| Mediterranean Cuisine | | | | are ricotta-filled pastries that are fried and served |
| Although Malta is incredibly small, one can find a | | | | warm. These can be bought from such small |
| vast array of restaurants, cafés and take-outs | | | | specialized vendors that litter most of the streets |
| that range from typical Maltese food, to Japanese | | | | in Malta and Gozo. |
| sushi and Oriental Cuisine. | | | | Oriental cuisine and sushi is also very well |
| | | | accounted for throughout the island. Most |
| Although there are a few high-class restaurants | | | | common are the typical Chinese restaurants |
| that specialize in typical Maltese food, there are | | | | which specialize in dishes such as spring rolls and |
| many occasions were Maltese food is prepared at | | | | wontons, egg fried rice, noodles, sweet and sour |
| its best in more casual surroundings. Local pubs, | | | | pork, duck and so on. Sushi and Japanese cuisine |
| known as ‘kazini’ often serve excellent | | | | has also become popular over the past years and |
| examples of Maltese food, such as “Hobz | | | | can be purchased from both takeaway outlets, or |
| biz-zejt”. Hobz biz-zejt is literally translated as | | | | in formal elegant restaurants. The Palace |
| ‘bread with oil’ and is usually made with | | | | Hotel’s ‘TemptAsian’ is a unique |
| traditional Maltese bread that is dipped in oil, | | | | establishment that groups together all Oriental |
| spread with tomato paste, and filled with anything | | | | cuisine into one elegant restaurant with a menu to |
| from tuna, olives, capers, onions and the like. | | | | die for. |
| One very popular year-round meal is the | | | | Pizzerias and other casual restaurants that serve |
| ‘Fenkata’, where Maltese families go to | | | | pasta, pizza, salads, meat and so on, can be found |
| very casual and usually small specialized bars and | | | | all over the island. Prices vary, and are suitable for |
| restaurants in order to eat a meal of rabbit. This | | | | everyone’s pockets. These restaurants are |
| is usually made up of a first course of spaghetti | | | | ideal for families whose taste is diverse since the |
| with rabbit sauce, followed by rabbit (usually fried | | | | menus are often extremely versatile! |
| in garlic and tomatoes), and finally nuts and | | | | Furthermore, they often cater for both lunch and |
| sweets. Another dish that is sometimes served | | | | dinner. |
| before rabbit, but can also be found in many | | | | Café life, particularly in towns like Valletta and |
| typical Maltese restaurants, is ‘Bebbux’. | | | | Sliema, is extremely popular and provides the |
| Bebbux is the Maltese word for snails, which is a | | | | shopper, business man, or passerby the perfect |
| delicacy in Malta. When visiting Malta or Gozo, be | | | | opportunity to sip a hot cappuccino, ice-cold |
| sure to give this a try! | | | | mojito or chilled glass of wine, accompanied but a |
| Little take-away outlets are also very popular and | | | | light salad, plate of pasta, platter, sushi, or perhaps |
| here, you can satisfy your hungry for just a few | | | | a divine dessert, while basking in the |
| Euro! Most of these take-outs are no more than | | | | Mediterranean sun. Some cafés have developed |
| a few square meters large, with enough room for | | | | such a name for themselves due to one particular |
| an oven and counter. These sell “pastizzi”, | | | | item on the menu, that people go out of their |
| pizza by the slice, pies and sausage rolls. Pastizzi | | | | way just to tickle their taste buds! |
| (cheese-cakes) are extremely popular in Malta and | | | | |