National food
and drink
a profusion of tastes and aromas
Where to eat?
Hotels that offer bed and breakfast accommodation are usually located
next to restaurants, taverns, wine cellars, pizzerias or fast food
restaurants. One can also fine traditional Croatian confections in
pastry shops and coffee houses
What to drink?
Croatia is famous for its excellent wines, which are the result of
an ancient wine-growing tradition. There are famous red wines on the
coast, including Teran, Merlot, Kabernet, Opolo, Plavac, Dingač
and Postup.
The best-know white wines form the coast include Malvazija, Pošip,
Pinot, Kujundžuša
and Muškat, white inland areas of the country offer Rizling, Graševina,
Burgundac and Traminac. As for spirits, we recommend Šljivovica, Travarica
and Lozovača. Popular dessert drinks include Prošek and Maraschino.
What
to eat?
Besides standard European cuisine, the following meals are also widely
available: grilled meat, Dalmatian smoked ham (pršut), salted pilchards,
sheep's cheese, paprika-flavoured salami (kulen), Slavonian spicy
sausages, and so on. In mainland Croatia the most celebrated dish
is turkey with a type of pasta (mlinci), and štrukli. On the coast,
naturally, there are fish specialities, the most famous of which is
Dalmatian brodet (a kind of fish broth), and pašticada (beef braises
in herbs).
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