Good afternoon! I apologize that I didn’t get in touch for a while - there were a lot of things to do, and the weather turned bad - the weekend was the coldest and most dank day during our entire stay in Montenegro. The whole day was what is called "in a wet place", a strong wind was blowing. The temperature was high enough, but drizzling rain and wind did their job. Yesterday and today the weather cleared up, but still every morning starts with clouds that disperse in the afternoon, and the sky clears completely.

During this time, I have accumulated some new data on local food.

So, coffee - we managed to find Italian Lavazza, costs about the same as all other local brands of coffee - but does not clog the coffee maker. Locally produced ground coffee is characterized by very fine grinding, as a result of which it clogs holes in any coffee brewing devices. We also tried the Italian "makinettes" - almost exploded. In general, the method of making Turkish coffee is popular here, in Turkish, it feels a little viscous and very thick - because of the small particles of coffee that are evenly distributed throughout the coffee. Now I’m just brewing such coffee for the first time - it smells fragrant, although not for everyone.

Seafood: we tried the “orade” in foil. Not far from us - in a place called Ljuta - there is a specialized fish supermarket - COGI - from the fishing farm, where you can buy the freshest fish every day. So we arrived there in the evening, the fish known to us were no longer left in the right amount - there was only a "horde" - the size of a fish per person. My phrase book did not know such a fish, and we decided to try, as they say, without looking 🙂 As a result, it turned out that this fish is known in Russia under the name “dorada” or "golden spar", from the genus of crucian carp. Yes, it doesn’t matter - the fish turned out to be excellent, they put another tick in the sea menu 🙂 We noticed at the market that the locals are actively buying some kind of “proboscis” - it turns out that this is an octopus. We were recommended a recipe for cooking octopus: boil for 40 minutes, cut into rings, season with salt and spices - and feel like a real Montenegrin! As soon as I try it, I'll be sure to post it.

Earlier I mentioned bread. So, while driving along the road to Budva, they noticed a large advertising poster:

For people with taste!

It turns out that there is a private bakery there, the owner of which is married to a Russian, and here we found great bread: black, crispy, so heavy, with seeds and other spices! Real jam! Only the price scares away - 2 euros per roll. In general, bread here is generally more expensive than in Russia - an ordinary loaf of bread (which looks like a huge loaf here) costs about 1 euro. We will sometimes spoil ourselves with bread for 2 euros 🙂