Yum! Taste Atlas names ħobż biż-żejt and pastizzi as the best rated Maltese dishes
Local ħobż biż-żejt and pastizzi have recently had countless licking their lips overseas, as Taste Atlas names Malta’s two favourite snacks the best rated Maltese dishes from the country’s cuisine, with a score of 4.2 and 4.1 respectively.
Taste Atlas is an experiential travel online guide for traditional food that collates authentic recipes, food critic reviews, and research articles about popular ingredients and dishes. It allows for registered users to rate dishes that they’ve tasted from all over the world, as well as restaurants they’ve visited and ingredients that they’ve come across on their travels. Using this information, the portal has created an interactive global food map with dish icons shown in their respective regions and purportedly contains nearly 10,000 dishes, drinks, and ingredients, as well as 9,000 restaurants.
Taste Atlas describes Maltese cuisine as 'a blend of Mediterranean flavours influenced by its rich history and geography. With influences from Italy, North Africa, and the Middle East, the food of Malta is hearty, flavourful, and deeply rooted in local traditions'.
Also featured in the list of Maltese dishes and snacks are the fried-date Imqaret, Imqarrun il-Forn (baked pasta dish) and Aljotta (fish soup) – but the ħobż biż-żejt and pastizzi seem to have left the best impression on global travellers!
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