Best Food on Malta

12/10/2026

Sometimes the best way to cook fish is to wrap it up and let the ingredients do the work. 🐟🍋

Sea Bream al Cartoccio is baked in parchment with herbs, lemon and vegetables for a light Mediterranean meal.

👉 https://bestfoodonmalta.com/recipes/43-sea-bream-al-cartoccio

Whole sea bream baked in parchment with herbs, lemon and vegetables. • Serves: 4 • Preparation: 15 min • Cooking: 40 min Ingredients• 2 whole sea bream, about 450 g each, scaled and gutted • 1 garlic clove • 2 parsley sprigs • 1 thyme sprig • 1 lemon slice • 20 g extra-virgin olive...

09/10/2026

Sardines, but definitely not boring. 🐟

Sarde a Beccafico are rolled with breadcrumbs, citrus, raisins and pine nuts, then baked until beautifully golden.

A delicious example of Malta’s close Sicilian food connection.

👉 https://bestfoodonmalta.com/recipes/50-sarde-a-beccafico

Rolled sardines with breadcrumbs, citrus, raisins and pine nuts. • Serves: 4 • Preparation: 40 min • Cooking: 20 min Ingredients• 800 g fresh sardines • 150 g breadcrumbs • 30 g raisins • 30 g pine nuts • 2 anchovy fillets • Fresh parsley • Orange zest and juice • 1 tbsp honey ...

08/10/2026

⭐ Do Google reviews tell the whole story? Now you can check for yourself.

Every restaurant page on Best Food on Malta now puts our community's reviews and Google's side by side:

🆚 Both scores next to each other, with a quick verdict on whether they agree

🔍 One search across both sides. Type "service", "price" or "pasta" and see what each side really says

💬 Real reviews from people who eat out in Malta and Gozo

Spotted a place where Google and our community disagree? Tell us which side you're on 👇

👉 https://www.bestfoodonmalta.com/restaurants

08/10/2026

🇲🇹 Malta’s food scene, now a conversation away.

We’re launching MCP support for Best Food on Malta! Connect a compatible AI assistant to our community directory and explore restaurants, food stores, wineries and recipes right from your chat.

Try asking:
🍽️ “Find restaurants in Valletta.”
🍷 “Show me wineries in Malta.”
⭐ “What do reviewers say about this place?”

MCP is the connection that lets your assistant look up our published listings and reviews, with links for you to explore.

No Best Food on Malta account needed to browse. You can also share a review through your assistant, or
connect your account to suggest a listing for us to check and publish. & Get started: https://bestfoodonmalta.com/use-with-ai

What would you ask first?

Connect Claude or any other MCP-capable assistant to Best Food on Malta and ask it for restaurants, stores, wineries, recipes and reviews in plain language.

06/10/2026

The first course might be our favourite part of a Maltese rabbit meal. 👀🍝

Spaghetti tossed through the rich wine-and-tomato sauce from Stuffat tal-Fenek is simple, traditional and ridiculously good.

👉 https://bestfoodonmalta.com/recipes/45-maltese-rabbit-spaghetti

Pasta served with the rich sauce from a rabbit stew. • Serves: 4 • Preparation: 10 min after making the stew • Cooking: 12 min Ingredients• 400 g spaghetti • About 750 ml finished sauce from Stuffat tal-Fenek • 150 g cooked rabbit meat, shredded, optional • Salt for the pasta water •...

03/10/2026

🏆 **The Food Duel results are in!** 🇲🇹

You’ve been choosing between Malta’s restaurants head-to-head and some clear favourites are starting to emerge.

🥇 **Under Grain, Valletta** 15 wins from 15 duels
🥈 **The Golden Fork, Rabat** 14 wins from 14 duels
🥉 **One80 St. Christopher Street, Valletta** 21 wins from 22 duels

Also near the top: **Contessa**, **Le Bistro**, **Rebekah’s**, **Risette** and **Rosamì**.

The ranking is based on the percentage of head-to-head duels each restaurant wins so it’s entirely driven by your choices. 👀

👉 See the full leaderboard:
https://bestfoodonmalta.com/food-duel/leaderboard

⚔️ Think your favourite deserves to be higher? Keep voting:
https://bestfoodonmalta.com/food-duel

Two Maltese restaurants, side by side. Pick the one you would rather eat at, and see how the rest of the island voted. No account needed.

02/10/2026

Dinner in 30 minutes, Mediterranean style. 🐟🍅

Pan-seared swordfish with tomatoes, olives and capers is fresh, bright and exactly the sort of meal that belongs near the sea.

👉 Recipe: https://bestfoodonmalta.com/recipes/41-swordfish-with-capers-and-tomatoes

Pan-seared swordfish with a bright tomato, caper and olive sauce. • Serves: 2 • Preparation: 15 min • Cooking: 15 min Ingredients• 300 g swordfish steaks • 300 g cherry tomatoes • 50 g pitted green olives • 1 tbsp rinsed capers • 30 g extra-virgin olive oil • 1 garlic clove • 10 ...

30/09/2026

Sardines, fennel, raisins and breadcrumbs might sound unusual together until you taste them. 🍝🐟

Pasta con le Sarde is a Sicilian classic packed with sweet, salty and aromatic flavours.

👉 https://bestfoodonmalta.com/recipes/39-pasta-con-le-sarde

Sicilian pasta combining sardines, fennel, raisins and breadcrumbs. • Serves: 4 • Preparation: 50 min • Cooking: 35 min Ingredients• 320 g bucatini • 500 g fresh sardines • 180 g wild fennel • 80 g onion • 30 g raisins • 25 g pine nuts • 30 g almonds, chopped • 5 salted anchovi...

28/09/2026

Golden, crispy and hiding something delicious inside. 😍

Arancini are fried rice balls with a savoury centre and crunchy breadcrumb shell — perfect street-food territory.

👉 Make them at home: https://bestfoodonmalta.com/recipes/37-arancini

Fried rice balls with a savoury filling and crisp breadcrumb shell. • Serves: 12 arancini • Preparation: 1 hr 10 min • Cooking: 40 min Ingredients• 500 g Vialone Nano or Carnaroli rice • 1.2 litres water • 150 g caciocavallo, divided • 30 g butter • 0.15 g saffron • 150 g minced po...

23/09/2026

No cooking, plenty of flavour. ☀️🇲🇹

Ħobż biż-Żejt is Maltese bread dressed with tomato, olive oil, tuna, capers, olives and herbs basically Malta in sandwich form.

What’s your must-have ingredient?

👉 https://bestfoodonmalta.com/recipes/11-hobz-biz-zejt

Maltese bread dressed with tomato, olive oil, capers, olives and often tuna. • Serves: 2 people • Preparation: 15 min • Cooking: No cooking Ingredients• 2 crusty Maltese bread rolls (ftira or ħobża, about 400g total) • 2-3 tbsp olive oil • 2 tbsp tomato paste (kunserva) • 1 small tin...