Malta Food

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We arrived Malta before 5pm on 2 May.  My travel companion was afraid that we might not be able to get to the island in case of any flight delay. So, we spent a night at Malta, not direct at the centre but a few bus stops away at Pieta. Our taxi driver took us a a moderate hill where our B and B was. After settling down our stuff, we went for a walk around and look for our dinner place.



Walking down the road to the main street, you can choose to dine at a top rated restaurant, Fumia. Since it was not opened up to 19.30 and we were not sure if there would be a table for us, we opt for La Vela Restaurant. The Antipasti combo was outstanding.  7 dishes of raw and cooked seafood were provided. Excellent value for €18 per person (two minimum).  It will fill you up.  Extra dish is optional. We were both impressed with the high quality of Maltese food the first night.


We headed to Gozo the next day. The journey was long as the bus was not punctual and it went through the whole island from east to west. Once we arrived at Gozo we still needed to take a bus to Victoria and then another one to Xlendi. Well, we arrived at the beautiful place, did some shopping, went to the seaside to see the barren castle and then enjoyed sumptuous dinner with a great view of the cliff. Looking back is the Xlendi Bay dotted with lights.



Contrast to the popular choices of restaurants at Xlendi Bay, we picked a rooftop restaurant between the bay and our apartment, Ic Cima. Food and wine were superb.  We took salad, traditional fish soup (Aljotta), rabbit (Fenek moqli, typical dish of Malta) and duck. Everything was perfect. We had a fantastic first day and night at Xlendi.





On another day we had a walk from the harbour back to Xlendi. We had a pause at Sannat. It was a quiet place not with much life in the afternoon. We saw only a sign for food, II Girna Restaurant.  Only an American couple was chilling there with their cold white wine. Since we were hiking through, we did not take much money with us. Guess what, with less than €20, we could have excellent seafood and mussel soup with bread.  Service, ambience and food were excellent! 









Location: Malta

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