Food
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RESTAURANTS
Tipical meal will cost you 9 – 15 EUR. As in most cities, prices are highter in old city center.
STREET FOOD
Something to grab while you are walking through the city.
➜ Kebap (turkish food)
➜ Burek (bosninan food, most famous is Burek Olimpija)
➜ burgers (Hood Burger, Lars&Sven)
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ODPRTA KUHNA
Every friday from March until October there is big “food court” event in city center, where you can find diverse street and restaurant food.
Boni
“Boni”refers to “študentski boni” or student food vouchers and it is a system that offers students (and olso volounteers) a 4,02 EUR discount per meal in certain restaurants.
HOW TO APPLY
You need:
➜ EMŠO number that you will receive by doing your working permit,
➜ your volunteer contract to show the date of starting and ending of your volunteering project.
In Ljubljana, you can ask for boni in office of Študentska organizacija univerze v Ljubljani, in this location.
HOW TO USE BONI
To use boni in restaurant you will need aplication “Študentska prehrana” (Google Play, App Store) or it can be connected to your phone number).
You will find all the restaurants and prices for student meal in the app.
Traditional dishes
Slovenia has mixture of balkan, italian and austrian cousine.
➔ Čevapčiči: small, oblong-shaped grilled minced meat sausages, typically made from a mixture of ground beef and sometimes pork or lamb.
➔ Jota: traditional soup or stew that is commonly made with sauerkraut or sour turnip, beans, potatoes, and various types of meat, such as bacon, sausage, or ham.
➔ Polenta: made from buckwheat or cornmeal.
➔ Leteče žganci: consisting of small, irregular dumplings made from buckwheat or wheat flour, served with savory toppings.
➔ Idrijski žlikrofi: small pasta dumplings filled with ingredients like potatoes and onions, folded into a unique hat-like shape, and typically served with various sauces.
➔ Beef salad: cold dish made with thinly sliced or shredded beef, often marinated and served with various vegetables and a tangy dressing.
➔ Kraški pršut: dry-cured ham, similar to Italian prosciutto, typically made in the Kras region using high-quality pork and a traditional aging process.
➔ Zlati Grič: includes various components like grilled pork, sausages, blood sausage, and liverwurst, often served with sauerkraut and black pudding, making it a hearty and savory meal.
➔ Všenat zelje: made with sauerkraut and often served with various pork cuts, creating a savory and hearty meal.
➔ Bograč: spectacular one-pot stew made with three types of meat: beef, game (deer), and pork.
➔ Regratova solata: dandelion salad, made with fresh dandelion greens, typically dressed with a warm bacon and vinegar dressing and sometimes garnished with hard-boiled eggs and potatoes.
Desserts
➔ Štruklji: rolled dumpling or pastry made by wrapping various fillings, often sweet or savory, in a thin layer of dough, which is then rolled up, sliced into sections, and typically baked or boiled.
➔ Krofi: doughnut, often filled with jam or cream and dusted with powdered sugar.
➔ Jabolčni štrudelj: pastry made from thin layers of dough wrapped around a filling of sliced apples, sugar, cinnamon, and sometimes raisins and nuts.
➔ Prekmurska gibanica: layers of poppy seeds, cottage cheese, walnuts, apples, and sometimes raisins, all enclosed in a flaky pastry.
➔ Walnuts potica: rolled pastry stuffed with various fillings.
➔ Potratna potica: rolled or twisted sweet bread often filled with various ingredients such as nuts, poppy seeds, cottage cheese, or tarragon.
➔ Pehtranova potica: rolled or twisted sweet bread often filled with various ingredients
➔ Kremšnita: consists of two layers of puff pastry with a thick custard or vanilla cream filling in between. The top layer of puff pastry is dusted with powdered sugar.
➔ Janška vezivka: traditional Slovenian sweet bread originating from Janče.
➔ Ajdovi krapi: buckwheat pasta dumplings, often filled with ingredients like potatoes or cottage cheese and typically served with a variety of savory toppings and sauces.
Drinks
➔ Sola: brand of carbonated soft drink from Slovenia.
➔ Cockta: popular soft drink that originated in Slovenia. It’s a carbonated beverage with a unique and slightly herbal taste.