How Sitting Bull Restaurant in Balluta proved to be the perfect brunch spot for the 2 of us!
A non fixed menu dictated by seasonal good quality local and foreign products. Sitting Bull is a recently opened restaurant, intent on serving good quality foods.
Sitting Bull restaurant
Balluta Bay is becoming quite a hot-spot again, isn’t it? Lovely views and impressive architecture is now being complemented with a series of new and excited eateries opening up in the area. One of these is ‘Sitting Bull’, a recently opened restaurant, intent on serving good quality meat, but not only.
The people at Sitting Bull restaurant do not want to limit themselves to the title of ‘steakhouse’. A highly versatile area and one of the hot-spots of the island, the location inspired the owner of Sitting Bull restaurant to choose a variety of dishes which can be appreciated by both locals and foreigners.
Butterfly Ice Tea
We decided to go to Sitting Bull restaurant for brunch (and as you know, we love to find great places where to brunch), enjoy the sunny day and the lovely view. We spoke to Jon, who told us how their main aim is to make the most of good quality local and foreign products. The menu is not fixed, apart from popular items.
This gives the people at Sitting Bull restaurant the freedom to make the most of all produce they find available daily or weekly. Being themselves producers of olive oil, a local raw product which they are very fond of, the owner’s family know how important it is to use local produce.
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Items are bought directly from local farmers on a daily basis, with focus given on what is seasonal, fresh and local. Foreign produce is chosen with special attention and the artisan coffee (which we enjoyed a great deal) at Sitting Bull restaurant, as well as the different cuts of meat being prime examples.
With all this in mind and having seen what food is served through their social media, we were excited to try their food. We opted for the baked Camembert with nuts and mixed berry compote. We were not disappointed. The combination of oozing Camembert with a sweet but tart berry sauce, along with the candied walnuts’ crunch, tantalized our taste buds on this sunny Saturday morning.
Camembert with nuts and mixed berry compote
The other item we had from the menu was ‘Eggs Benedict’, with a choice of either ham or salmon. Now, just for information purposes of coursem and because we can be a little pedantic at times, replacing ham with spinach makes it eggs Florentine and replacing the ham with salmon makes it an Eggs Royale.
Here, we had both spinach and salmon so we’ll just call it Florentine Royale. Apart from name technicalities, it was a very enjoyable dish, with a lovely poached egg over a nice chunk of thick bread, all of which covered by a healthy dose of hollandaise.
Florentine Royale at Sitting Bull
We enjoyed both our dishes with a beautiful purple coloured butterfly ice tea. That is absolutely ideal if you’re not willing to start boozing too early in the day. Looking at the menu, there’s quite a selection whether you are looking for a brunch or dinner. Considering the view, the great food and what we thought was excellent service, we really suggest you consider this place for your next outing.
Sitting Bull restaurant opens everyday from 10am to 11pm and is located in George Borg Olivier St, St Julian’s. We suggest reservations.
