Indulge in the Savory Serbian Cuisine

The Serbs love their food and have rich cuisine derived from a mixture of influences coming from Mediterranean, especially Greek influences, Hungary, Turkish and Austrian cuisines. They also have a large diversity of alcoholic beverages to accompany the amazing dishes. Do not forget to eat out so as to catch the local flavors. It is definitely an unforgettable experience and a highlight for many visitors.

There are plenty of restaurants on every corner, offering delicious food of national and international cuisine, but the best meal youll have is on the domestic estates and in kafanas. A kafana is a kind of bistro, tavern which sometimes may also have a live band. Today, the oldest traditional tavern, is situated in Belgrade where the building is nearly 200 years old. There are many restaurants with national traditional food but a wide range of international cuisine restaurants such as French, Italian, Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Lebanese etc are also available here. The food served in restaurants is in the most cases completely organic with no genetically modified products or artificial flavorings.

Depending on the country region, you can find different methods to cook a traditional classic meal. The Serbian cuisine is rich in fat meals, and almost every dish contains meat or its derivates. The most popular national dishes include Pljeskavica similar to the hamburger, Cevapcici grilled minced meat usually eaten with plain onions and bread, Sarma cabbage filled with minced meat, Stuffed Peppers, Serbian beans, Musaka baked minced pork with eggs and potatoes, Karadjordje's steak, Gibanica pastry, Proja corn bread etc. Grilling is very popular in Serbia.

If you looking for strolling, eating and shopping at the same time, pedestrian streets like Knez Mihailova and Skadarlija street are some of the best places. Food, fun and partying is best done on the popular splav barges splavovi, a seemingly endless row of barge