{"id":1844,"date":"2020-02-01T05:33:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T10:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2022-07-11T16:35:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T20:35:25","slug":"eating-well-in-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2020\/02\/01\/eating-well-in-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Well in Malta!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maltese cuisine is influenced by Italy with a Mediterranean twist. Pizza and pasta with eggplant, olives or zucchini; garlic, olive oil, and Maltese, Italian or other wines are commonly found on the menu.<\/p>\n

The national favorite meat is rabbit<\/strong> – perfect for Larry as he is an adventurous diner and loves to try new things. He’s feasted on pasta with rabbit bolognese sauce<\/strong> and whole pan-fried rabbit <\/strong>as shown below. He reports that “it’s something different and I liked it!”<\/p>\n

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Fish is more my dish and this sea<\/strong> bass<\/strong> was simply prepared and tasty.<\/p>\n

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Maltese bread<\/strong> is served with nearly every meal – usually with a creamy dip made from either black beans, fava beans or kidney beans and a deep, red tomato paste spread called kunserva.<\/p>\n

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The Maltese are very proud of their bread made from durum wheat – it’s extra-crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. We discovered a tiny bakery nearby that bakes their bread in the wood-fired oven (note Maltese cross on the oven door) shown below. \u00a0According to an article in the Times of Malta, this bakery has been in business for over 130 years!<\/p>\n

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Beautiful just-out-of-the-oven loaves of Maltese bread look like this!<\/p>\n

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There isn’t a sign on the door at Trofimus \u00a0Bakery (shown below) but we can smell the aroma of fresh-baked bread as we approach!<\/p>\n

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And, we couldn’t wait to take a bite of this wood-fire-oven-baked jam tart. These tiny tarts are also made with apple or mince filling. Yum!!<\/p>\n

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Our least favorite treat was this ‘honey ring’ made with traces of tangerine, lemon and orange. It’s a traditional Christmas item and the honey ring pictured below was likely baked well before the holidays and probably why this one tasted especially stale.<\/p>\n

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We like a chain of fast-food restaurants called Eeet Well<\/strong> for good salads, sandwiches, grain bowls, and wraps.<\/p>\n

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As for drinks, the local favorite beer is Cisk – an ordinary lager. The local soft drink is Kinnie – brewed from bitter oranges and extracts of wormwood. We like it!<\/p>\n

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Maltese food is simple, not fancy or fussy, no slick presentation but it’s good, hearty, and inexpensive.<\/p>\n

Our next stop in a couple of days is Ortygia, Sicily where we have happy memories of delicious dining!<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

Sharon and Larry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maltese cuisine is influenced by Italy with a Mediterranean twist. Pizza and pasta with eggplant, olives or zucchini; garlic, olive oil, and Maltese, Italian or other wines are commonly found on the menu. The national favorite meat is rabbit – perfect for Larry as he is an adventurous diner and loves to try new things. … <\/p>\n

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