The Traditional Maltese Sunday Lunch

         

             …Except it was on Saturday

 

Guess who I met?  The informative, outspoken, sometimes controversial but always fascinating Alex—one of our foremost blog commentators.

Alex, who is originally from Australia, has finally come home to her ancient roots to live in Malta (Rabat) with her husband and three gorgeous daughters.

She invited Mr. S. and I (thanks to this blog, Mr. S. is finally having an exciting social life) to what she called a long and loud lunch at another good place—Terrazza--in St. Julian’s.

With her was a lively couple from England who have also just moved here with their lovely daughter and charming son (also named Alex).  He’s a recent graduate from the university and a passionate expert on the Tudors of England (Henry the Eighth). Did you know that King Arthur truly did not exist at all and that

the round table in Winchester was really built by King Edward the First?

I guess what we did yesterday afternoon (Saturday) is the kind of traditional lunch many families have on Sundays. It was really nice with lots of talking, eating and drinking (for only the adults).  Being an American, I wasn’t used to all this fun and so when I got home, I fell asleep for three hours.

Anyway, Alex and I amazingly found out that we’ve always fantasized about being flight attendants for Air Malta.  We may pursue it—and even recruit Mr. S. to be our captain.

At this point, I’d like to wish Alex and her friends and family to a wonderful future in Malta.  And I’d also like to apologize for eating all the Belgian chocolates that Lady Alex received as a housewarming gift from her friends who came to the dinner.

Here’s a great joke that Alex told me:

 Five Surgeons are discussing who has the best patients to operate on.

The first surgeon says, "I like to see accountants on my operating table because when you open them up, everything inside is numbered."

The second responds, "Yeah, but you should try electricians! 
Everything inside them is colour-coded."
 
The third surgeon says, "No, I really think librarians are the best everything inside them is in alphabetical order."
 
The fourth surgeon chimes in, "You know, I like construction workers.  Those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over at  the end, and when the job takes longer than you said it would."

But the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed, "You are all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on.

There's no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains and no spine, and there are only two moving parts:  the mouth and the asshole - and they are interchangeable."

 

Comments

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Mary--Im not the partying type--but I could get used to this.  Hope you and your family are OK xxx Ilene

[Mary Bartolotta]

Wow! Sounds like some real European partying going on. Enjoy, Ilene. You have a lot of catching up to do. Be well.

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Dee--Yes, great to meet people and thats how I met YOU.  That is a good joke, isnt it?  xxx Ilene

[Dee Owen]

Nice to finally meet people. Sounds like fun and chocolates too! Love the joke!

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Oui, toi--oops!  xx Ilene

Comment:

[Alexandra Claes]

"Out spoken, controversial " --- moi?

It is true fellow readers, we a lively party of 12, enjoyed a beautiful meal that began at lunch and ended at dinner time !

Many of you are perhaps wondering what Ilene is really like in the flesh? Well I can tell you this : she is an extremely delicate and very beautiful fresh faced lady. Has exquisite taste in jewelry and yes--- loves chocolate :)

Have a little headache this morning, but nothing the "hair of the dog" can't remedy ;) Did I mention that Ilene loves chocolate ?!

P.S : Mr. S aint too bad either ;)