
Exploring Malta
Each European country and city has their own specialty in dinning. Most of the cultures have their own special cuisine to offer to the world. Malta is no different either, though the typical Maltese cuisine is not easy to find, but it is not extinct.
The Maltese cuisine is greatly influenced by the tastes of Italy, North Africa and Britain. In most of the restaurants of the resort area the foods are highly British. Since they cater mainly the English tourists they offer “grub like meat and three vegetable” or “bangers and mash” etc. One has to struggle a little to find a real Maltese place. Maltese specialties include rabbit ( fenek ), and small pastries which are widely known as pastizzi.
A typical Maltese celebration is served with their traditional meal fenkata , which is a feast of rabbit. The rabbit meat is marinated for a night in wine and bay leaves. The first course of the meal includes spaghetti sautéed in rabbit sauce, the main course include rabbit meat stewed or fried which can be cooked with or without gravy. Ta L'Ingliz in Mgarr is one of the restaurants offering the best fenkata in the country.
Kinnie is the national drink of Malta which is prepared from bitter oranges mixed with slight Martini. They also specialize in offering their own beer which is called Cisk in the local.