Last September I went on holidays to Croatia. I have a hiatus hernia so choosing the food in restaurants is a problem for me. I am only able to eat a few specialties of the country I am visiting; I do not drink alcohol either. The last hotel I stayed at gave me a bottle of wine as a present; Croatian wines are very famous.
I read in my guidebook that Croatian cuisine has different influences. Where as in Istria, the cuisine has an Italian influence, but Dalmatia has different dishes. The fish and seafood specialties are cod Dalmatian style, oysters,… the list of wines is great... but throughout Croatia, the restaurants serve international Mediterranean food for convenience.
My boyfriend eats Croatian speciality dishes and he told me which food was good. I could only generally eat Croatian specialty deserts.
Mass tourism began to arrive in Croatia only a few years ago and they visit only a few places. For example, in Dubrovnik, Split and the most famous islands there is fast food but in the rest of Croatia the food is more traditional. Mass tourism is transforming life in Croatia, the restaurants open from midday to midnight, which is a very long time. The Croatian currency is the “Kuna” but sometimes I had to pay in Euros.
