Malta-Day 5/6

Since Joe's fall on the stairs, we kept a low profile yesterday. We had mostly sandwiches that my aunt brought us. She bought fresh bread that morning. I love the soft bread here because it has sesame seeds on top. Mmmmm! She also got some galetti for me because I just love those. They are considered water crackers. We also had some ġbejniet. Ġbejniet is a small round cheese made from milk, usually goat or sheep). It is sometimes rolled in black pepper. It was interesting.

Since Joe had more strength in his ankle today, we took an electric cab (like a smart car/golf cart) to Fort St. Elmo so we could see The Malta Experience. It would have been a LONG walk otherwise. We had a lunch of cornish pastry and a panzarotti type thing with ham and cheese. I also got us a piece of ricotta amaretti cake. It was soooo good. We also had our usual... espresso and a cappuccino.

When we came back to the hotel, we had another espresso and cappuccino while we were trying to decide what to do next.

For supper, we decided to eat at the Pegasus which is in the hotel. It was a nice little restaurant. For appetizers, I had Tarja Moqlia with Parmesan. Tarja is basically a fritatta made with thin spaghetti, maybe cappelini, eggs and cheese. Joe had the Alioffa, which is a fish soup. For our main course, I had the Maltese Beef Braġioli with vegetables and Joe had the stewed rabbit. Braġioli are thin pieces of beef with a filling inside. These ones had ground meat and olives. When my mom makes them, she uses ground pork, bacon, hard-boiled eggs and Parmesan cheese. The meat is wrapped around the filling and fried just to sear the outside. Mom usually serves them in a pasta sauce. The ones at the restaurant were just served with some mashed potato, cauliflower, snow peas, and carrots. They were pretty good, but not as good as mom's. Joe really enjoyed the stewed rabbit. He had the same vegetables. He said if blindfolded, he couldn't tell you what kind of meat it was. It looks a bit like chicken, but has the texture of beef. Joe also had some local red wine, since it came with the meals and a hopleaf. For dessert, we had Ġelat tan-Nanna, which translates to Grandma's ice cream. It had bits of nuts and candied fruit and was made with condensed milk. It was quite nice. We also had a sampling platter of Maltese treats. There were pieces of imqaret, qagħaq tal-qħasel, halva, and nougat. We were quite satisfied.

Hope you enjoy the adventures we had today!

Ċaw!

Lisa