I passed this club almost every single day as it located right in the center of Sarajevo. The picture was not impressive, however its comments are funny. Visit Flickr for the scoop.
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Help! Where to Buy Brass Coffee Sets in Los Angeles?
A reader commented and asked where he could buy these brass (copper) coffee set in Los Angeles. I have no idea. I don’t know if they are even sold on eBay. The other days, I tried to search on eBay for these items, but came up empty with the following keywords: “bosnian coffee sets”, “Sarajevo [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Croatian and Bosnian Cooking Recipes
Got food? Check out “Cooking in Croatia & Bosnia: 425 Croatian and Bosnian Recipes ” by Karmela Kis. [reviews on amazon] Tags: BeyondSarajevo, Bosnian, Croatian, Food, Cooking
Read the rest of this entry »How to Make Burek – A Video Tutorial
You ate burek. Like it. Now you want to make burek for yourselves and others. Watch this video. It has very simple instructions. Tags: BeyondSarajevo, Bosnia, Bosnian, Burek, HowTo
Read the rest of this entry »Photo: Somun and soup
Reader’s comment: The bread seen in the photo is “somun” and not “pita”. The pita breads usually come with the famous cevapi. In this meal, they are served with Bosnian traditional soup. [will ask Na. for the name of the soup.] Tags: Balkan, BeyondSarajevo, Bosnia, Food, Sarajevo
Read the rest of this entry »Burek, Bosnian pies
Burek is another popular semi-fastfood meal, second-famous after cevapi. Burek is a common term to refer the pie with meat inside. In Croatia, Burek is the same pie with cheese instead. Pie with cheese is sirnica (a bit sour), with spinach is zeljanica , with potato is krompiruša, a bit salty). Cost of each ranges [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Summer drink, Boza
It’s crunch time! I only have a few more days in Sarajevo, so my friend took me to the center for a brief tour called "Have you tried this and that?" We went to a sweet shop at the intersection between the oOld and Austrian part where she ordered me the cold drink Boza. Well [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Cevapi – The Best Meal in Sarajevo
What is Cevapi? Cevapi is a very popular dish, probably Bosnia’s most well-known food, in Sarajevo. A cevapi meal is very simple. Small grilled rolls, five for a half portion and ten for a full portion, of minced beef, lamb mixture of both are stuffed in a half somun, a pita-like pocket bread. Often the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Inat Kuca (House of Despite)
Inat Kuca Veliki Alifakovac 1 033 447 867 National 5 seats, all cards How to get there: South bank of the Miljacka, directly across from the National Library. This restaurant has a distinguished green top, therefore the nickname “Greenhouse”. Comment: Nice soup and combo Bosnian plate (not too expensive). Traditional look with ornaments and wooden [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Bosnian coffee
Origin: The origin of this coffee dated all the way back to the period of Ottomen’s occupation of Bosnia during the 13th century. The Turks barging into this country and brought along the coffee tradition. Taste: The Bosnian coffee is very strong and has a total different taste from the regular expressos, cappuchino you normally [...]
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