Cake & Ice Cream

Ice cream is a necessary condition for the continuation of the human race in summer. While you can buy the usual packaged ices (Ledo, with its teddy bear logo, is the Croatian brand we’ve known since childhood), don’t be shy to try the homemade stuff in a slastičarnica. The water and milk here is fine, so there should be nothing to upset your tum.

Slastičarnice are temples to all things sweet. You can also eat cake and drink coffee, soft drinks or a fitting choice of alcohol. Nik-o-Teen beware: often, you can’t smoke. (These are children-friendly establishments, after all).

Probably the most popular cake in Croatia is kremšnita - a thick layer of vanilla cream sandwiched between two layers of light pastry. It’s not too heavy, so perfect if you fancy a sweet little something in hot weather.