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Editorial
Welcome to Gozo
Spring is here. You can enjoy a greener At Arkadia we are busy as usual to
side of Gozo this time of the year. After provide the quality, choice, and value
consistent rain showers last weekend, essential for our customers. We have
we hope the weather will hold up this just introduced a baby section in
time around so we can enjoy a pleasant our home department and will soon kids fashion from newborn to 14
long weekend. introduce two kids brands to our
fashion department – Tape À L’Oeil and
Within this issue Marion Zammit is Chicco.
suggesting a nice afternoon walk on
the Northern coast road starting from At Arkadia Foodstore we have just
Marsalforn to the Ghasri Valley. While recently published our second issue of
Claire Borg has put together some ‘the foodie’. Get your FREE copy when
practical yet intriguing recipes for your visiting us in Victoria.
weekend-break cooking.
And at Circle-A we will be hosting Eddie
When going out consider visiting Gharb Fenech Adami this Saturday morning
as the local council is organising their to sign copies of his auto-biography
annual event ‘Seher il-Punent’. And as ‘INSERVI’.
Easter is around the corner, there are
a few Easter-related events going on in Enough for now. A relaxing and
Victoria and Fontana. entertaining weekend to you all.
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Table of Contents
What’s On 14
Seher il-Punent | Cultural Events | Nightlife
What’s Cooking 20
Recipes and photos by Claire Borg
Property in Gozo 30
your
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Feature
As much as we may love to think the once fishing village breathes
of Gozo as a cosmopolitan and an altogether different aura.
urban island, reality has been
These lanes
kinder than many buried desires Public transport, bus number 21
would have it. Thankfully enough, from the Victoria Bus Terminus,
‘da rock’ as many like to call it, has takes you immediately to the heart
walking
at times caught up with it, the that’s virtually empty these times
strong and heavy arm of progress of year. Stretch your legs and
has often found it less easy to make it to the waterline.
cross the channel towards Gozo.
My suggestion is to go towards
Spring brings with it what is Qbajjar, up from the main
probably the most pleasant shoreline at Marsalforn bay, along
climate on these islands, not that the coast towards the Northeast.
we have had a winter this year! Qbajjar Promenade, though now
But these few weeks that lead in a good need of a redo, still
Walking shoes, pocket the way before the temperatures offers an enjoyable space to stroll
start soaring, are practically ideal through, very close to the sea. The
camera, fresh spring air to put on those walking shoes tiny beach along which the road
and a desire to explore... and explore the off-beat lanes twists is probably unpopulated
and tracks that wind from hills to at this time of year, although the
they are mainly the valleys where traces of modern thick seaweed that cushions it
ingredients to get to life are often lost and dispersed. is regularly home to little family
barbecues throughout summer.
know another side of In this first in a series, we’ll
Gozo, starting from seek to explore one of the most The recently asphalted road takes
here... kaleidoscopic coastal areas of a slightly uphill turn. You can walk
tiny Gozo. Marsalforn is known along the road or opt to move
to all those treading on the island astray a few metres, still walking
as ‘the tourist area’, the densely along the shoreline, and meet a
populated summer resort sought few homey characters playing
Article by
after by tourists and locals alike. ‘bocci’ at the ‘bocci’ pitch. This is
Marion Zammit
Yet, in these still dreamy months, yet another slice of Gozitan life
Photos by
George Saguna
your Gozo guide - 9
that immediately catapults you to
a sort of village life hardly existing
any more in Malta or elsewhere.
wine or other drinks. Includes • Performance by Malta Song and directed by George Mizzi.
Festival Winner – Thea Garrett Cittadella Centre for Culture & Arts (Gozo
Maltese folk music and
Citadel)
entertainment by Tal-Qiegha Friday 19th and Saturday 20th March
Folk Group and Cini Band Children’s Corner with
2010 at 7:30PM
Admission: €12 animators available during all Admission: FREE
days of the festival
Tickets available from
9AM onwards
Gharb Local Council. Call on
• Exhibition and tasting of
21560556 24hrs service or
typical products including
send email on gharb.lc@gov.mt.
Sicilian and local cheese,
Limited number of seats.
• Fruit and wine tables
• Performance by Aurora Folk
Saturday, 20th March 2010
Group
• Performance by Tal-Qiegha
7:00PM: Defilee’ by Ghaqda
Folk Group
Dilettanti tal-Karnival
• Live creation and exhibition
of the Largest Gbejna ever
Gibda tal-Habel (Tug of War)
done in the Maltese Islands
Competition
• Motorcycles Exhibition
Tilwima Talenti Competition*
12PM onwards
Animators – Stilt Walkers &
• Show by various dancing
Fire Jugglers
companies
• Performance by the
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What’s On
Book Signing by L-Imsallab Fi Triqatna Night Life
Eddie Fenech Adami
Friday, 19th March
Birthday Bash
ZUMA Bar (Paradiso), Xlendi
10pm onwards
Cooking •
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•
1 Large Cauliflower
2 Medium Onions
2 Carrots
7 medium Potatoes
Check the cauliflower and
when done, remove from soup,
placing in a large serving plate
• 1 Cup of fresh shelled peas on the side. When the potatoes
• 1 Gidra ‘Kolrabi’ are done, also remove them
• 6 Gbejniet ‘ Local Fresh from the soup, then remove the
Sheep Cheeslets’ gbejniet. Break the eggs into
• 3.5 Ltrs of Water the soup, like when poaching
• 2 Tbsp Kunserva ‘Tomato them, being careful and not
Paste’ stirring, and cook them for
• Oil for cooking / Sea Salt / about 5/6 min. Remove from
Black Pepper soup and set aside with the
Some easy cooking • 6 Eggs - Optional other vegetables. Add the
pasta, and cook according to
suggestions while • 175 Grams of Ditali Corti
pack instructions 8/10 min.
(short pasta tubes)
staying over on Gozo.
Cook the onion gently in oil Serve the soup, followed by
until its soft. Add the carrots, a selection of the cooked
kolrabi and 1 of the potatoes, vegetables and a poached egg.
all diced small. Cook together The Gbejniet can be served
on a gentle flame for about 5 with the soup or with the
min. Split the cauliflower in vegetables, as one prefers. As
half. Chop one of the halves a must, the vegetables should
finely and add to the cooking be drizzled with olive oil and
vegetables. Cook for another seasoned with freshly ground
5 min, then add the Kunserva, pepper and flakes of sea
Recipes & photos by salt. Salted tuna or canned
season and continue cooking
Claire Borg for another 5 min. Bring the tuna, olives and fresh crusty
water to a boil and add to bread spread with ‘Kunserva’
Ingredients from the vegetables and simmer (tomato paste) are often
partially covered for about served accompanying this
30 min. Cut in halves the 6 second plate.
Widow Soup your Gozo guide - 21
What’s Cooking
• 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
• 3 Tbsp Sweet Chilli sauce
• ½ a small cucumber –
Exotic Fruit Salad
peeled, deseeded and finely
sliced • 1 Papaya – Peeled and
• 3 Spring onions – peeled seeds removed
and finely sliced • ½ a Pineapple – Peeled and
• 1 small can bean sprouts – centre piece removed
drained • Tinned Lychees – drained
• sea salt to taste • 1 Mango – Peeled and stone
• 2 tsp Chilly flakes - Optional removed
• 1 Banana – Peeled
In a pot, bring to the boil the • small bunch Black Grapes –
coconut milk and 300 ml of Washed
water. Add the chicken breast • I punnet Physalis - Washed
and boil until cooked (about • 1 Pink Grapefruit –
15 minutes). Drain and cool. If Segmented
Chicken Noodle Satay
you have leftover roast chicken • 4 Passion Fruits – Cut open
and fruit scooped out
Chicken Noodle you can use that instead. Slice
thinly.
Satay Wash, peel, chop and arrange
fruit accordingly. Mix together
In a large pot bring to the
• 200 Grams Rice Noodles boil about 2.5 liters of salted in a large bowl and serve
• 200 Grams Chicken Breast water and cook the rice chilled.
• 5 Tbsp Crunchy Peanut noodles according to the pack
Butter instructions. Rinse with cold
• 5 tbsp dark soya sauce water, drain and set aside.
• 1 can Coconut Milk
FREE
• 1 Tbsp fresh Mint – roughly Mix the soya sauce, sesame
chopped seed oil, sweet chilly and
• 2 Tbsp fresh Coriander – peanut butter together until
roughly chopped evenly combined. Mix into the Get your copy from
• 1 Tbsp fresh Parsley – finely well drained noodles. Add the WKHIRRGLH
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Tourist Office:
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Pharmacies open
this Sunday:
Palm Pharmacy
Palm Street, Victoria
Tel: 2156 6170
Tony’s Pharmacy
Qbajjar Road, Marsalforn
Tel: 2156 3617