With vaccinations behind us and Covid partially under control we decided that after a long year of stagnation it was time to spread our wings again and so we chose to travel to Montenegro over the Orthodox Easter weekend (which this year fell on the 2nd of May as supposed to Catholic Easter which was […]
Last weekend, together with my wife and some friends, we spent some time in Zlatibor, a small town in Western Serbia. Because it’s located at an altitude of 1000m the town is frequented by visitors who seek clean air, calm and relief from the summer heat. About Zlatibor Unfortunately, the town is currently undergoing a […]
If you have read my post on Tara mountain and the river Drina, then you may have come across my suggestion for visiting Reko Vrelo a.k.a the ‘Year’ river, so named because it measures exactly 365 meters in length. At the mouth and on top of Serbia’s smallest river sits Restaurant Vrelo. Here you can […]
If you ever have the chance to travel to Serbia and love nature then why not visit the Tara National Park and the beautiful river Drina. Tara Mountain Tara National Park was first established in 1981 and originally covered 191.75 km2 or 74.04 sq miles of ground and with altitudes varying from 250 to 1,591 […]
Browse the internet in search of black garlic and with each page the mystery surrounding the magic of this wonder food seems to deepen rather than unfolding. I know, because I have spent many hours, often in frustration, researching this matter. When I first heard about Black Garlic I was both astounded, given that black […]
Summer is just round the corner and the time is near to look forward to lighter, healthier, slimline snacks and meals. In this feature I will introduce you to some Balkan & Mediterranean appetizers known in Greece as ‘Mezedes’, in other parts of the Balkan as ‘Predjela’. Mezedes or Predjela are basically small plates of […]
The beautiful river Gradac near the town of Valjevo, about 90km from Belgrade. This video captures the serenity of the river while goats cross a single wooden beam that takes you to “Skok po Skok”, a little tavern where, among other delights, some of the best fresh trout in Serbia can be enjoyed. A full […]
Fish Restaurant Pećina in Zlakusa, A most idyllic setting. Further more, the restaurant is located at the foot of Potpecke Cave that can easily claim to have one of the largest cave entrances in the world. You can find a feature I wrote on Restaurant Pećina here.
Western Serbia is famous for its beautiful nature reserves, lakes, mountains, grass lands, fresh air, free range farming, smoked meats and this; Komplet Lepinje. Nothing compares to it, apart from maybe ‘French Toast’ but even that is miles away from KL, the true and only calorie bomb. If there ever was a food so wholesome […]
The one thing that Serbs love more than anything (but not each other) is Barbecue. Derived from the Spanish word barbacoa, barbecue in the Balkans is generally known as; “Roštilj” ,pronounced ‘rosh-teel‘. (the ‘ š ‘ is pronounced as ‘sh’)). The word Roštilj simply stands for ‘grill’ or ‘griddle’. Everywhere in the Balkans, especially in […]
In Serbia and in most of the Balkan’s countries the accent on daily diets is all about meat, meat and more meat. However there is one type of protein that is much loved throughout the Balkans and that protein is Rainbow trout, scientifically known as Oncorhynchus Mykiss (strange, because I am sure it doesn’t want […]
Last year, in July, I traveled for the first time to the gorge of the river Gradac near Valjevo, a quaint small town in western Serbia and about 90Km from Belgrade. About the River Gradac The Gradac river is short, fast flowing and mostly very shallow. Over the course of millennia the river has cut […]
Lamb Fresh roasted lamb, cooked super slow over charcoal and served up straight from the spit is got to be one of the best eats any time. All over the Balkan, from Slovenia to Turkey, whether you’ll find yourself in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria or North Macedonia you’ll be able to feast […]
Serbia, ..A most beautiful and small country of the central Balkans may not yet be known for its culinary delights but that is something which is soon to change because food lovers, like me, are continuously discovering new places to experience some of the best eats in the world. Serbia is still a place where […]
