An Edible Voyage

June 2019 Buttery, flaky filo pastry, stuffed with a creamy, slightly salty mixture of cottage cheese, sour cream and egg, rolled, coiled and baked.  A greasy but tasty and very filling snack - I especially enjoy the texture of the coils. Find it at every bakery - meat and spinach are other commonly found fillings.

June 2019 Cevapi are a popular lunch, dinner or snack.  Small sausages of lamb and beef minced with spices, cooked over a grill and served with copious amounts of raw onions in a warm, soft and fluffy lepinja pita bread.  I found them quite heavy going as they are dense, meaty and salty, and a portion is usually around 10 sausages!  It's also a fairly dry dish, so be sure to wash it down with plenty of beer!  Find it at Konoba Nuno Grill in Jablanica - pull up a plastic chair at one of the plastic tables and mingle with locals outside this no-frills, atmospheric grill bar.

June 2019 If you're looking for a local sweet treat to go alongside your coffee, order yourself a hurmasice - soft, golden biscuits oozing sweet syrup.

June 2019 Alongside the fairly uninspiring Mostarsko Pivo lager, there is quite the craft brewery scene in Mostar.  Kosaca is a black beer which is unexpectedly light and refreshing, not at all syrupy, but with bags of malty, chocolatey flavour. At the OldbridZ Craft Brewery and Brew Shop in Mostar, tasting flights give you ample opportunity for sampling the best of their brews, from the dark Sexy Montenegro, to the Banana Cream Pie wheat beer.