Hi Sliema2

Although I have looked, I have never seen Kinnie or Galletti biscuits in the UK. I also brought some home the last time, but somebody eat them

I can help you with your Gbejna though -

As they are lonely in your fridge I will give them a good home

Graham

Hi Graham, thank you for the info and the very generous offer to keep our Gbejna company, however, that won't be neccessary as I have contacted the manufacturers direct to see if they can send us a box of galletti's and they will keep the Gbejna company on there arrival , one of our friends in Sliema has very kindly offered to post us some but the chances of them getting here without turning in to dust are probably quite slim , we are off to Italy next week so will be having a look to see if they do something similar , glad you like em though they are really nice biscuits and ideal for cheese and pate, and are wonderfull beer companions with cheese or salami when in Malta, or even saturday night in front of the TV with a large glass of proper scrumpy :).

Also, have to fully agree about your recent posting on the aviation museum at Ta Qali, it is a great place and really interesting, Mrs Sliema2 doesn't have much interest in that kind of thing but even she enjoyed it there, I enjoyed it greatley as I had only just finished reading a great book on WW2 in Malta called "Fortress Malta- an Island under siege by James Holland" in which pilots like Wing Commander Adrian Warburton & Alex Mackie were mentionedn and of course as you know there are artifacts from both these pilots and many others at the museum, the crafts centre is also a good place to potter about in (no pun intended) before heading up to Dingli, Rabat, or Mdina for a spot of lunch and a few beers.

Regards
Sliema2

Hi Seliema2

Farsons make Kinnie. They do have a distributer in the UK - not sure who, but Farsons website is http://www.farsons.com/index.asp. Also kinnie website http://www.kinnie.com/ - this gives the UK contact as...

Maltese Culture Movement
PO Box 2964
London
N19 4NS
UK
Tel: +44 207 272 9000
Fax: +44 207 272 5529
Email: Maltese_Culture@hotmail.com

let me know how you get on !

Oh yes, galletti - my dogs favourite ! so many brands - I guess the contact at the Maltese Culture Movement should be able to help ??

Well done Ghawdex Mark , that was an excellent tip, I spoke to a very nice Maltese gentleman today called Mr Bernard Scerri, I think he is the president of the Maltese Culture Movement in the uk, and guess what ????, they can take orders for and supply the following at what I consider to be more than reasonable prices Galletti's, Gbejna, Ftira, Pastizzi,Iqmaret,Kinnie,Cisk, Hopleaf, Blue Label, will deffo be placing an order asap, any body interested can contact them at the following address and telephone number as originally supplied by our Gozitan exile friend Mark :bow.

Happy Maltese supping and scoffing
Sliema2

Mr Bernard Scerri
Maltese Culture Movement
PO Box 2964
London
N19 4NS
UK
Tel: +44 207 272 9000
Fax: +44 207 272 5529
Email: Maltese_Culture@hotmail.com

thats great to know they can supply so much ! - I'll pass it on to my UK friends when they start missing things

Nice one, many thanks Mark.

Regards
Sliema2

I love Pastizzi,more so the pea cakes to the cheese cakes.When we were in Malta in March we brough loads of Galetti back and have just asked some of our relatives(hubbys side of the family) who live in Malta to bring some over for us when they visit in July.

My hubby loves Cisk and prefers it to any of our English lagers.Tried Kinnie for the 1st time and i must admit i thought it was disgusting.
My favourite Maltese food is Baked Rice which i have started making alot here at home.

Hi Jojouk, have to disagree with you on Kinnie, I'm not one for fizzy drinks in the uk, but nothing can compare with a pint of ice cold Kinnie on a red hot Maltese day pure heavan deffinitely the king of soft drinks but each to there own of course, and as for baked rice (Ros il forn) it is superb, I too have been making it for a while now using a typical Sliema recipe, I made a huge 1 for a friends birthday party and though hmmm bit big that no way it will all go, but guess what it all went on the evening and very well received it was to, we are back in Malta in about 10 weeks (and counting) and simply can't wait.

Regards
Sliema2

I think Kinnie must be an acquired taste as i love most things Maltese .We are hoping to get back to Malta in October to see all the family and we cant wait.
Sliema2 hope you have a great time(as i am sure you will) when you go back to Malta in 10 weeks time

Hi Jojouk, many thanks for your very kind wishes, I am pretty sure that we will have a fab time in magical Malta, we haven't been since February so we are now starting to miss it very much, hope you have a great time to when you next go in October.

Best wishes
Sliema2

O dear

I think I will have to stop coming to this forum

Every time I come here and all this lovely Maltese food gets mentioned my mouth starts to water and I start to dribble on to the keyboard

jojouk must agree with you about the Kinnie however I have found that if you use the Maltese pronunciation you get a local drink that is much much nicer, try saying this the next time .......



Cisk or Hopleaf

Graham

Now your talking Graham hafna u hafna birra Maltese

Some therapy for the incurable Malta Addicts:
Classic Maltese Songs - most have lyrics so you can sing along.
http://www.marz-kreations.com/Nostalgia/MalteseSongs/MalteseSongs.html

Sliema2 - have the goodies arrived yet ?

Bongu Ghawdex Mark, not placed the order as such yet, but had various prices confirmed and will be deffinitely ordering lots of things probably in the next week or so, will let everyone know how it all works out.

Ciao 4 now
Sliema2

Hi Sliema2,

Great news about Hop Leaf etc but do you know if Maltese wine is also available here yet?? I do order wines from suppliers here and can get some 'out of the way' ones but nobody seems to be able to supply me with my favourite Maltese brands!

Trev

Hi Trev, good to hear from you mate, must admit not thought about the wine I reckon I must be slipping however, I am due to be speaking to them this week so I will deffinitely ask the question and report back here, however, I am pretty certain that both Delicatta and Marsovin will ship you a case of whatever you fancy, I made similar enquiries with Master Wineries in Naxxar about Black Eagle and Zeppi's annisette and they were more than keen to supply me in the uk, so the I can't see any reasom why the wine makers should be any different, if you do contact Delicatta and Marsovin about this could you please let me know how you get on as we could be interested in this also, anyway mate how long is it until your return to the magic isle, it's just over 8 weeks for us and counting got so much planned just hope we can fit it all in, but if not then there is always next time, out of interest have you got any special plans for your holiday ? ie, places to visit etc, hope you don't think that I'm being nosey just interested as I know that we share a similar passion for the magic isle and I do of course respect your views and interests in Malta, look forward to hearing from you.

Regards
Sliema2

Been having a look around some Malta websites, and this may be of interest to my fellow wine lovers on here.

http://shop.marsovinwinery.com/

Regards to all
Graham