Our menu is written in Gozitan with the English underneath. Here is what the words actually mean, and why we keep them.
Our menu is written in Gozitan first, with the English below it. Visitors sometimes assume this is decoration. It is not — it is the honest way to write down what we cook, because several of these dishes do not survive translation.
The words worth knowing
Fenek is rabbit; a fenkata is the whole feast built around it. Ġbejniet are small sheep's-milk cheeselets from Gozo — calling them "cheese" is technically true and completely useless. Bragoli translates as "beef olives", which contains no olives and confuses everybody.
Aljotta is fish soup, heavy on garlic. Bigilla is a broad bean dip. Bebbux are snails. Lampuki is the autumn fish, called dorado elsewhere. Ħobż tal-Malti is the bread, and it is a serious loaf.
You do not need to pronounce any of it. Point, and we will bring it.
A dish that needs its own name kept is usually a dish worth ordering.
Our menu is written in Gozitan first, with the English below it. Visitors sometimes assume this is decoration. It is not — it is the honest way to write down what we cook, because several of these dishes do not survive translation.
The words worth knowing
Fenek is rabbit; a fenkata is the whole feast built around it. Ġbejniet are small sheep's-milk cheeselets from Gozo — calling them "cheese" is technically true and completely useless. Bragoli translates as "beef olives", which contains no olives and confuses everybody.
Aljotta is fish soup, heavy on garlic. Bigilla is a broad bean dip. Bebbux are snails. Lampuki is the autumn fish, called dorado elsewhere. Ħobż tal-Malti is the bread, and it is a serious loaf.
You do not need to pronounce any of it. Point, and we will bring it.
A dish that needs its own name kept is usually a dish worth ordering.