We eat well in Slovenia. Both in and out. The “out”, however, is expensive.
Lunch at Kodila. Four of us, my half of the bill came to a bit over 50 Euros. OK, there was bubbly involved…
… as well as some Mangalica ham (which is quite unlike Ortolan I believe).
The tomatoes are divine. As long as you’re OK with pork and chicken, and znižano and popust (“reduced” and “discount” –many places sell stuff nearing the sell-by date at 30% to 50% off and that’s what we live on).
And this time of year, it’s asparagus season so we tend to pig out on those too.
Chicken stew. Did I mention that the chicken is so much better than what we get in South Africa? I think they leave them just a little bit longer, in South Africa chicken farming is a very exact science with the chickens being slaughtered at the exact intersection between cost-of-feed and return-on-investment.
These are the vegan and non-vegan platters at Pichler-Schober in Austria, where things are even more expensive.
And if you are from South Africa, and you really really need a decent steak to braai on a Sunday afternoon, Kodila can help you out.
But as long as you stick to the znižano, life is good.