3 Down, 5 Concepts Left For Malta’s List Of Food Joints We Desperately Need In Our Lives
Last year Lovin Malta listed eight types of food joints we desperately wanted to see in the new year. 2017 delivered on some, but we still have a way to go to make food lovers truly happy.
Available in 2017:
Raclette
Ask and you shall receive – our cheesy cravings were soon satisfied by Brass & Knuckle‘s raclette burger, which we were invited to try as soon as it launched. Still, there’s always room in our hearts for more melted cheese, especially a restaurant dedicated to it.
Vietnamese Pho
Thanks food gods for coming through on another fan favourite with the opening of House of Ho. Malta finally got its well-overdue pho restaurant.
American food (that’s more than just burgers)
From mac and cheese to hot dogs and steak sandwiches, places like Fredy’s and Fat Louis have given anyone looking for American food that’s more than a juicy rack of ribs a chance to savour the flavours from across the pond.
Hopes for finally making an appearance 2018:
1. Maltese Food Truck
Seriously, we need Maltese street food to become a thing. Take-away bragoli, styrofoam containers with bebbux, jars of octopus and slices of home made timpana. Is it too much to ask for Maltese food that isn’t pastizzi takeaway or a massive meal at Nanna’s?
2. Creole food
We’re still waiting on our gumbo, and we’re growing impatient.
3. More Greek food
We want gyros, we want souvlaki, we want the tastes of our neighbouring islands and we want it now.
4. Soup bars
All we’re asking for is a healthy, cheap and heartwarming haunt that serves soup, and only soup, with a nice kisra ħobż, and boasts an excellent delivery menu.
5. More Mexican food
As we said last year, you can never have enough Mexican food, and even with excellent places like Frida’s, we’re still craving more and stand by our statement one year on.
New suggestions for 2018:
6. Korean BBQ
The smell alone is enough to drive you crazy. Quite a few Asian places in Malta offer some Korean BBQ dishes, but a dedicated restaurant adds another level of authenticity to the meal.
7. Jerk cooking
Here’s one that many people in Malta may not have heard of, but this Caribbean-Jamaican style of cooking will seriously mix things up in the local food scene. Spicy, colourful and applicable to all sorts of meats (and tofu), jerk cooking is exactly what we need to make 2018 memorable.
8. A vegan place that won’t break the bank
In the past vegan and vegetarian restaurants used to overcharge due to the limited clientele, but as more people turn to veganism and vegetarianism, there’s really no need for these clients to continue paying inflated prices.