We moved about 2 hours southeast of the capital to discover the south coast for the next several days before heading home and stayed at a very wonderful hotel called UMI, but for our first night decided to dine 10 minutes away on a horse farm called Skalakot. The dining room was a tad noisy with one large group at the other end, but other than that, many tables were empty. By now it seemed that all the restaurant servers were from Poland, but we have to give them credit as they were wonderful waiters and totally understood we wanted to relax and dine. At first, we worried since the starters came right away and the wait for the mains was almost 45 minutes, but we were in no rush.
Speaking of starters, Skalakot gets the prize for the best Lamb Tartare ANYWHERE which was served with a fun crunchy beetroot meringue that was savory, not sweet as well as smoked sour cream, avocado, onion sprouts, beets, carrots, cucumber and mushrooms. The dish was divine and peppery and just melted in your mouth. Will ordered the Mazaika, a local seafood starter made with salmon and cod, seaweed, caviar, shrimp, fresh veggies with pickled onion and crunchy chips. It was a delicate dish and not as filling, but quite worthy.
Three delicious breads arrived: Leek, Poppy Seed & Smoked Paprika with the latter being the tastiest. Tzatziki was served with the bread as well as delicious local butter.
Will had a Beringer Chardonnay served by the glass, and I started on the bottle of red we ordered, a Francois Martenot Prestige Pinot Noir 2020 that was light to medium and went superbly with our main courses as we both ordered the Fisherman's Stew. This was a huge hearty dish with local Langoustines(large shrimp, aka small lobster), Salmon, Cod, Scallops and Mussels in a beautiful tomato sauce.
Will decided on the ice creams which he said were okay while I had the yummy Cacao tart with milk chocolate ganache & passion fruit sauce. Complimentary glasses of Homemade Rhubarb Liqueur arrived and we left very full and happy that we headed "around the corner" to Skalakot.
