HAMMETTS MACINA!!!!! Where tapas style eating is the order of the day and sharing plates of yummy goodness is handled! Located in the leafy suburb of Senglea,
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The Skyroom, Sliema, Malta – grilled asparagus, pork cheek potato croquette and cherry pudding all with an open sea view
Our intial stint at having a meal at The Skyroom didnt go down very well. We assumed could rock up as one does, alas, the Maltese be like nuh sah 🤨! Ha ha ha! Plus, trying to figure out the brunch / lunch hour is still a mystery,
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59 REPUBLIC, Valletta, Malta – mini foie gras burger, Scottish scallops and a baked Alaska = a special ‘Specials’
SUMMER has arrived and is here to stay in these Malta streets! The heat is ON people, it is BOILING!!! We decided to eat out today because we both didn’t feel like cooking, plus, with more places opening up, more food adventure(s) beckons! But first a little rant
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De Mondion, Mdina, Malta – Tapioca cracker, mushroom soufflé & foie gras; a birthday feast
Yes! Yes!! Garmanvsfood fam, how we doing? Everyone okay? Good stuff. It’s a birthday celebration at Garmanvsfood HQ! Neal turned 21 (again) and we got to celebrate with lunch din dins at De Mondion!
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Elliot’s – cheese puffs, Chicken hearts, wild mushrooms & egg yolk
Since lock down 3 has ended in the UK, man them are out in the streets doing the MOST! People queuing for the pub at an ungodly hour on a MONDAY morning! The crave for a good ol’ pint in the pub is REAL folks!
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Lupins – fermented Cornish oysters? roast peach and ricotta on toast? – taster plates, British style
L U P I N S!!!! what a delightful place. Located in and around one of our fave places (Borough High street), it was love at first bite! So much so, we have been back on two separate occasions and have had LUPINS at home!
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Spaniards Inn, London – pan seared scallops, Duck breast and fully loaded charcuterie board
So lockdown is easing in the UK and I am looking forward to being ‘sociable’ i say that with caution becasue the introvert me is like hmmmm? Nonetheless, I stay ready to show up and turn out ha
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The Red Lion at Milton Bryan, Milton Keynes – Sunday roast 😋
I do love it when a pub surprises you with their menus and the red lion did that! Four years ago, we arrived for Sunday roast and well, it was splendid! I know I said Sunday roast but I was not ready for the food at all!
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Galvin La Chapelle – Lasagne of Dorset crab, risotto of courgette & basil, Saint Marcellin walnut raisin croute & pickled nut!
Our first menu Gourmand was my birthday din dins at the Pompadour by Galvin in Edinburgh! One time for our Scottish brethren, I had some amazing food out there – ottoman feast and scrumptious pudding delights!
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The Duchess, Amsterdam – beluga caviar and royal sweets? A Christmas afternoon tea
I know, I know, you read the blog title and thought? Christmas? Ha ha ha! yes! I am currently in between countries and miss my family especially my munchkins in London. Malta has gone back into a lock
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Pheasant Inn, Cheshire – The poshest pork cracking EVER!!!
I do love when pub food smashes it! Like you do a double take when you see the food and re-read the item on the menu and you are like? Errrrr? 😱🤔😲 This was me at the Pheasant Inn! After my birthday din dins in Fraiche back in 2018
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TemptAsian, Sliema, Malta – bottomless cocktails for brunch? Yes please!!!
Hiya garmanvsfood family, how we doing? We getting excited for spring? I know I am! Pandemic or not, the clock continues to move, and March is upon us!!! In a few days I would have worked from home for one year, like a whole year?
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Oato, Lisbon, Portugal – braised beef shin, prawns in garlic sauce, rice & beans
Oato happened by accident like LITERALLY! We were three days into our break in Lisbon and (if memory serves me right) Neal had plans for us to have din dins in some place .. yep, you guessed right that did not happen for reasons (I fail to recall)
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Root 81, Rabat, Malta – Duck, pork and foie gras, duo of Duck and frangelico
The last day of February in Malta, hits different! The sun is shining, and it is a whopping 18 degrees centigrade, in the sun it feels like 20+. I mean hellor!!! I guess it is fair to say that the weather is changing and thank Jesus! Because, I don’t know about you lot, but I am OVER the winter blues….
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Noni, Valletta, Malta – A love day special with sea Urchin, Pagru, pickled dates and Mgarr strawberries
I swear February has got to be the best month of the year. No, not because it’s your girls’ birth month or that it also is Valentine’s day, but the fact that it is the shortest month of the year! You finally feel you are getting over the January blues;
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Legligin, Valletta, Malta – tapas, baked goods, breadcrumbs, cauliflower grattan & fish soup makes a dope homemade taster menu
Well what do you know, it’s another trip round the sun for your girl! Last stop on the third floor yikesss! It was a good day today – started with the lovely sunrise and ended up with fab dinner with Chris and his team at Legligin.
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Yeni Meze Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland – Ottoman feast, a true Turkish delight
Exactly 4 years to the day, we took the Virgin train from King cross to Edinburgh a day earlier for a long weekend celebrating my birthday! First time in this city and it was fantastic! I remember as we got out of the station, we heard bagpipes being played!
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Four seasons Hotel, Milan – antipasti and aperol spritz
Hmmm Milano! Not sure you are my cup of tea to be honest! (*gasps* the garmanvsfood reader) I know, I know, it is Italy! Full of architecture, fashion et al, but for me bleh?! Okay, maybe not bleh per se, I might need to spend more than 24 hours to get a proper feel of the place.
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The Grill Dorchester – carved pork belly, pistachio soufflé and a 10year aged port
It is almost a year since lockdown started for us in these parts and I don’t know about you guys but I am hitting the pandemic wall😱. I have gone through all the emotions imaginable and then some!
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The Coach, Marlow – stuffed rotisserie Quail and profiteroles
emember being able to get into the car and going for a drive on a summer afternoon? No prior destination in mind per se? that is exactly how this day started back in June 2018. T’was a Saturday,
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