Food Tour in Valletta, Malta
One way to get to know a place you have never visited is by taking a “food tour.” It is a quick introduction to the history and culture of a city. So, when I visited the city of Valletta, on Malta, one of the first things I did was to sign up for a culinary excursion of the city. Valletta City Walls I used the Viator app and found the highly rated (4.9/5.0) Valletta Food Tour. Our guide was Romina, a Maltese native. She met us just outside the city gate, at the Triton’s Fountain. The fountain was finish in 1959, in conjunction with the construction of a new bus terminal for the city. It underwent restoration in 2017. The plaza is paved with limestone tiles that are chockfull of fossils. Triton's Fountain Fossils in the paving stones Romina started us off with two wonderful pastries called pastizzi. These are traditional Maltese treats made of a dough similar to Greek filo. They usually filled either ricotta cheese or mushy peas. Ricotta Pastizzi Pastizzi with mushy peas We ...