Lunch the Ljubljanian Way

After our stroll around town we stopped to indulge in some traditional Slovenian food for lunch. I am certainly getting a lot better at trying different foods. For lunch I had home-made ragout (ragu) with "Idrijski zlikrofi", traditional Slovenian dumplings. The dumplings were soft and fluffy and the ragout was very tender.

Brad had the Game Plate which consisted of deer medallions with sour cherry sauce, stag stake with porcini mushroom sauce, wild boar with green pepper sauce, home-made cheese rolls, roasted potatoes and bread dumplings. The deer was very tender and tasty but the wild boar was a bit tough. I know we wouldn’t order either dish again but at least we tried some local foods. It definitely wasn’t worth what we paid for our meals.

I also tried the local oranzna vina, orange wine, which I wouldn’t order again either. The Slovenian dishes weren’t a hit with us today.

We followed this with a coffee and home-made lemon drink at another cafe. Another fail as Brad ordered the wrong coffee and his cup was the size of a doll’s cup. It gave us a giggle for sure.Read more