http://www.planetmona.com/ http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/48-culture/3618-madeleine-gera-exhibition-of-portraits-at-angelica-valletta http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/48-culture/3618-madeleine-gera-exhibition-of-portraits-at-angelica-valletta Madeleine Gera, one of Malta's most established artists, takes over the Salon at Angelica in Valletta. Who's watching you? ]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:13:00 -0600 3618 2012-02-02 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3618_MadeleineGeraAngelicaMalta_1328174075.png 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3598-the-villa-aurea-in-pozzallo-sicily-hotel-review-by-mona http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3598-the-villa-aurea-in-pozzallo-sicily-hotel-review-by-mona Mona Farrugia drops in at the Villa Aurea, limits of Pozzallo, Sicily, and loves what she sees: a huge suite, a lovely pool and a writer's desk bang in her... ]]> Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:20:00 -0500 3598 2011-08-06 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia1_1312612150.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia2_1312612150.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia7_1312612150.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia3_1312612180.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia5_1312612283.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3598_villaaureamonafarrugia4_1312612283.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/3594-is-this-the-capitals-tiniest-cafe-culto-in-st-johns-street-valletta http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/3594-is-this-the-capitals-tiniest-cafe-culto-in-st-johns-street-valletta Mona Farrugia stumbles into Valletta's smallest and most perfectly formed caffetteria: Culto ]]> Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:20:00 -0500 3594 2011-07-24 5 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3594_culto1_1311535216.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3594_culto2_1311535216.jpg 4.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3583-dinner-by-heston-at-the-mandarin-oriental-london-review-by-mona-farrugia http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3583-dinner-by-heston-at-the-mandarin-oriental-london-review-by-mona-farrugia Mona Farrugia joins a coterie of restaurant critics who have been completely wowed-over by Heston Blumenthal's Dinner and invites you to do the same. As soon as you can possibly... ]]> Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:58:00 -0500 3583 2011-06-20 5 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_hestonblumenthalmonafarrugia1_1308582033.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_hestonblumenthalmonafarrugia2_1308582033.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_dinnermeatfruitmonafarrugia1_1308582320.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_dinnerhestonblumenthalmonafarrugia3_1308582409.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_dinnerhestonblumenthalmonafarrugia1_1308582506.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_dinnerhestonblumenthalmonafarrugia2_1308582506.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_dinnerhestonblumenthalchipsmonafarrugia_1308582595.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_dinnerhestonblumenthalpommespureemonafarrugia_1308582595.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_dinnerhestonblumenthaltipsycakemonafarrugia_1308582595.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3583_dinnerhestonblumenthalchocolatebarmonafarrugia_1308582595.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/3582-sandro-tal-fakin-hot-dogs http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/3582-sandro-tal-fakin-hot-dogs Sandro's Hot-dog stand, a University (and Malta) staple gets a ''poem'. Zaqqu Mimlija - aka Glen Galea - joins planetmona with his particular brand of food reviewing. We heart. ]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:46:00 -0500 3582 2011-06-17 5 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3582_hotdogsmonafarrugia_1308331724.png http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/2805-ali-baba http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/2805-ali-baba 8  years after her original Mona's Meals review for The Sunday Times, Mona Farrugia returns to Ali Baba and finds that - thankfully - nothing has really changed. ]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:00:00 -0500 2805 2011-06-13 4 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2805_alibabarestaurantmalta_1308056697.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2805_alibabarestaurantmalta2_1308056857.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2805_alibabarestaurantmalta3_1308056857.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2805_alibabarestaurantmalta5_1308056857.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2805_alibabarestaurantmalta6_1308056857.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2805_alibabarestaurantmalta7_1308056857.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/2805_alibabarestaurantmalta8_1308056857.jpg 3.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3357-geoffrey-bawas-house-at-lunuganga http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3357-geoffrey-bawas-house-at-lunuganga If Mona Farrugia could go back to Sri Lanka, and she hopes one day she will, this is where she would stay and eat for the entire duration. ]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 23:00:00 -0500 3357 2011-05-31 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3357_gb1_1304521697.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3357_gb2_1304521697.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3357_gb3_1304521697.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3357_gb4_1304521697.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3357_gb5_1304521697.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3357_gb6_1304521697.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3356-mamas-roof-top-cafe-restaurant-review-by-mona-farrugia http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/43-restaurants/3356-mamas-roof-top-cafe-restaurant-review-by-mona-farrugia Mona Farrugia and The Writer stop their meander around the historic town of Galle to eat at Mama's Roof Top Cafe & Restaurant ]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 09:00:00 -0500 3356 2011-05-27 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3356_mamapoppadomsmonafarrugia_1295262963.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3356_mamagallemonafarrugia2_1295262963.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3356_mamagallemonafarrugia3_1295262963.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3356_mamagallepumpkinmonafarrugia4_1295262963.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3356_mamachickpeasgallemonafarrugia7_1295262963.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3356_mamaricemonafarrugia8_1295262963.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3356_mamagallemonafarrugia8_1295262963.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3356_mamagallemonafarrugia9_1295262963.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3367-kahanda-kanda-hotel-review-sri-lanka-by-mona-farrugia http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3367-kahanda-kanda-hotel-review-sri-lanka-by-mona-farrugia The Hills are Alive with the sounds of chanting: Mona Farrugia listens to the sounds of Kahanda Kanda ]]> Wed, 25 May 2011 23:00:00 -0500 3367 2011-05-25 5 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3367_kahandakandamonafarrugia1_1305733803.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3367_kahandakandamonafarrugia2_1305733803.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3367_kahandakandamonafarrugia3_1305733803.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3554-ill-have-a-cup-of-that-tea-trails-in-sri-lanka http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3554-ill-have-a-cup-of-that-tea-trails-in-sri-lanka Mona Farrugia visits Tea Trails and, exhausted from so much driving (aka sitting in a car while the driver manouevres) is introduced to the stunning vistas of the tea plantations. ]]> Sun, 22 May 2011 23:10:00 -0500 3554 2011-05-22 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails1_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails2_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails3_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails4_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails5_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails6_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails7_1305738701.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3554_teatrails8_1305738702.jpg 4.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3457-this-kandy-is-a-treat http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/44-hotels/3457-this-kandy-is-a-treat   Mona Farrugia goes wild for life in Sri Lanka when she checks in at The Kandy House ]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 23:09:00 -0500 3457 2011-05-20 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3457_BlackRajahSuiteMonaFarrugia_1305713255.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3457_OutsideBlackRajaSuiteMonaFarrugia_1305713255.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/48-culture/3545-theres-a-bee-in-my-ear-and-its-called-eileen http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/48-culture/3545-theres-a-bee-in-my-ear-and-its-called-eileen Who is this person who just does not want to get off our screens and out of our ears asks Mona Farrugia? Are we ever going to call the expensive... ]]> Wed, 11 May 2011 09:20:00 -0500 3545 2011-05-11 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3545_eileenmontesin_1305105631.png http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/3542-emirates-first-class-lounge-at-dubai-international-airport http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/3542-emirates-first-class-lounge-at-dubai-international-airport Mona Farrugia bags herself an invite to visit the gloriousness of the Emirates First Class Lounge at Dubai International Airport ]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 23:00:00 -0500 3542 2011-05-09 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3542_emiratesmonafarrugia1_1304880844.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3542_emiratesmonafarrugia2_1304880844.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3542_emiratesmonafarrugia3_1304880844.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3542_emiratesmonafarrugia4_1304880844.jpg 4.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/3534-maltas-joy-of-simple-buchmans-snack-bar http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/70-quirky-places-to-eat/3534-maltas-joy-of-simple-buchmans-snack-bar Mona Farrugia wipes the oil drizzling down her chin and reviews one of the best ftajjar snack bars in Malta. ]]> Wed, 04 May 2011 12:11:00 -0500 3534 2011-05-04 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3534_buchmans1_1304511072.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3534_buchmans2_1304511072.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3534_buchmans4_1304511072.jpg http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3534_buchmans5_1304511072.jpg 5.0 http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/48-culture/3527-maltas-next-ira-losco http://www.planetmona.com/reviews-on-planetmona/48-culture/3527-maltas-next-ira-losco Mona Farrugia reviews Malta's rising stars. ]]> Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:55:00 -0500 3527 2011-04-28 5 http://www.planetmona.com/images/stories/jreviews/3527_Screen shot 2011-04-28 at 19.54.34_1304013312.png 5.0