Prizren's traditional food is characterised by its great taste and rich use of spices and oil. The famous sweets sold at the ëmbëltorjet (confectioneries) are often made using age-old family recipes. Here's a short list of local delicacies; entries marked with a star are especially worth trying when you're in town as they are local specialities, or are Kosovar/Balkan specialities with specific ingredients or taste in Prizren.

Fli a multi-layered savoury pie
Gjize me speca a starter of creamy cheese baked with peppers in a pot (served at Arasta and Villa Park)
Kifle bread with eggs and cheese, marmalade or choc spread
Lokum doughnuts
Pogaqa corn flour rolls
Pitajka me vo* bread with creamy xhiza cheese and eggs in the middle, baked in a wood oven, a Ramadan specialty
Pleskavice or pljeskavica a large hamburger
Qebap* kebab
Qyfte or kofte* grilled, spiced mince sausages, also something of a Prizren specialty
Sharr goats cheese* Made from goats milk originating from the Sharri Mountains, and flavoured with herbs
Tava a stew of meat and cheese in a ceramic pot (served at Villa Park if ordered in advance)
Topli a kind of bread prepared with creamy xhiza cheese
Turshi a winter salad composed of vegetables in salty water