Starting with the plane journey there. I was pleasantly surprised with the vegan meal - as gross as it looked, it was actually not so bad! It was veggies in a tomato sauce with rice, fruit salad and a roll. The fruit salad was really good, sometimes they're dry but it wasn't at all.
The first night we'd planned to go to the restaurant in the hotel but it was shut for a private function. So we walked (in the rain!) till we found a restaurant. We settled for an italian place, because almost every restaurant in Malta is Italian! They had a vegan option though anyway, a veggie pizza, so that's what I had.
The second night we made it to the restaurant in the hotel but I forgot my camera. Don't worry though, we went back, it was that good! So there are some pics in a bit.
Night 3 and we went to a tex mex place and were disappointed. We both had the veggie burrito and it was kinda bland and a bit sickly. The rice was good though and my mojito was awesome.
On the friday we had our beauty treatments and cuz the weather sucked, we ordered a film and went to the local supermarket to buy stuff for a bed picnic. The local supermarket was pretty good, I managed to get soymilk, soy yoghurts, alpro chocolate desserts and vegan butter!
One of the things we got for our picnic was this Bigilla. It's a bean pate made with Tic Beans - something I've never heard of before. It was really tasty, I have no idea what herbs & spices were in it though.
The spread - wholewheat crostinis, local hummus, Bigilla, Kinnie (the Maltese local drink, which I grew to love), sherbet fountain and Crix which are pb flavoured crisps! Basically they're peanut butter & cornmeal, fried. Good stuff but sickly so I could only eat a few.
And lastly, the meal on our last night at the hotel restaurant. It's an awesome restaurant and if you ever go to malta, I would recommend paying a visit to the Palace Hotel in Sliema and going to the TemptAsian. It has all different Asian cuisines on the menu and I just ordered a bunch of vegan stuff for me & mum. We got:
Miso Soup
Miso Soup
Everything looks so scrumptious! Malta sounds like such a beautiful place to visit.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun trip away and I really like the look of the Vietnamese-style sushi!
ReplyDeleteThat Asian food looks amazing as does the pizza - is that some kind of vegan chorizo I can see on it?
ReplyDeleteThe bean pate intrigues me - it sounds delicious. Glad you guys had a great time.
Mmmm all that stuff looks yum! I'm a huge fan of those summer rolls!! (Vietnamese Sushi Rolls).
ReplyDeleteMalta sounds wonderful, and all of those Asian dishes look fabulous. Sounds like a great trip!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great holiday. :)
ReplyDeleteYaki soba! Everything looks delicious!
ReplyDeletethat's pretty sweet that the airplane food wasn't crappy. always a bonus, fo 'sho! it sounds like you and your mom had an awesome & relaxing time in Malta, Sal. that rocks! hooray for italian pizza awesomenesses & some seriously good asian eatz. mmmmmmmm! the tempura had me drooling. i'm sorry that your tex-mex food was disappointing, but i'm glad you guys enjoyed your bed pinic yummies. hooray!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back, Sal! I'm glad you guys had a great time and some great eats! That airplane meal really doesn't look too bad at all! It sure looks better than the noodles and sauce that we're having for dinner here today! :-)
ReplyDeleteI haven't had a bed picnic in so long! Oh I love those!! *makes mental note to have a bed picnic while traveling*
That veggie pizza sounds good. I'd love to try Crix.
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