The Garden Restaurant - My Summer in Croatia

My summer break in 2016 was spent in Croatia with my 4 girl friends. It was a great week full of tasty food, beach days, and sunshine. So here I want to show you the culinary experience that we had once in Croatia.

The "Garden" Restaurant in Rab town
This place has a nice romantic vibe, and you can sit inside but still feel the open air. We all tasted different fresh seafood dishes.

The squid goulash with polenta is their famous local dish. This is the dish that I ordered and I enjoyed ied it to the last bite.

The cattlefish risotto is simply delicious with squid bits in it

The fried calamary with french fries tasted so fresh

Seabass with sauted spinach and potatoes. Nothing could be better than a whole fresh fish in a holiday island

The green pasta with gorgonzola sauce. It was surprisingly not as heavy as she thought it would be

This place to me is the number one restaurant in the whole Rab island. I guess in total we paid around 500 kuna, which was really worth it. We also got free welcome drinks, and we could feel the love in all the food. Thumbs up to the chef!

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