840s and some structures from that colonial era remain, including wrought iron gates crowned with \u2018VR\u2019 decorative accents in a nod to Queen Victoria. And it\u2019s for her that the Victoria pineapple, which grows in Mauritius and is smaller and sweeter than other varieties, was named.<\/p>\n

As well as island-grown guavas, crisp apples and lychee-like longans \u2014 which locals know as \u2018dragon eye\u2019 after the Chinese name \u2014 66-year-old Baby\u2019s stall is popular for its prepared Victoria pineapple drizzled with sticky, sweet-and-sour tamarind syrup and finished with a sprinkling of a salt and powdered chilli mix \u2014 a treat known as pineapple (or anana) confit.<\/p>\n

The Allken family has been a fixture here in the market for almost a century, and Baby himself has been here for half that time \u2014 alas, his daughter and son have successful careers in international banking, so aren\u2019t likely to take over the stall when he retires.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mauritius. Mauritians can trace their roots to Madagascar, Zanzibar and East Africa, to the four corners of India and southern China and to the Malay Peninsula and Europe\u2014 the legacy of centuries of colonial rule. Now their island\u2019s streets are lined with temples, churches and mosques, alongside roti stands, bistros and noodle houses. 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