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The snack cakes from a small island

A brief introduction to the gato of Mauritius

Doug Mack / Snack Stack
Jul 27, 2022
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Hello, Snackers. The French word for “cake” is “gâteau,” but filter that through a few hundred years of cultural exchange and colonialism and you get … gato.

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The place

Mauritius, the small island nation off the east coast of the African continent. Map below, and here’s one with some gato to-go shops.

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