Welcome to Istria
Dear guests, friends and foodies,
Welcome to Istria-Gourmet.com, created to answer the eternal question: what to eat!
Traveling in any new region, cuisine is a perfect way to capture the essence of the place. With diversity at the heart of Istria, you’ll delight in new culinary experiences and reconnect with traditional flavors.
We invite you to discover our rich gastronomic heritage, culinary icons, food and wine events and celebrations, restaurants and taverns. Join us in exploring forgotten flavors and traditional techniques, as well as sophisticated, trendsetting preparations.
Bon appétit!
TRUFFLE DAYS 2008
Discover the enchanting land of truffles... »»
The Gastronomical guide
Top-restaurants, some of them famous right across Europe; numerous rural inns, the so-called konobas, that have preserved their original ambience and where meals are prepared in the traditional way; competent and friendly staff, including some forty sommeliers trained to international standards; expert presentation of local high-quality delicacies: white truffles, air-dried, home-cured ham pršut, sheep cheese, olive oil, seafood, the local wines Malvasia and Teran …
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ABC of truffles
Truffles have certainly been known of since very ancient times. In his Naturalis Historia, Pliny the Elder related about the truffle (Tuber in Latin). In the 1st century A.D., the idea that this precious fungus developed from the combined action of water, heat and lightning was passed on by way of the Greek philosopher Plutarch of Chaeronea ... »»
Top restaurants
The best in each category have been awarded the title TOP 2008. It must be said at this point that we have only taken into account those restaurants and konobas that are open throughout the year. The survey was concluded at the end of February 2008... »»
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As the old and wise saying goes, the wine tale begins in the vineyards. It originated in the early '90s of the last century, in the minds of a few wine lovers ... »Hardly anything can be compared to this fluid; it is absolutely unique: a hall-mark of the Mediterranean, healthiness, gastronomic delight and a serene, untroubled old age... »The culinary chefs agree upon one thing only: the truffle should be placed at the very top of the gastronomic delicacies list. It is a mysterious and unique tuber, completely concealed underground... »In the tradition of the istrian gastronomy THE PROSCIUTTO - PRŠUT is the top and the measure for all the exquisiteness, for every guilty of gluttony or overindulgence... » |
