Archive for February, 2020
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Fine dining - Whither Thou Goest?
It is no secret that fine dining restaurants are run on slim profits anywhere. These establishments are rarely considered to be cash-cows, and taking present economic trends, recession problems that have plagued the industry during the last four years, huge set-up costs, staff-competence requirements and commensurate salaries, and general shifts in customer behaviour, mean that it is even harder than ever to make fine dining pay. That is of course, if one is going flat out, for this restaurant model and concept. There are many who think that they are operating a fine dining establishment, but once visited and reviewed, most fall far short of this model.
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Then again, are these establishments really sought after in Malta? There might be, of course small cliques of possibly wealthier, older dine...
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Aberdeen-Angus prime beef
Is all beef that one finds at a butcher's shop or listed on a restaurant's menu as Angus beef, the same regardless as to which country it was imported from? Or regardless of what type of "feed" the herd was reared on? This is very far from the truth, so much so that a new DNA test has been developed to allow retailers to authenticate pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus beef, in a bid to protect its name and heritage, as distinct from beef simply labelled as just "Angus beef" or "Black Angus beef".
If you get a bright red chunk of beef, it may well look nice on a tray, but it certainly won't taste very well once cooked, eatable but not really very good. But if you get one with a little bit of white fat around it and speckles of marbling through it, it will cook and taste sublimely. Before one can cook a great steak, one has to buy a great steak, but many people don't know how to buy steak even when looki...
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Restaurant Visits Round-up for June 2013.
VERMELL - Spinola Bay - 7TH JUNE 2013.
Vermell Restaurtant, Spinola Bay, St. Julians. Full review and rating, with full photo illustrations of the cuisine served has been published separately on this website WINES AND RESTAURANTS OF MALTA. Log-in directly on http://winesandrestaurantsofmalta.com/restaurant/vermell-bistro-spinola-bay-st-julians/ to view this review. Rating 9/10
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BROWN'S - Valletta Waterfront - 15TH JUNE, 2013.
Saturday evening (15th June that is), decided to pay a visit to the Valletta Waterfront, now that the end of Spring is showing an excellent opportunity for al fresco dining. The place was chock-a-block with people and the "walk-by" trade for the restaurants was enormous. A walk through to see what has changed indicated some wonderful changes and improvements. First and foremost,...
