Fine Food Cuisine
As every other wonderful place with a centuries-long tradition, Croatia has an amazing cuisine and food in Dubrovnik is exceptionally good. Every region of this country has many different and delicious things to offer, but today, let’s talk about Dubrovnik. Since it is located in south Dalmatia, the food in Dubrovnik has many similarities with the rest of the coastal region. Food is usually based on fantastic stuff like olive oil, fish, vegetables, and seasoned with rosemary, garlic, basil, and parsley. BUT, there are some meals, that you can taste only in Dubrovnik, and we promise – they are quite spectacular. Not only we’ll make sure that you know exactly what to order next time you find yourself in a local restaurant, we will also recommend a wine that perfectly compliments the seafood of your choice!
Crni rižot or Black Risotto
This is a typical Dalmatian dish and every decent restaurant in Croatia will have it on its appetizer menu. On many occasions, we eat it as a main course since it’s such a classic. It’s black because of the squid’s ink, but it’s usually not made only of squid. It also contains some other seafood like different sorts of shellfish; mussels and clams.
What wine goes well with this meal ?
White wine:
Grk or Grk Bijeli.
This famous white wine from Lumbarda will go perfectly with this dish!
A delicious seafood platter
Well, you just can’t go wrong with this one. Since the seafood is still the most common delicacy of this region, let’s not complicate things too much. This is simple and honest food comes from one of the cleanest seas in the world, the Adriatic Sea. The seafood in Dubrovnik is always fresh and caught nearby. When it comes to grilled fish, what you see is what you get, and you can always ask the host to recommend the specialties of the restaurant.
What wine goes well with this meal?
Red wine: Babić
This is one is a native Croatian red wine grape common to the Northern Dalmatia region. It’s typically grown around Šibenik and Primošten area.
Rozata
This is the most popular dessert in Dubrovnik. It’s a custard pudding particularly popular during summer months. When explaining this dessert, people usually compare it with creme brulee or flan. But every Dubrovnik local will tell you that this dessert is incomparable to anything else. Let’s just say it’s a silky scented pudding drowning in pools of caramel.
