As we had a self-catering apartment, well- equipped with cooking equipment, and we were only a 5 minute walk from the wonderfully named Trolley's supermarket, we can give ourselves a pat on the back for much of the good food, as a lot of it was cooked by us, and eaten in house.
However, we did visit two restaurants in our resort of Bugibba to sample the local cuisine.
The first was Granny's in the main square. Granny's advertises itself as a fusion restaurant and there was a lot of choice, but we couldn't really tell if any dishes were a house speciality. We chose a 3 course Maltese menu with choices for starters and mains.
Here we are about to tuck into a plate of rabbit in a sort of curry sauce, with lots of veggies in the stew and also a portion of Asian style stir fried vegetables. We also had a bowl of chips. When you think that starters were a similar size to mains (you should have seen our plate of spaghetti) this was a lot of food even for trencherbears like us. The first 2 courses were followed by something like apple sponge cake and huge mugs of good coffee. It was great value and the food tasted o.k. but something was lacking in the way of ambience and finesse. We decided that our visit would be a one off.
On our last night though, we hit the jackpot. We walked beyond the square, out of the tourist area to the most wonderful Maltese restuarant called the Malet. We'd read about it on the internet so knew it was worth seeking out.
It more than lived up to the Trip Advisor recommendations. The surroundings were tasteful, the welcome and service perfect (attentive, but not too much so) and the food was superb. While we waited for our starters we had a complementary glass of leek and potato soup which made us very happy. When our official starter of chicken wings in a yummy, sticky, spicy sauce came they were simply to die for, as Yorkie's face shows in our next picture.
Our mains of pork stew and quails were a delight and the bottle of rose we had to wash it down with was exactly too our taste, crisp and fruity, but not too sweet. Thanks to the Maltese portion sizes, we had no room for dessert, and we ended up with a very reasonable bill.
The only disappointing thing was that we were the only customers that evening. It was so good it should have been full. We wrote a glowing review for Trip Advisor so hopefully more visitors to Bugibba will be seeking out this gem of a restaurant. If we return to Malta we certainly will.
Lots of love, the Malteser Bears xxx
3 comments:
Mmm tasty! Yorkie is looking far too clean to have eaten some sticky chicken wings so we assume this was the before shot not the after shot!
Fancy getting 'Happy" on a glass of leek and potato soup.
Where's the Hot Jelly and Mustard?
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