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FOOD & DINING IN MONTENEGRO

GENERAL

Cuisine varies greatly from one region to another. Table service is usual in hotel restaurants. Bars and cafes have counter and table service. Most places serving alcohol close by 10 pm.

National specialties

Kacamak – is a mushy, strong meal which made of wheat, buckwheat, barley, or corn flour and which is being served with cheese and sour milk. Wet “kacamak” is called the one to which the cheese is added, or “kajmak” and which is being stirred for a long time with a special wooden spoon.

Cicvara – with this meal usually white cooked potato and sour milk are being served. Young cow’s cheese or “kajmak” are mixed with flour while the grease is released. It is a meal of high energetic value, of pleasant taste – it literarily melts in your mouth.

"Popara" – with mixing of bread with milk, oil and cheese you get an interesting and cheap meal which is deeply seated in the Montenegrin cuisine.

Cooked potato – is an easy and favourite meal which is accompanied with cheese and sour cabbage.

Thick soups – thick soups in Montenegro are usually prepared with noodles, potato or vegetables.

"Rastan" – a strong meal made of local vegetable from the family of cabbages, it is cooked with white potato and with a lot of spices.

"Japraci" – an extremely rich and nourishing meal.

Montenegrin lamb in milk – is a real specialty. From about 2 kg of meat which are being cooked in domestic milk with the addition of spices and potato. This meal is usually prepared during some solemn occasions.

Sausage – is prepared by drying, most often in Njegusi, with a special technique. It is extremely tasty and strong.

Prsuta (smoked ham) – most famous “prsut”, the one from Njegusi, excels with quality even comparable to the Italian producers.

Popeci from Podgorica – interesting meal: in a steak made from veal’s meat you roll in a piece of cheese or old “kajmak” and a piece of “prsut”. Then you fry that roll in deep oil, and you get a meal of rich interior and of tasteful and crunchy exterior.

The food from the grill – Montenegrins are known as great lovers of the grill; especially the tasty “cevapi” (kebab) and grilled meat patty which goes well with onion.

National drinks

Nikšicko beer.

Grape brandy or rakija.

PLACES TO DINE IN PODGORICA

Caballero
Ulica Marka Miljanova 17,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 81 230-108

Carine
Slobode 43,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 81 402-420
Email: carine@cg.yu

Crna Gora Restaurant
Bul. Sv Petra Cetinjskog 2,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 81 443-446

Dank
Ivana Crnojevića 119,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 81 664-049

Dvor
Kralja Nikole 36,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 81 622-265

Fil Rouge
Bul. Sv. Petra Cetinjskog,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 81 234-122
Website: www.filrouge.cg.yu

Il Giardino
Trg. Rimski bb,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 69 313-313

Incontro
Ulica Bokeška 6,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 69 303-333

Laterna
M. Miljanova 41,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 81 232-331

Maša
Bul. Sv Petra Cetinjskog 31,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 81 224-460

Sempre
Ulica Stanka Dragojevića 14,
Podgorica
Tel: +382 69 551-661