As part of the Taste of the Mediterranean Festival, Split Restuarant Nights will be held for the first time on Friday, October 8, and Saturday, October 9, in which 15 restaurants will offer unique 3-course Mediterranean menus and wines at promotional prices.
Participating restaurants include Atlantida, Bajamonti, Brasserie on 7, Bokeria, Corto Maltese, Dujkin dvor, Fantažija, Konoba Fetivi, Konoba Marul, Mazgoon, Laganini, Pandora Greenbox, Portofino, Sidi bar, and Šug.
Split restaurants have already started sharing the 3-course menus they’ll be offering to guests this weekend in anticipation of the new event.
Konoba Marul, for example, will offer a 3-course menu featuring:
1. Orzotta with shrimp and smoked mussels
2. Octopus tentacles with creamy puree and šalsa
3. Split cake for dessert
Two glasses of wine of your choice (Posip and Plavac mali) are also included, for a total price of 210 kuna.
Dujkin Dvor, on the other hand, is offering:
1. Risotto with Adriatic shrimps, sun-dried tomatoes, and cheese ice cream
2. Tuna pasticada ‘a la Dujka’
3. Split cake
This menu includes Posip Smokvica (Korcula) or Plavac Lucic (Peljesac) wines for a total price of 195 kuna.
Finally, the Šug menu features:
1. Šug plate – pate of shrimp, tuna, shrimps with pistachio, and smoked swordfish
2. Tećada – with white fish, shells, scampi, octopus, and macaroni
3. Split cake
This offer includes Cosseto Malvazija Prima Luce (0,125l) for a total of 210 kuna.
This is just part of the 9th Taste the Mediterranean Festival, which brings together international and Croatian chefs from Michelin restaurants and Gault & Millau accolades.
In addition to this weekend’s event, the Split restaurants Dvor, Kadena, Kinoteka, Hotel Park, Zora Bila, and Zrno Soli will host chefs from seven countries who will organize six-course gala dinners together with Croatian chefs, and Noštromo will turn the entire Split Fish Market into a restaurant for one dinner. The festival also includes many workshops and panels at Briig Boutique Hotel in Bačvice, which you can read about here.
For the second year in a row, the festival partner country is Spain, which will present its delicacies, wines, and olive oils in Split. Chef Maria Jimenez Latorre and chef Goran Šikić will offer Spanish gastronomic products at a gala dinner at the Briig Hotel, while Dr. Mirella Žanetić will lead a Spanish olive oil tasting.
Part of the festival will be held in the vicinity of Split, as participants will visit Omis, the Cetina River Canyon, Radman’s mills, and Arsan Tasting House in Omiš.
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