Fantastic Maltese food: an update courtesy of Norman Lowell
Published:
July 26, 2014 at 4:55pm
Rabbit or chicken breast – no need to specify how they’re done, ghax s’hemmhekk naslu. ‘Dessert’ – no need to say what.
Spaghetti Rabbit – you are supposed to deduce that this means spaghetti with a rabbit-meat sauce, and not a new cartoon: the Spaghetti Rabbit
This is what passes for traditional Maltese food. I imagine the ‘ragu’ is made with corned beef.
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Like some people I started out with the impression that English cooking is bad and that anything Italian is good.
I needed direct experience of both in the respective countries to see that I was wrong.
When Italian food is good it is because the ingredients are top notch so the recipe can be very simple. I heard an Italian chef say that he takes classic recipes and removes ingredients to see what he can get away with and still end up with good food.
He said that it all depends on having excellent basic ingredients such as pasta and tomatoes. In Italy these things are abundant.
On the other hand the complex spices of some Indian dishes might have to do with the fact that some of the ingredients are not fresh and the spices cover any spoiling or unpleasant tastes.
The Maltese dishes that I experienced are bland or overcooked.
Run rabbit run.
M’hemmx bigilla?
I was never a fan of rabbit meat but if one wants to see horrendous and ridiculous cooking, this woman takes the cake, no pun intended.
She should stick to her half bottle vodka cocktails that she loves so much.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf8LPC4OKgk
How about this menu.
Spaghetti with BLACK squid sauce
Fried BLACK pudding the Maltese way
Dessert.
BLACKberry pie
Or
BLACK Forest Gateau.
&
BLACK coffee
P.S. BLACK mass will be held after dinner (this time no burning of anyone’s door)
Dress code: black tie.