Renting an apartment in Croatia is an excellent decision; you can create days of your holidays just by listening your inner voice, lead by your own wishes and leisure. Maybe the best way to know some nation is to cruise through its bazaars and grocery piazzas, particularly, if you wish to prepare your own food at comfortable rental suite.
Croatian gastronomy jewels
Get out of an apartment and get to know a country
But there is another way to get to know a nation and its customs; by tasting traditional cuisine at different restaurants offering national food. If you like to do it this way and you’ve already decided to spend your summer holidays in Croatia, than you should consider yourself to be extremely lucky.Croatian coast, especially its southern part, Dalmatia, is well known of its cuisine, even outside the borders of the state. Dalmatian traditional meals, prepared on the basis of olive oil, are considered to be one of the healthiest of the world. There is no secret to it; plenty self grown herbs and vegetables, little spices, best combined with fresh fish, makes a low fat combination for strengthening a body and a mind, as well. It is a food prepared in traditional way which is opposite to the fast living of today. Olive oil is a great factor in the struggle against cancer, hearth and blood vessels diseases, it regulates blood pressure, balances level of sugar, and acts ante combustion. It has a great level of vitamin E, in its most disposable form, making this supply a great alliance in fight against ageing.
But, let’s admit, the thing that matters the most, is that olive oil is tasty, and it enriches every dish served. Its golden greenish drops fall on the food like blessing; make us feel light after every meal. It gives lot of energy and little fat. The most famous olive oils in Croatia are the ones from Istria and Dalmatian islands, like Kor?ula.
Traditional cuisine out of traditional cultivation
Another thing that can lure you out of your cosy accommodation in Croatia, besides beautiful beaches and graceful squares with charming cafés, is the fact that Croatian restaurants usually offer fresh and home-grown food. Croatia is Mediterranean country with one of the cleanest seas in Europe. Countryside, where all herbs, vegetables and fruit is from, is still cultivated in the old fashion way. Passing by a car or a bus through Croatian landscapes, you won’t see large fields, just small stretches of a soil, small enough that cannot be treated by achievements of modern technology. Nurture is often raised in traditional manner, and it passes a short path from the fertile Croatian ground to your table. Thus, every part of Dalmatia is famous of some particular dish, made from ingredients grown in the area; for example the island Pag is famous of its ship cheese and lamb meat, since those animal husbandries traditionally exist there, where animals browse aromatic herbs and enjoy special climate conditions.
Those who like fish the best will be happy to find out that fresh fish is delivered daily, since fishing used to be, and it still is, the important source of incomes for many people in littoral.
So, do not hesitate to skip a dinner in your comfortable apartment in Croatia, since there is a restaurant just around a corner, such can please your taste and senses, opening a new chapter of the greatest summer holidays in Croatia.
Bon Appetite!