Take a walk along the sunniest Mediterranean island and enjoy the scent of spices and taste of fruits enriched in traditional Mediterranean kitchen by diligent Hvar people...
Authenticity and unpolluted environment of the island of Hvar are the guarantee of top quality products and at the same time, blessing to the development of traditional Mediterranean kitchen. With so much love for the natural resources and a little bit of creativity your meal becomes a hedonistic ritual...
Enjoy your meal! (more on culinary art)
Traditional dishes on the island of Hvar, and in Dalmatia in general, are recognized by modern nutritionists.
Food not overcooked, fresh fish and sea food, virgin olive oil, vegetables and wild grown plants out of an untoxicated area, when we take into consideration highly toxicated food in highly developed industrial countries, fit in Hippocrat's basic norms: "Let the food be your medicine, and your medicine to be the food you take".
Fresh sea fish (dentex, sea bass, gilthead, grouper, mackerel, pilchard) grilled, cooked or marinated; squids, cuttlefish, octopus, crabs (shrimps and lobsters), shellfish (mussels, oysters, Noah's ark) prepared as a fish soup or risotto, Dalmatian smoked ham (prsut) served with fresh or dried goat cheese, green and black olives, caper and small onion, lamb cooked or roasted, famous pasticada with gnocchi... these are some of the dishes you can taste and enjoy in numerous restaurants in Hvar.
Boiled vegetables are favorite dish (Swisschard with potatoes, tomato sauce).
Very often you can have a mixture of vegetables and wild grown plants with olive oil and basil vinegar served with cooked lamb.
Typical desserts in Hvar will enchant you with its simplicity and rich taste. Common ingredients are Mediterranean fruit (dried fig, raisins, almond), honey and fresh eggs; and rafioli, mandulati, smokvenjaci, paprenjaci and rozata (traditional names of cakes) can be taken with prosek (sherry), a sweet product of wine.
Variations of dishes prepared according to the traditional recipes, virgin olive oil and high-quality wines are simply irresistable and will guarantee you the highest gastronomic pleasure.