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Waiting for a cook
Mauritius
Bol renversé, the "upside-down bowl", is Mauritius' favourite Sino-Mauritian dish and a piece of theatre: a fried egg goes into a bowl first, then a chicken and vegetable stir-fry in oyster sauce, then rice pressed on top; the bowl is flipped onto the plate and lifted off to leave a dome of rice with the egg crowning it. It is on the menu of every Chinese restaurant and snack bar on the island, and it is the dish Mauritians abroad miss most.
The draft was written from 4 published sources and holds 21 ingredients and 8 steps. It has never been cooked by anybody at AFN, which is why it is waiting.