Book this Food Tour here: www.viator.com/tours/Malta/Valletta-guided-3-hour-walking-food-tasting-trail/d4141-67855P1?pid=P00050740&mcid=42383&medium=link

Matt, I don't even know how many times I saw the video of your time in Corfu with your family! It worked as a great guide for me last year as I traveled to Corfu and the other Ionian Greek islands. Right now I am starting to organize my trip to Malta, Crete and the Cyclads, and... I ran into you and this awesome video!!!! What a blessing! I can't even tell you how happy I was to find it. As usual your video just flies. It could have been 2 hours long and I would still watch it in absolute delight! All in all, I just wanted to express - all the way from Brazil - how much I enjoy your work!!! ❤ PS: If I may suggest something... go to Rhodes! Rhodes is historically connected to Malta, as the Knights of Saint John were there for many years before going to Malta.

This is the best one I've seen on KZread about Maltese good so far! All content is real Maltese food. So many come up with dishes in their videoes which entirely not Maltese such as Ravioli, which are Italian! Well done!

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Going to Malta in April of 2023, this was a good introduction to food in Malta. Thank you from Canada.

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Looks amazing! Hope I get to visit Malta one day! Thanks for sharing.

Great video from a fellow Maltese person :) The Maltese language is a semitic language derived from Arabic and Latin but throughout the years it has incorporated other languages including; English, Italian and French.

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks glad you enjoyed it!

@angelzz.wings0

Жыл бұрын

@MDG nope! as a Maltese person, the part of the language stems from Arabic and is a Latin or Italian based/influenced island, and most of the language today used Arabic characters words, and pronunciation

@sofiaali5442

Жыл бұрын

Im half maltese,i used too live in malta in 1994. My mother is maltese from Silema.I had great memories their.missing the island.I want to move there when im older too see my maltese family.Maltese lanuage is Arbric speaking lanuage its a semertic lanuage.its 80% arbric with italian words.the food is mixture of arbric french italian and english influences.uses too be ruled by the arbrics.

I have never enjoyed watching a tourist's experience vlog in Malta as much as this one! Great job, please come again :D

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Will do I Love it there

@lovemalta

2 жыл бұрын

What a great video and a lovely introduction to some of the best Maltese street food yummies.

Great video, thank you. Will check out all these places. Can't wait to try to the rabit

@TheMattJames

8 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

So excited, I’m gonna be there the 8th through 21 May. Very excited.❤❤❤

Wow, nice reviews , just in time for my trip to Malta.

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it! i have a full malta series on my channel, check it out

Another brilliant job, mate. The only sad part of this terrific tour was when it ended. I wished it went on and on … Well done. Its time to buy me a ticket! Bravo 👏

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joseph! Yep, the tour was amazing :)

@lovemalta

2 жыл бұрын

Good morning from Zurrieq, Malta!

I´m going to Malta next week and cant wait untill go to all these places. Thanks for the video

@TheMattJames

7 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

Your videos are great Matt, your style is so relaxed, we love Malta our favourite destination, been all seasons of the year, but Christmas in Malta, is a must for us, 6 weeks in Malta booked! ( So far!) Love Maltese food,,.

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! have a blast

Excellent video well done !

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

Amazing video thank you! Going to Valletta tomorrow

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

I love the way he said zammit

Malta is my dream country!

Hello from Canada 🇨🇦 Thank you for the tour of my homeland of Malta 🇲🇹 I am planning a visit in 2023. I will definitely visit these lovely places you have featured 😊

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@marklawlor1955

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMattJames Hi Matt, thanks for the video. I'm a big foodie and heading to malta in late September. What time of the year did you vist?

Up to the start of WW2 rabbit that had escaped captivity multiplied and over run the main island of Malta. When Malta was laid siege by the Italian's and Germans during the war, food was scarce and the rabbit was hunted to distinction. There are no rabbits now native to the country and they are band from the island unless killed before delivery for food. Strange when Rabbit is considered a national dish.

Malta does seem beautiful my nanny (step grandma) was from Malta 🇲🇹 my stepdad made a really nice pork and potato dish I forgot the name of but it was so good the pork fell off the bone and the potatoes when they weren’t too hot melted in your mouth

Beautiful ✨️

Maltese language comes from arabic/english/italy those are the mains than you got the other wich you have only like 1-20 words such ad france, spain etc etc. Thanks for the video love it

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the info! Thanks :)

@Islandbeaver16

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMattJames Of course, Also very good videos

@nounie123

2 жыл бұрын

I also recognize many words that derive from amazigh

@marcellef8302

Жыл бұрын

And Lebanese! I am Maltese and I understand Lebanese fluently.

always enjoy your videos but they always make me hungry lol you get to visit these great places but you also get to try some amazing food, i'm so jealous lol

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

haha you'll have to go out there and book the same!

soo similar to sicilian food, but still very different. love it.

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Yep sure love the food here!

So nice 👍 dear good informative

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

awesome my dad from Malta my favorite is the pastizzi and red rice make it alot

Beautiful Malta

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Yep!!

So beautiful Malta

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Totally!

thank you very much for sharing thank you 🤩❤️❤️❤️🤗

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Super 🔥🔥🔥

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Malta is a terrific place 🥗

U r hero...

6:10 actually maltese has more of a sicilian influence than italian, maltese people are descended mostly from sicilian arabic speaker

You missed our delicious bread! It is called hobz. It's a round loaf of sourdough bread, baked in a wood-fired oven. Every village has the bakeries. They are family-run. But in Valletta, they are in the outskirts. So you didn't run across one. Are you still in Malta?

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

I may be visiting again in a couple months! Thanks for the suggestion

@elaineduker.6355

Жыл бұрын

Maltese bread is divine!

Nice video 👌 i have to try maltese wine as well. In contin.Europe is not possible to buy

welcome to malta

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for having me 😉

Going 4 of march for 1 week. How is the weather? Looking forward

Come to Baghdad, try the awesome food here 🥰

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Next time! i've heard the food is great there

I noticed that on a lot of restaurants in Malta Rabbit was on the menu's.

Nice tone

Send Love and Support , I like your videos my friend 😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I am coming soon to Malta as a student for 6 months. Man I am so looking forward to discover this beautiful Island, the culture and meet as many locals as possible :) Thanks for this great video

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@biancoboy_j

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMattJames hey if you go to Malta again I recommend you go to marskola (cant spell lol)

Well first and foremost well done on video from Maltese Aussie living in Spain Maltese language is mixed with French Arab and Italian keep up good work and if you ever be at in Galicia I show ya around take care btw making miss the patizzi and kinnie most of all the rabbit 😔 😊🤗✌️

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@donatellabartolo

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMattJames you welcome

@carrieperkin3729

Жыл бұрын

Yes you made me miss Malta. I was there with my son in October and we thoroughly enjoyed it. I am Maltese born but spent most of my life in Ontario Canada. Besides the delicious food Malta is chock-full of amazing history and many sites to see in joy. Carrie.

Watching your video in malta is such a wonderful and i love it. It makes me feel like i am there also travelling. By any chance your in malta sir.. did you notice there's a job there that i can work? I am from philippines.♥ More videos to upload♥

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m not sure sorry, all the best!

Nice 👍👍👍👍

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The guy reminds me of Miles from Made in Chesea

Love from kerala ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍❤️❤️

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Is that food guide available only when you take the Food Tour? I think you said that but I wanted to be sure they weren't open to selling more books!

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

yes, if you book the tour through the link in the description, that will be the tour from this tour guide.

What month did you go? Weather looks great!

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

This was in July!

Really delicious or not just watch his face when he eat 🤣

The cuisine has it roots from Italy super influenced, with a touch of Maltese rabbit.mmmm

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

So good!

leave a big hole in the plate? What does that mean??

Lovely video. But abstain from saying that curry or fish is a nasty smell. You can say overpowering or lingering smells. Don't take in the wrong way. Your videos are amazing

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

thanks! and sure

💚💛💙💜💗💖

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

❤️

As Maltese I don't like my own Capita I prefer more sliema

Hi I like 👍 your videos I got one question if I go malta from UK do I need visa if you can help me please keep it up you doing nice job

@sadesekoni1231

2 жыл бұрын

You don’t need one 😊

you find the best rabbit in bahrija or imgarr😉

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know!

@donatellabartolo

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMattJames his so right

@saviourvisanich9585

2 жыл бұрын

Best rabbit the one my wife cooks👩‍🍳

Interesting theory about the balconies! Muslims and women! !

Great country, so much to experience and to see. Don´t get me wrong, but why then filming so many selfies? Maybe time to let the country speak a little bit more for itself, just an idea - good luck!

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Because how else do i explain what you are seeing? if you just want to see a montage of footage of the place without any context, go to google images, or just visit malta yourself...? This video is for people interesting in LEARNING about the food from Malta, so I always include a balance of information where I tell you what it is we are eating, and show you the food itself...

Tunisian spoke Arabic or Barber that time. There is no Tunisian language dude. Basically the Muslims came to Malta and they spoke mainly Arabic x

@TheMattJames

Жыл бұрын

I am simply reciting what the guide taught me

@osaidkhan3398

Жыл бұрын

@Matt James its ok love. Don't worry.

I have question are you middle eastern orginalty? but your father seems Europen How ? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

My mother is half Indian, and dad is English 😉

sound quality is appalling in parts of this video

when i was in Malta a few weeks ago, i keep smelling this sweet scent used by men in Valletta. It smelled like citrus and floral, with some hints of musk and leather. most men used this, not sure if it is an aftershave or a perfume. does anyone know what it is?

The Maltese language derived from the old Sicilian language. The Sicilian language has now changed whereas the Maltese hasn't

@lucajacovig8159

Жыл бұрын

the maltese is a semitic language with heavy sicilian language influence plus english and italian, its derived from sicilian arabic speakers

we Maltese are proud to speak Italuan,English,N other languages n others r not capable to speak Maltese 😅😅😅

Check out the Malta Travel Guide: kzread.info/dash/bejne/e66AqrmTdKqTqaw.html

Your island history is incorrect; I'm sick of the people making comparisons of the Maltese as an English disciples. We are more Italian than any other country. . As both my parents are from the island, we're both proud of the Maltese independents. The British made the Maltese 2nd class citizens whilst they bastardised the isle to the effect of this video. They still believe in ruling the native people. Feel free to make a video of the island, but please respect the locals who don't want any part of the UK's influence.

@karlaparker7988

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the bashing. Been back since you are now over run with everything but Maltese. The gambling capital of the world due to giving very nice tax incentives and your corrupt politicians getting dodgy back handers.

i hate kinnie lol

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

Nooo it’s amazing!!

@chicacheca

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMattJames noo hahah

@burt3907

2 жыл бұрын

It's an acquired taste. It has a taste of bitter orange (seville) and apperol. Kinnie is the Maltese version of the Italian Cinnotto.

@envied_thief

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMattJames it grew on me now I miss it more than any other drink

@katrina6439

2 жыл бұрын

wwwhhhyyyy is the best part of malta- it’s like fanta and schweppes mixed together

I dont like the pastici its soo bad all 3 versions of them

@elaineduker.6355

Жыл бұрын

How can anyone not like pastizzi! Best pastry, in the world, & I have been to most places in the world!

Anti - Arab Man , trying to ignore the long Arabic history and language of that island . Sorry I will hit the dislike button

Carissimi, purtroppo io non capisco le vostre usanze inglesi. Gli inglesi sono maestri nel creare stelle e stelline esotiche, indiane o da fuori del mondo proprio per poterle mangiare. Se fosse per gli inglesi si mangerebbero il mondo se potessero . Io pero' sono diventata ricca raccattando da terra la polvere, la sabbia, il pulviscolo, le gocce di pioggia e la neve e il ghiaccio. Per diventare cosi' ricca si deve pensare che ne abbiano prodotta in altrettanta quantita'.

What's your username on Instagram please I would love to travel to malta next year I need some guide lines

@TheMattJames

2 жыл бұрын

All my links are in my video description