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Today Uniline is a company that offers a complete tourist experience; the accommodation, transfers, tours, bus tours, congresses, incentives, sporting events and special programs for individual guests and group arrangements. Spend Your vacation with us! The Croatian cuisine is specific for every region, reflecting the country's geography, history, and culture. A single type of Croatian cuisine does not exist, because each Croatian region has its own, unique cuisine. The northern and southern areas of the Adriatic are characterized by differences in taste and preparation of more Mediterranean foods. The tradition of grilling and roasting fish and delicacies of the sea has been carried down by generations. In the north of Croatia however, Austro-Hungarian culinary influences are more evident. Not to be forgotten is the wine, known for its special taste of the warm south. The choices among the specialties are endless! Where to go eating? Beside the hotels, who offer stay and include half- or full board, in all cities, tourist places and next to the main roads are located restaurants, guesthouses, taverns, konobas (typical croatian guesthouses), pizzerias and fast food restaurants, though for the gourmand the most interesting are the restaurants and guesthouses with the domestic croatian kitchen. Except of the standard european kitchen, Croatia offers own most popular domestic dishes and specialties: of the cold plates these are for example the famous dalmatian or istrian prosciutto, cheese from Pag or Lika, sheep cheese, kulen from Slavonia, cesnjovke from Samobor or Zagori and fresh cheese with cream. The main dishes depend on the area in which you are situated. In Dalmatia and the coastal areas, on the islands and in Istria the main dishes consists mostly of fish and sea fruits and of meat, pasticada or cooked lamb. The cultivation of grapevines and the production of drinkable and elected wines is for centuries a tradition of the croatian winegrowers, in the continental part of Croatia, as well as in the coastal areas and in Dalmatia. Well-known kind of croatian wines along the Adriatic coast and on the islands are from the red wines: teran,merlot, kabernet, opolo, plavac, dingac and postup, and from the white ones: malvazija, posip, pinot, kujundzusa, zlahtina and muskat. From the continental part are known the wines rizling, grasevina, burgundac and traminac. From the spirits are of course known the brandies: sljivovica (prunes), travarica (herbs) and lozovaca, and of the desert drinks prosek and maraschino. Many Croatian traditional festivities are distinctly linked with food independently of whether they are related to strenuous labor (crop harvesting or threshing, the grape harvest and Christening of wine, the completion of a house), religion (mostly Catholic - Christmas, Easter, pilgrimages, local saints days), or to memorable moments in an individual’s life (baptism, wedding, birthday, name-day, funeral wakes, etc.) Some festivities are typically of a public character, such as the Dionysian St. Martin s Day, celebrated in private farmhouses, wine cellars and restaurants; others are almost exclusively family reunions (weddings, baptism, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Easter, etc.) Every holiday has its typical dish. Pork and potato stew is eaten on pilgrimages and at fairs; cod is prepared for Christmas Eve and Good Friday; pork is eaten on New Year s Day; doughnuts are an inseparable part of carnival festivities, and in the south they prepare a similar fried sweet dish known as hrostule. Ham and boiled eggs with green vegetables are served at Easter, while desserts comprise traditional cakes (e.g. pinca). Kulen (hot-pepper flavored sausage) at harvest time, goose for St. Martin s Day, turkey and other fowl, as well as sarma (meat-stuffed cabbage leaves), are served on Christmas Day. At weddings, a variety of dishes with dozens of cakes and biscuits are served, including breskvice, shortbread bear paws, gingerbread biscuits, fritule - plain fritters, etc. The favorite meals of very many people on all occasions include spit-roasted lamb and suckling pig, grilled fish, calamari cooked in various ways, barbecue dishes - raznjici, cevapcici and mixed grill - prosciutto and sheep’s cheese, or smoked ham and cottage cheese with sour cream, fish stew, venison… Selection of cheeses and cold dishes of Istria are specialties. The cuisine of Istria and the Kvarner regions represents a special Croatian style of cooking, a blend of inland and coastal. These regions are rich in excellent fish and seafood, most notable among them being found in the northern Adriatic: scampi (prawns), calamari and shellfish from the Limski Kanal (Fiord). After an excellent prosciutto, and cheese and olives, many traditional wine cellars offer fish soup, fish stew, boiled prawns, black and white frutti di mare risotto, as well as other dishes typical of the central part of the Istrian peninsula - traditional wine soup, ragout (jota) similar to Italian minestrone (manistra, menestra or manestra), and also pasta and risotto dishes cooked with the famous truffles of the region - a self-sown precious mushroom species, unearthed by specially trained dogs and pigs; these fungi have the reputation of containing aphrodisiac properties. The excellent Istrian wines include Malvazija of Buje, Cabernet of Porec, Sauvignon and Merlot, as well as Teran of Buzet, Zlahtina of Vrbnik, and sparkling wines - Bakarska Vodica, etc. Fine restaurants abound in Istria and Kvarner, especially on the Opatija, Crikvenica, Rovinj and Porec littorals, as well as in the interior and on the islands. The cuisine of Dalmatia and the islands follows the trend of modern nutritional norms. The brief thermal preparation of foodstuffs (mainly boiling or grilling) and plenty of fish, olive oil, vegetables and self-sown herbs found near the sea is why this cuisine is considered to be very healthy. Dalmatian wines, like olive oil and salted olives, have been highly esteemed since ancient times, which the present names of some of the indigenous grape sorts reveal (Grk : Greek, from the island of Korcula; Prc from the island of Hvar). Famous wines include Dingac and Postup from the Peljesac Peninsula; Babic from Primosten; Vugava and Plancic from the island of Hvar... then there are Posip and Grk from Korcula; Marastina from the island of Lastovo; Malmsey (Malvazija) from Dubrovnik, etc., and also Prosecco (a sweet dessert wine), the very strong grape (loza) and herbal brandies (travarica, grapes with medicinal herbs) and liqueurs (Maraschino, Vlahov). Although even today every area has its own way of preparing certain dishes, the cuisine of the islands represents a separate world, their distinguishing features having been discovered only recently, such as the cuisine of the islands of Hvar, Korcula, Brac (vitalac, a dish made from lamb offal wrapped in lamb gut and spike-roasted), Vis (spike-roasted pilchards, as during the Ancient Greek period; flat cake with pilchards from Komiza and Vis, related to the modern-day pizza). Fresh sea fish (dog's tooth, gilthead, sea-bass, grouper, mackerel, pilchards) grilled, boiled or marinated; then there are molluscs (squid, cuttlefish, octopus), crustaceans (shrimps, lobsters) and shellfish (mussels, oysters, date-shells) boiled in a fish stew or as a risotto. Of the meat dishes, prosciutto is unarguably unrivalled - pork leg smoked and dried in the bora (from Drnis), served with dry, mostly sheep’s cheese (famous sorts of cheese are those from Pag and Dubrovnik) and salted green and black olives, capers and pickled onions. Lamb is also very highly valued, especially boiled or baked on an open fire (Franjevacka begovica from Visovac, or lopiz from the island of Iz); also, dried mutton (kastradina), roast beef, Dalmatian stew (pasticada) with gnocchi, offered by many restaurants. Lightly boiled vegetables are also favourite dishes (Swiss chard with potatoes, tomato sauce) often a mixture of cultivated and self-sown vegetables, spiced with olive oil and wine vinegar, or served with meat (manestra - pasta with minced meat; Aramaic - stuffed vine leaves). Regions with an abundance of fresh water are famous for their frog, eel and river crab dishes (the Neretva valley, Trilj and the Cetina basin). Typical Dalmatian desserts win the heart with their simplicity. The most usual ingredients include Mediterranean fruit, dried figs and raisins, almonds, honey, eggs (rafioli, mandulat, smokvenjak, the gingerbread biscuits from the island of Hvar - rozata). The cuisine of Gorski Kotar and Lika reflects living conditions in the forested highlands and pastures, where summers are short and winters long, which limits the availability of foodstuffs. It is recognized by its simplicity (open-fire cooking and baking), as is the case with regions closer to the sea (Dalmatinska Zagora and central Istria), but everyday meals include predominantly continental products - pura (or palenta) - boiled maize, boiled potatoes, or potato halves baked in their skin, pickled cabbage, broad-beans and runner beans, cow’s and sheep’s milk and delicious cheeses (fermented cheese known as basa, and dried cheese), meat, fresh and smoked lamb, mutton and pork, as well as venison. These regions are also rich in mushrooms and self-sown herbs, but there are also delicious, strong plum brandies and brandies made from forest fruits, or mixed with honey. The cuisine of Lika is found in the region of the Plitvice Lakes, and fine homemade cheese can be bought from roadside stalls when driving through Lika. The cuisine of northwest Croatia is characterized by many simple, delicious dishes. Bread is mostly made from maize, barley, or a mixture of the two, and cakes are often similar in texture to bread (kukuruznjaca - made from maize; periaca, zelevanka, buhtli, doughnuts, walnut and poppy-seed loaves). A profusion of pasta dishes, dairy products (made mostly from cow’s milk), as well as plenty of vegetables (beans, potatoes, cabbage, etc.), often mixed with meat to form a broth (zucchini, cucumbers, runner beans, broad beans, peas in the summer, and beans with pickled cabbage in winter, beans with barley porridge) and salads (fresh cucumbers with sour cream and garlic, lettuce, tomato salad, peppers and onions). This is where food provision for the winter is still made in the traditional manner (pickled cabbage, cucumbers boiled in vinegar, pickled peppers, red beet, as well as sweet dishes - plum jam, rosehip jam, bottled fruit, etc.). In the same way that southern cuisine differs from island to island, so does the cuisine in this part of the country differ from one region to the next. In the region of Medjimurje one really must sample buckwheat porridge with meat from fat meat or blood-sausages, as well as side dishes of baked beans or potatoes, formed in cones, with rich spices, or smoked or dried cow’s cheese turas, known in the region of Podravina as prge. Turkey with mlinci (a boiled pasta dish), strudels of various kinds, as well as pumpkin cake with poppy seeds, have spread from the region of Zagorje throughout Croatia. It is hard to find more delicious geese and ducks than those from the region of Turopolje, or baked carp (krapec na procep) than those from the regions of Moslavina and Posavina. The region of Banovina became famous for its winter salami (Gavrilovic salami). blood-sausages, garlic-sausages and other special sausages, for baking with pickled cabbage, boiled smoked pork leg with potato or bean salad with onion, are favourite dishes almost everywhere. Samobor, a small town near Zagreb, is an ideal venue for a gastronomic excursion. Its picturesque restaurants offer Samobor Steak, Samobor custard slices, salami and kotlovina - port and potato stew - hermet (sweet, spicy wine) and mustards which have been prepared here for almost two hundred years. The cuisine of Varazdin, and in particular of Zagreb, represents urban, metropolitan cuisine, related to the more famous cuisine of Venice. Of course, Zagreb has also its steak (bread-crumbed veal stuffed with cheese), and it also offers a variety of roast dishes (beef, pork and fowl) served with potatoes, vegetables and horseradish, as well as various stews (wine goulash, bacon and tripe, lungs "sour art"), grilled meat, pasta… Delicious sweets continue a tradition hundreds of years old – a tradition of the "baking woman of Gric" and bishops’ pastry-cooks, revealing Croatian dessert cuisine in its entirety (Croatian pancakes, Zagorje strudel, strudel stuffed with cottage cheese, or apple strudel, bucanica, various cakes, ice-creams). Zagreb’s contemporary cuisine is international, with the finest Italian cuisine widely represented. Restaurants frequently offer better quality fish than those available on the coast, more delicious lamb than in the region of Lika, and better kulen than in Slavonia. One should savour the following wines from this region: Portugizac from Plesivica and Jastrebarsko, Rhine Riesling, Chardonnay from Strigovan, Muscat Otonel, Turk's sparkling wines, as well as wines from the wine-cellars in Bozjakovina, Pinot Blanc from Sveti Ivan Zelina, Moslovina Skrlet from Voloder, as well as many other wines, but also the traditional drink, gvirc (gvirc, mead) sipped with gingerbread biscuits. Slav Rich and fertile Slavonia and Baranja comprise the bread basket of Croatia, and so white bread, flat cakes and many other cakes filled with walnuts, with poppy seeds or plum jam, have been baked here since ancient times, made from the most representative pastry made from green wheat. Pasta, potato, beans, dairy dishes and fat meat dishes (cottage cheese with sour cream, dried cheese) and fattened fowl and pork dishes are also prepared here. Such types of food were once cooked to provide the energy required for heavy work, although these days their preparation is considered too time consuming, and requiring too much effort. In these regions hot goulash (beef, venison), regos (several meats with pasta), fish paprika-flavoured stew (with various fish: carp, pike, sheat-fish, etc.) are typical. Smoked and dried pork ham, sausages, as well as kulen are also firm favourites, especially when served as a delicacy with cottage cheese, peppers, tomatoes and green onions or pickled vegetables (tursija). The plum brandy made in this region is very smooth, and wines, such as Kutjevacka Grasevina and Kutjevo Chardonnay, the Rhine Riesling of Enjingi, and also the Grasevinas of Krautheker and Zdjelarevic, Ilok Thaminer, Pinot Blanc from Pajzos and Endent Riesling from Belje are greatly appreciated the world over. Wines from the wine cellars of the Djakovo diocese, famous for the production of wines used in liturgical services, are equally well known.
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Uz hotele koji nude boravak, uključujući polupansion i puni pansion, u svim gradovima, turističkim mjestima, uz glavne ceste nalaze se restorani, gostionice, taverne, konobe, pizzerije, restorani brze hrane, ali su za gurmane najzanimljiviji restorani i gostionice s domaćom «hrvatskom kuhinjom». Osim standardne europske kuhinje, Hrvatska nudi svoja najpopularnija domaća jela i specijalitete: od hladnih jela tu su glasoviti dalmatinski ili istarski pršut, paški ili lički sir, ovčji sir, slavonski kulen, znamenite samoborske ili zagorske češnjovke, svježi sir s vrhnjem… Glavna jela nude se ovisno o podneblju u kojem se nalazite. U Dalmaciji, Primorju, na otocima ili u Istri glavna su jela od ribe i «plodova mora», a od mesa, pašticada ili kuhana janjetina. Uzgoj vinove loze i proizvodnja pitkih i biranih vina višestoljetna je tradicija hrvatskih vinogradara – i u kontinentalnom dijelu Hrvatske i u Primorju i Dalmaciji. Poznate sorte hrvatskih vina uz jadransku obalu i na otocima su crna vina – teran, merlot, kabernet, opolo, plavac, dingač, postup i bijela – malvazija, pošip, pinot, kujundžuša, žlahtina, muškat… U kontinentalnom dijelu – rizling, graševina, burgundac, traminac… Od žestokih pića poznate su rakije – šljivovica, travarica, lozovača, a od desertnih pića prošek i maraschino. Mnoge hrvatske tradicionalne svečanosti izravno su povezane s hranom, bez obzira na to odnose li se na vjeru (mahom katolički blagdani: Božić, Uskrs, hodočašće, proslave dana mjesnih svetaca zaštitnika) ili na značajne trenutke u životu pojedinca (krštenje, vjenčanje, rođendan itd.). Neke su svečanosti javnog karaktera, poput dionizijskog dana sv. Martina koji se slavi na imanjima, u vinskim podrumima i restoranima, dok se druge obilježavaju isključivo u obitelji (vjenčanja, krštenja, Božić, Nova godina, Uskrs itd.). Svaki blagdan karakterizira jedno jelo. Gulaš od svinjetine i krumpira jede se na hodočašćima i sajmovima, bakalar se priprema na Badnjak i Veliki petak, svinjetina se jede na Novu godinu, krafne su neodvojivo povezane s karnevalskim priredbama, a na jugu pripremaju sličan kolač, kroštule. Šunka i kuhana jaja sa zelenim povrćem poslužuju se za Uskrs, a desert su tradicionalni kolači (recimo pinca). Kulen u doba žetve, guska na dan sv. Martina, dok se pura i druga perad te sarma poslužuju na Božić. Na vjenčanjima poslužuje se niz jela s kolačima i keksima, kao što su breskvice, medvjeđe šape, paprenjaci, fritule. Mnogima su u svakoj prilici omiljena jela janjetina i odojak s ražnja, riba na gradele, lignje na različite načine, meso s roštilja: ražnjići, ćevapčići i miješano meso, pršut i ovčji sir, dimljena šunka i svježi sir s kiselim vrhnjem, riblji paprikaš, teletina... Razne vrste sireva i hladnih jela istarski su specijalitet. Istarska i Kvarnerska kuhinja predstavlja posebnu vrstu hrvatske kuhinje: to je spoj kontinentalnoga i mediteranskog. Ove regije bogate su iznimnom ribom i morskim plodovima. Najvrednije vrste koje se mogu naći na sjevernom Jadranu su škampi, lignje i školjke iz Limskog kanala. Nakon izvrsnoga pršuta sa sirom i maslinama, mnogi tradicionalni vinski podrumi nude riblju juhu, riblji gulaš, škampe na buzaru, bijeli i crni rižot s plodovima mora kao i ostala jela tipična za središnji dio istarskoga poluotoka - tradicionalnu vinsku "supicu", varivo nalik na talijanski minestrone ("maništra", "manestra" ili "menestra") te jela s tjesteninom i mesom pripremljena uz dodatak slavnih tartufa koji se uzgajaju u ovome kraju. Riječ je o veoma cijenjenoj samonikloj vrsti gljiva koju nalaze posebno istrenirani psi i svinje. Smatra se da te gljive imaju afrodizijačka svojstva. Iznimna istarska vina uključuju Malvaziju iz Buja, Porečki Cabernet, Sauvignon i Merlot kao i Teran iz Buzeta, Vrbničku žlahtinu, pjenušac Bakarsku vodicu itd. Dobri se restorani mogu naći diljem Istre, a pogotovo na Opatijskoj, Crikveničkoj, Rovinjskoj i Porečkoj rivijeri kao i u unutrašnjosti te na otocima. Kuhinja Dalmacije i otoka slijedi trend modernih prehrambenih normi. Lagano kuhanje hrane (uglavnom u vodi ili na žaru) i mnogo ribe, maslinovog ulja, povrća i samoniklih trava koje se mogu naći uz obalu je razlog zbog čega se ova kuhinja smatra veoma zdravom. Dalmatinska vina, kao i maslinovo ulje i slane masline, cijenjena su od drevnih vremena čija današnja imena sorti to otkrivaju (Grk : s otoka Korčule; Prcs otoka Hvara). Čuvena vina uključuju Dingač i Pošip s poluotoka Pelješca; Babić iz Primoštena; Vugava i Plančić s otoka Hvara... te Pošip i Grks Korčule; Marastina s Lastova; Malvazija iz Dubrovnika, itd., i također Prošek (slatko desertno vino), veoma jaku lozu i travarice i likere (Maraskino, Vlahov). Iako, čak i danas, svako područje spravlja određena jela na svoj, jedinstveni način, dalmatinska kuhinja predstavlja zaseban svijet čije su značajke tek nedavno otkrivene, kao što je kuhinja otoka Hvara, Korčule, Brača ( vitalac, jelo spravljeno od janjećih iznutrica umotanih u crijevo te pečeno na gradelama), Vis (sardine na gradelama, kao u vrijeme starih Grka; pita sa sardinama s Komiže i Visa, jelo slično današnjoj modernoj pizzi). Svježa morska riba (zubatac, brancin, lovrata, kirnja, skuša, sardina) na roštilju, kuhana ili marinirana; zatim tu su mekušci (lignje, sipe, hobotnice), rakovi (škampe, jastozi) i školjke (dagnje, kamenice, mušule) kuhane u ribljoj juhi ili kao rižoto. Od jela od mesa, pršut je nedvojbeno bez rivala - svinjski but dimljen i sušen na buri (iz Drniša), serviran sa suhim, uglavnom kozjim sirom (poznati sirevi su oni s Paga i iz Dubrovnika) i slanim zelenim i crnim maslinama, kaparama i lučicama. anjetinja je također veoma cijenjena, osobito kuhana ili pečena na otvorenoj vatri (Franjevačka begovica s Visovca, ili lopiz s otoka Iža); također, sušena ovčetina (kaštradina), rozbif, Dalmatinski gulaš (pašticada) s njokima, koji poslužuju mnogi restorani. Kuhano povrće je također omiljeno jelo (blitva s krumpirima, umak od rajčica), često je mješavina uzgojenog i samoniklog povrća, začinjenog maslinovim uljem i vinskim octom ili serviranog s mesom (manestra - tjestenina s mljevenim mesom, arambašići - punjeni listovi loze). Područja s izobiljem svježe vode poznata su po žabama, jeguljama i riječnim rakovima (dolina Neretve, Trilj i sliv Cetine). Tipični Dalmatinski deserti osvajaju srca svojom jednostavnošću. Najuobičajeniji sastojci uključuju mediteransko voće, suhe smokve, grožđice, bademe, med, jaja, ravioli, mandulat, smokvenjak, paprenjaci s otoka Hvar - rožata. Kuhinja Gorskog Kotara i Like odražava životne navike života na planinama, među šumama i pašnjacima, gdje su ljeta kratka, a zime hladne što ograničava raznovrsnost ponude hrane. Ova se kuhinja odlikuje jednostavnošću (kuhanje i pečenje na otvorenoj vatri) kao što je slučaj i s regijama bližim moru (Dalmatinska Zagora i središnja Istra), no svakodnevna jela uglavnom sadrže kontinentalne proizvode - pura (ili palenta) - kuhani kukuruz, kuhani krumpiri ili polovice krumpira pečene zajedno s njihovom ljuskom, kiseli kupus, grah, kozje i kravlje mlijeko te izvrsni sirevi (fermentirani sir zvani basa, i dimljeni sir), meso, janjetina, ovčetina, svinjetina te divljač. Ovo je područje također bogato gljivama i samoniklim biljem, a poznato je i to izvrsnim jakim rakijama šljivovicama te rakijama od šumskog voća ili onima miješanima s medom. Lička se kuhinja susreće i u području Plitvičkih jezera, a s privatnih štandova uz cestu može se kupiti izvrstan domaći sir. Kuhinja sjeverozapadne Hrvatske okarakterizirana je mnogim jednostavnim, ukusnim jelima. Kruh se uglavnom peče od kukuruza, ječma ili mješavina oba ova sastojka, a kolači su kakvoćom često veoma slični kruhu (kukuružnjača - od kukuruza; periača, zelevanka, buhtli, krafne, orahnjača i makovnjača). Obilje je jela od tjestenine, mliječnih proizvoda (uglavnom od kravljeg mlijeka), kao i mnogo povrća (grah, krumpiri, kupus, itd.), često pomiješanog s mesom u juhu (tikvice, krastavci, mahune, grah, ljeti i grašak, i grah s kiselim zeljem zimi, grah s ječmom) i salata (svježi krastavci s kiselim vrhnjem i češnjakom, zelena salata, salata od rajčica, paprike i luka). Ovdje se zimnica još uvijek pripravlja na tradicionalni način (kiseli kupus, krastavci kuhani u octu, kisele paprike, cikla, kao i slatka jela - džem od šljiva, džem od šipka, flaširano voće, itd.). Kao što se kuhinja na jugu razlikuje od otoka do otoka, tako i u ovom dijelu zemlje, jela se razlikuju od područja do područja. U Međimurju se mora kušati pura sa slaninom ili krvavicama, kao i razni prilozi od zapečenog graha i krumpira, jako začinjenih, do dimljenog ili sušenog kravljeg sira, u Podravini poznatog kao prge. Purica s mlincima (kuhana tjestenina), štrudli različitih vrsta, kao i bućnica s makom, jela su koja su se proširila od Zagorja na cijelu Hrvatsku. Teško je pronaći ukusniju gusku i patku od onih iz Turopolja, ili pečenog šarana (krapec na procep) od onog u Moslavini i Posavini. Banovina je postala poznata po zimskoj salami (Gavrilović salama). Krvavice, češnjovke i druge posebne kobasice za jela s kiselim kupusom, kuhana svinjska nogica s krumpir salatom ili salatom od graha s lukom, omiljena su jela gotovo svugdje. Samobor, gradić pored Zagreba, je idealno mjesto za gastronomski izlet. Njegovi slikoviti restorani poslužuju Samoborski odrezak, Samoborski šodo, salame i kotlovinu - vinski i krumpir gulaš - hermet (slatko vino) i senfove koji se ovdje spravljaju već gotovo dvije stotine godina. Kuhinja Varaždina, i posebice Zagreba, predstavlja urbanu, velegradsku kuhinju, usko povezanu s poznatijom kuhinjom iz Venecije. Naravno, Zagreb također ima svoj odrezak (pohani teleći odrezak punjen sirom), i također se poslužuju razna pečenja (govedina, svinjetina i perad) s krumpirima, povrćem i hrenom, kao i razni gulaši (vinski gulaš, tripice sa slaninom, plućica na kiselo), pečeno meso, tjestenina… Ukusna slatka jela nastavljaju tradiciju staru stotinama godina - tradiciju pekarice s Griča i biskupskih slastičara, otkrivajući Hrvatske deserte u svojoj cjelovitosti (Hrvatske palačinke, Zagorski štrudli, štrudla sa sirom ili jabukama, bućnica, razni kolači, sladoledi). Moderna kuhinja Zagreba je međunarodna i veoma zastupljena najukusnijom talijanskom kuhinjom. Sljedeća vina iz ovog područja je poželjno kušati: Portugizac s Plješivice i iz Jastrebarskog, Rajnski Rizling, Chardonnay iz Strigovana, Muškat Otonel, pjenušava vina, kao i vina iz podruma u Božjakovini, Pinot Blanc iz Svetog Ivana Zeline, Moslovina Škrlet iz Volodera, kao i mnoga druga vina, ali i tradicionalno piće gvirc, koje se ispija dok se jedu paprenjaci. Bogate i plodne Slavonija i Baranja čine hrvatsku košaru za kruh, pa se tako bijeli kruh, pite i mnogi drugi kolači s orasima, makom ili džemom od šljiva, peku ovdje još od drevnih vremena i to od najboljeg tijesta zelene pšenice. Tjestenina, krumpir, grah, jela od mlječnih proizvoda i jela sa slaninom (domaći sir i vrhnje, sušeni sir) te jela od peradi i svinjetine također se spravljaju ovdje. Ovakva jela nekad su se spravljala kako bi se dobila energija za teški fizički rad, ali danas se smatra da se za njihovo spravljanje potroši previše vremena i truda. U ovim područjima ljuti gulaš (goveđi, od divljači), regos (nekoliko vrsta mesa i tjestenina), fiš-paprikaš (s različitom ribom: šaran, štuka, itd.) su veoma tipični. Dimljena i sušena svinjska šunka, kobasice, kao i kulen također su veoma omiljeni, osobito kad se poslužuju kao delikatesa uz domaći sir, papriku, rajčicu i mladi luk ili kiselo povrće (turšija). Šljivovica koja se pravi u ovim područjima veoma je blaga, a vina, kao što su Kutjevačka Graševina i Kutjevački Chardonnay, Enjingijev Rajnski Rizling, i također Graševine Krauthekera i Zdjelarevića, Iločki Traminac, Pinot Blanc iz Pajzoša i Endentski Rizling iz Belja veoma su cijenjena u cijelome svijetu. Vina iz podruma Đakovačke Biskupije, poznatoj po proizvodnji vina koja se koriste u liturgijama, također su veoma poznata.