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Nettle

Bruschetta Tomato €3.50 Toasted maltese bread topped with fresh chopped warm tomatoes, onions and garlic, drizzled with herb oil.

Bruschetta Medley €3.75Toasted maltese bread topped with fresh chopped tomato salsa, black olive tapenade’ and thick bean dip.

Soup of the day €7.00Seasonal freshly home made soup, drizzled with herb oil, served with a herb croute’.

Sauteed Black shelled mussels €9.00 A pot of black shell mussels cooked in white wine and coconut milk broth, garlic, fresh herbs, ginger, cherry tomatoes and a hint of fresh chillies.

Calamari Fritti €9.50Calamari and neonati fritters, sat on a bed of mixed salad leaves, pickled salsa and tartare’ sauce.

Wild produce such as nettle, asparagus and borage are used according to the season. Nettle beats both spinach and broccoli for vitamins and minerals.

Starters

Quince

One Kilometre Platter €10.50 A variety of cold antipasti freshly picked and prepared from our one kilometre zone. Peppered goat’s cheese, sundried tomatoes, pickled local seasonal vegetables, marinated olives in orange and aromatic herbs, capers, home made pickled onions and artichoke halves.

Maltese Platter €12.50Smoked Maltese sausage, marinated butter beans, fresh tomatoes, fresh Maltese gbejna (goats cheeselet), marinated olives in orange and fennel seeds, bigilla dip, anchovy alioli and artichoke hearts #lled wih tuna paste.

Cheese Platter €12.50A selection of four di$erent cheeses, roasted walnuts and grapes, served with home made quince (local fruit) chutney.

%e Cli$s Antipasto Platter Home made seasonal variety of antipasti, kindly refer to daily specials.

All platters are served with a basket of fresh sliced Maltese bread together with water biscuits.

PlattersServes one/two persons

Prickly pear

Classic chicken Caesar salad €10.00 Grilled chicken breast sat on a bed of crispy iceberg lettuce leaves, tossed with bacon lardons, cherry tomatoes, garlic croutons and a Caeser dressing, garnished with parmesan shavings.

House Salad €10.00Warm crusted cheeselet. set on fresh seasonal green leaves, cherry tomatoes, peppers, toasted nuts and balsamic herb dressing. Dingli prickly pear chutney.

Tuna Salad €10.00Tuna chunks in herbs and garlic, set on fresh iceberg salad leaves, tomatoes, local hand picked capers, peppers, marinated olives and a lemon herb dressing.

Veggie Salad €9.50 Mixed salad leaves with chevreaux (goat’s cheese), cherry tomatoes, cucumber chunks, carrot strips, crispy onion rings and marinated olives, dressed with a red wine reduction and herb oil.

Smoked Salmon Salad €10.00 Smoked salmon rosettes sat on mixed salad leaves, red lentils, sliced radishes, cherry tomatoes, capers, minted yoghurt dressing and poppy seeds.

Cheeselets are a produce of the last shepherd roaming with his sheep in the area.

Salads

Borage

Spaghetti Rabbit €7.50/€9.00 Spaghetti tossed in a rich traditional Maltese rabbit sauce.

Fresh Ricotta Ravioli €7.50/€9.00Ricotta ravioli tossed in a classical tomato basil sauce #nished with parmesan shavings.

Tagliatelle Vongole €10.00/€12.50Tagliatelle tossed in fresh vongole, chorizo sausage, cherry tomatoes, and fresh chilli, #nished wih local limoncello and fresh herbs.

Penne Chicken €8.00/€10.50 Penne with chicken #llets, sautéed Portobello mushrooms, crushed pistacchio and a creamy tru*e mushroom sauce.

Ravioli Borage €8.00/€10.50 Ravioli stu$ed with Borage leaves (a mild Mediterranean herb with a faint cucumber +avour), crushed pecan nuts, orange zest, fresh marjoram and cracked black pepper, #nished with fresh ricotta cheese and extra virgin olive oil.

Maltese Style Pasta €8.00/€10.50 Fresh open maccheroni with local Maltese sausage, sun dried tomatoes, shredded sage leaves, shavings of peppered goats cheese and a touch of tomato sauce.

Shell#sh Risotto €10.00/€12.50 Arborio rice tossed with mussel and clam meat, root vegetables, king prawns and #nished with brandy +amed prawn bisque sauce.

€1.00/€2.00

Starter / Main

For coeliac’s who would like to indulge in one of our pasta dishes we o$er gluten free pasta at an extra charge of

Pasta

Fennel

Grilled Chicken Breast €15.50 Tender grilled fresh chicken breast, marinated in rosemary and garlic con#t jus.

Fresh Veal Cutlet €26.00A prime fresh veal cutlet, grilled to your liking, sat on vanilla and celeriac pureé.

Fresh Angus Rib-Eye Steak €22.00A 300 grms (raw) fresh rib-eye steak seasoned with cracked black pepper and sea salt.

Shallow fried rabbit-Maltese traditional way €15.00 Marinated rabbit pieces fried in garlic, white wine and mushy peas.

Rabbit Roulade' €19.50 Rabbit loin stu$ed with apricots, chicken mousse, fresh herbs and nuts, served with a berry balsamic compote’, chocolate paint and thyme jus.

Duo of Pork €19.50 Slow braised pork cheeks in red wine and aromatic herbs, pan seared pork #llet crusted in mustard, herbs and sundried tomatoes, pumpkin and wild fennel puree.

Veal Liver €17.50 Pan fried veal liver, capers, sage and lemon juice, #nished with brandy and deglazed pan juices.

NB: All main dishes are served with home made local fries tossed in garlic or roasted rosemary potatoes, mixed salad or panache of seasonal fresh local vegetables.

Main Courses

Our farmer

Seasonally Fresh FishSeason

Fresh Fish

Seared Salmon Supreme €18.00 Grilled Salmon #llet, marinated in lemon zest and fresh herbs, home made sundried cherry tomatoes and beetroot salsa.

Fisherman’s Catch (Market Price)Ask our servers for the ‘daily catch’.

ExtrasMushroom Sauce €2.00Green peppercorn sauce €2.00Plain Jus €2.00Side salad €3.00Panache of Vegetables €3.00Home made Fries in Garlic €3.50 Fries €3.00

Kids’ Menu

Pupp’s Patrole €5.75 Penne with a rich tomato sauce

Minion’s €5.75 Chicken Nuggets with fries

Bubble Guppies €5.75 Fish #ngers with potato smiles

Daisy €5.75 Home made beef burger with fries

Ice Age €5.75 Iceberg lettuce tossed with ricotta cheese, croutons, cherry tomatoes

We o$er only fresh #sh but when nature is hostile with the #shermen we will be short of it.

Main Courses

Cassata

Subject to availability, kindly ask attendant.

PORTION CAKE €3.95 Mammas Co$ee soaked biscuits layered with a light chocolate butter cream #nished with crusted roasted hazelnuts

Pecan PieSweet short crust pastry #lled with roasted pecan nuts and a classical chocolate and treacle #lling.

Cherry Cheese Cake Baked in the traditional way #nished with a red cherry topping

Apple Pie Traditional apple pie with a hint of cinnamon and sultanas

Snickers Caramelised mousse sat on a caramel and peanut layer topped with gianduja topping

Carrot Cake Two layers of moist carrot cake #nished with apricot jam roasted sliced almond and a white chocolate topping

Cassata Siciliana A Sicilian classic, a layer of sweet ricotta cheese, candied fruits and roasted almonds sat on a vanilla sponge, #nished o$ with almond marzipan

Chocolate Fudge Dark moist chocolate cake, Belgian chocolate mousse and topped with a hazelnut and chocolate ganache

WHOLE CAKE €30.00

Ice cream- one scoop €1.50

Ice cream- two scoop €2.90

Ice cream- three scoop €4.30

Sorbet/scoop €2.00Ask attendants for di$erent +avours

Maltese pudding is made at %e Cli$s in the traditional way used by the late Louis Muscat at his village bar in 1944.

Desserts

Carob

Manhattan (Jack Daniels, Red Vermouth) €4.40 Americano (Campari, Red Vermouth) €4.50Dingli Cli$s (Bajtra, Gin, Passoa, Lemonade) €4.50Negroni (Campari, Gin, Martini Rosso, Soda) €4.40

Fruit juice (apple, orange, pineapple) €1.95Fresh Orange Juice €3.50Lipton Ice Tea Lemon/Peach €1.95Red Bull €3.50Soft Drinks €1.95Soft Drinks Pint €3.60Bitter Lemon, soda water, tonic water €1.95Mineral/Sparkling Local Water 25CL €1.25Mineral/Sparkling Local Water 75CL €2.50Mineral/Sparkling Foreign Water 25CL €2.00Mineral/Sparkling Foreign Water 75CL €3.50Milk Shake (with one scoop ice cream) €2.90Thick shake (with two scoop ice cream) €4.10Glass of milk €1.50Iced Coffee - Vanilla ice cream €4.00

Cisk, Hopleaf, Blue Label, Shandy 25cl €2.00Cisk, Hopleaf, Blue Label, Shandy Pint €3.50Cisk Export, Cisk Exel, Lemon Chill, 25cl €2.25Cisk Export, Cisk Exel, Lemon Chill, 75cl €4.00

Heineken 25cl €2.20Budweiser 25cl €2.25Guinness 50cl €4.00Cider 50cl €3.80

Local Beer

Pre Dinner

Cold Beverages

Foreign Beer

Chicory

Spirit €2.20Spirit plus Mixer €2.50Spirits Branded €3.20Liquor €2.50

English style Pot of tea €1.80Flavoured tea (by the pot) €2.00Instant Black Coffee Cup €1.50Americano €1.90Capuccino €2.00Cappuccione €2.50Flavoured Cappuccione Caramel €2.70Flavoured Cappuccione Vanilla €2.70Flavoured Cappuccione Almond €2.70Decaf Cappuccino €2.50Espresso €1.75Espresso Lungo €1.85Espresso Macchiato €1.85Decaf Espresso €2.25Caffé Latte €2.25Hot Chocolate €2.25Thick Hot Chocolate €3.25Caffé Moka €2.75Irish Coffee (Jameson's whisky) €4.50Maltese Coffee (Tia Maria) €4.50Italian Coffee (Amaretto) €4.50French Coffee (Henessy brandy) €4.50The Cliffs Coffee (Anisette) €4.50

Spirits

Hot Beverages

Local Liquors made from Carob tree, prickly pear, almond, fennel, etc are available

Grapes

Propogation of such 'old' varieties is encouraged for a more local produce with a higher immune system.

THE CLIFFS WINE Experience complex old word +avours, along with a sense of exclusivity with this addition to our wine list.

All grapes are harvested from Dingli. Dingli's surrounding country side was the prime area in Malta for grape production in the 18th and 19th century."Profs. J.BORG, MA, M,D 1922. Cultivation and diseases of fruit trees in the Maltese Islands."

Old vines can still be found especially down the cli$s. Such vines include the: Salamanna, Grinjola, Serkusan, Abjad, Bezzula Seuda and Mignuna ta Rdum. 5%-10% of our wine come from such vines.

THE CLIFFS WHITE GLASS €3.0040% Girgentina, 50% Chardonnay, 10% 'old' Vine mix variety.

THE CLIFFS RED GLASS €3.0040% Syrah, 55% Merlot, 5% 'old' vine mix variety.

Wine

Bee

Our produce

Ask at the counter four our special prepared local taste.

CONDIMENTS

Cheeselets €4.25

Olives €3.50

Capers €3.50

Delicatessen €5.00

Sundried Tomatoes €3.50

Sea Salt €3.00

Olive Pate €4.50

Olive Oil €7.70

JAMS/HONEY/MARMALADES

Lemon Marmalade €3.95

Honey €6.00

Prickly Pear €3.50

Strawberry Jam €3.50

Carob Jam €4.20

Fig Jam €3.95

Quince Jam €6.00

Operational Programme I – Cohesion Policy 2007-2013

Investing in Competitiveness for a Better Quality of Life

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European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Co-"nancing: 42.5% EU Funds; 7.5%

National Funds; 50% La Pinta Ltd. Funds

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