http://www.planetmona.com/ http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3425-salvinos http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3425-salvinos There is no faffing around with suckling pig’s terminology: it is a little piggy that is still at its mummy’s titties. This one had left home with a rucksack and... ]]> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:28:00 -0600 3425 2011-02-15 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3425_salvino_1297780089.JPG 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3326-malta-restaurant-review-by-mona-farrugia-margos-valletta http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3326-malta-restaurant-review-by-mona-farrugia-margos-valletta Restaurants in Malta are sometimes good, mostly mediocre and rarely brilliant. Margo's is the one place Valletta was waiting for: wonderful, perfect pizza in a relaxed and chic environment. Mona... ]]> Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:09:00 -0600 3326 2010-12-15 3 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiarestaurantmalta_1292429389.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiarestaurantmalta2_1292429389.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiaplanetmona1_1294129082.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiaplanetmona2_1294129082.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiaplanetmona3_1294129082.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiaplanetmona4_1294129082.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiaplanetmona5_1294129082.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiaplanetmona6_1294129082.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiaplanetmona7_1294129082.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3326_margosmonafarrugiaplanetmona8_1294129082.JPG 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3040-cockneys-2010 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3040-cockneys-2010 A lack of choice, indifferent service, surly management and some truly dirty clams: Mona Farrugia fails to be impressed by Cockney's. ]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:57:00 -0500 3040 2010-06-27 1 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3040_cockneys1_1277661449.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3040_cockneys2_1277661449.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3040_cockneys4_1277661449.jpg 2.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3057-da-pippo-2010-review http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3057-da-pippo-2010-review Mona Farrugia could live at Da Pippo. In fact, judging by the amount of non-stop visits to this Valletta trattoria, she very probably is. Does Francesco's flirting have something to... ]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:00:00 -0600 3057 2010-01-30 5 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3057_DaPippo1_1282295072.png http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3057_dapippo2_1282295072.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3057_dapippo4_1282295072.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3057_DaPippo10_1282295072.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3057_DaPippo11_1282295072.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2963-222 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2963-222 It may look like a million dollars, but when Mona went, the experience at 222 was cheaper than chips ]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 2963 2009-08-25 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2963_222a_1277128093.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2963_222b_1277128093.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2963_222c_1277128093.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2963_222d_1277128093.jpg 2.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2986-la-mere http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2986-la-mere La Mere disappoints, over-promises and has hardly any idea of good food. In fact, the last thing you can call it is 'motherly'. ]]> Sun, 31 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500 2986 2009-05-31 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2986_lamere1_1277129633.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2986_lamere2_1277129633.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2986_lamere3_1277129633.jpg 2.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2979-fusion-4 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2979-fusion-4 Fusion 4 has stopped evolving but its position back in the mists of time keeps it going. And so, apparently, do their wine mark-ups. ]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 2979 2009-04-28 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2979_fusion2_1277130153.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2979_fusion1_1277130153.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2979_fusion4_1277130153.jpg 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2981-il-horza http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2981-il-horza It may be a tiny hole in the wall, but for sheer love of good food and wines at decent prices, Il-Horza is very hard to beat. ]]> Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500 2981 2009-04-12 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2981_horza1_1277225766.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2981_horza_1277225766.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2981_horza2_1277225766.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2981_horza3_1277225766.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2981_horza4_1277225766.jpg 4.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2975-da-pippo-2009 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2975-da-pippo-2009 Mona and The Writer return to an old haunt to find that - thank goodness! - nothing has changed. ]]> Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600 2975 2009-01-04 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2975_DaPippo1_1280576658.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2975_dapippo2_1280576658.jpg 4.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2973-chez-cyrille http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2973-chez-cyrille Cyrille finally seems to have found her home. Judging by reader feedback from fellow Frenchmen, she's doing a great job of it too [Article originally published in October 2007] ]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600 2973 2008-12-04 5 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2973_Screen shot 2010-07-31 at 13.56.50_1280577508.png 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2970-cadena http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2970-cadena Cadena has big plans for using local, fresh ingredients. The idea is fine, but the menu should take more than the back of a postcard to fit, says Mona Farrugia ]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500 2970 2008-09-08 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2970_cadena1_1280576094.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2970_cadena2_1280576094.JPG http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2970_cadena3_1280576094.JPG 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2991-rubino http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2991-rubino Mona Farrugia goes to the 'new' Rubino: what she ends up with leaves her a little subdued [Rubino was reviewed later in 2010] ]]> Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0500 2991 2008-08-03 3 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2991_rubino3_1280596317.jpg 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2967-aroma-coffee-and-wine-bar http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2967-aroma-coffee-and-wine-bar Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500 2967 2008-06-15 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2982-il-horza http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2982-il-horza Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 2982 2008-05-05 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2959-the-blue-elephant http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/2959-the-blue-elephant Sun, 19 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 2959 2007-08-19