| Most of the Croatian holiday villas and hotels are | | | | dish and its flavour seems the perfect |
| located in the sun-kissed Mediterranean region of | | | | accompaniment to Dingac Wine. You can also |
| the country, and if you're staying in this region | | | | expect to see grilled pork and beef cooked in a |
| then you should expect the food to have many | | | | rich tomato sauce on the menu in Croatia and |
| Mediterranean influences. If you've ever holidayed | | | | whilst the tomato sauce is popular with locals and |
| in Italy then you will easily spot the similarities in | | | | tourists alike, many visitors to the country choose |
| the cuisine particularly with the use of olive oil. | | | | to have their beef straight. This is because |
| Croatian seafood is often cooked in the | | | | Croatia is considered to be one of the cheapest |
| gradelavanje way, where it is first grilled and then | | | | places in the world to buy a steak with a steak |
| roasted in olive oil which gives it a delightful crispy | | | | dinner at the Fort Apache Steak House in |
| texture. One thing which you will notice on your | | | | Samobor costing an average of £5.00. |
| Croatia holiday is that the Croatians take their | | | | After sampling Croatia's famous sirloin steak, |
| seafood very seriously. Most of the restaurants | | | | make sure that you leave some room for the |
| own their own fishing boats so that they can | | | | sickly sweet desserts and pastries that Croatia is |
| compete to offer their customers the freshest | | | | well known for. Kremsnites, which are small |
| catch of the day. | | | | pastry based cakes, dripping in honey and |
| If you're planning on sampling the local seafood | | | | sprinkled with nuts, come highly recommended as |
| whilst on your Croatia holiday then you'll need a | | | | do the traditional savijace strudels. A number of |
| nice bottle of wine to go with your meal, and | | | | the deserts on offer have notable Austrian |
| luckily this is something that Croatia is well known | | | | influences and come oozing with fresh cream. So, |
| for with the best white wines being Posip and Grk. | | | | you'll definitely be spoilt for choice when choosing |
| 'Grk' in Croatian means 'bitter', but the wine is dry | | | | a desert on your holiday in Croatia. |
| with hints of pine providing the perfect | | | | Sampling the potent local alcohol is one of the |
| compliment to the gradelavanje cooked fish of | | | | highlights of any holiday and Croatia is of no |
| the region. If you prefer red wine then be sure to | | | | exception. After your meal expect to choose |
| try the famous Dingac red, which is protected by | | | | from an assortment of local schnapps, rakija is a |
| the International Geneva Convention and believed | | | | potent fruit brandy that the locals have |
| to be the only wine in Europe protected by a | | | | nicknamed 'the water of life'. The drink tends to |
| treaty. | | | | be home-made in each restaurant and has an |
| The Dingac wine has a distinctly robust flavour. | | | | alcohol content of 60%. Cherry and plum flavours |
| This makes it the perfect compliment to the | | | | are common throughout Croatia, whilst the |
| richer meat dishes, which you will sample whilst on | | | | specialities of the Istria region are mistletoe and |
| your holiday in Croatia. Roast lamb is a common | | | | honey. So as they say in Croatian, Zivjeli! |