30. 08 - 01. 09 2019. - Gastronomic pleasure and return to tradition
The fig which has been feeding people in the Mediterranean for centuries and unfairly pushed into the shadows will be brought back to our menus.
As a kind of entry in to the autumn season from the 1st till the 3rd September in the City of Krk will be held on the 13th Fig days.
Along with the sale exhibition of various figurine products, entertainment programs and workshops that will take place at Vela placa square, a gastronomic offer based on this Mediterranean fruit is also prepared. In the Krk restaurants you will be able to taste a variety of sweet and salty dishes from this treat.
Program of the event at the Vela placa square
30th August, Friday
10am – 10pm Fig production selling exhibition
11am – 01pm Fig jam-making workshop, cocktail bar Volsonis
06pm – 08pm Clay figs making workshop
08pm Performance of the Krk Brass Orchestra
31st August, Saturday
10am – 10pm Fig production selling exhibition
06pm – 08pm Clay figs making workshop
07pm Performance by the Klapa Nono
08pm Performance by the Children’s choir Mići Boduli
09pm Performance by the Klapa Kaštadi
1st September, Sunday
10am – 10pm Fig production selling exhibition
05pm – 08pm Clay figs making workshop
07pm Performance by the Krk Town Choir
08pm Performance by the acoustic band Don Demižon & Ego3pizze
The workshops are organized by: Opatija Art Association and cocktail bar Volsonis
11th September, Wednesday
04pm Expert lecture about figs in the Citty Hall of Krk, by Ph.D.Željko Prgomet
After the lecture, distribution of seeding and consultation
* the lecture will be in Croatian
Program in restaurants
In the restaurants of Krk, from August 30th to September 1st various imaginative dishes with figs, both sweet and salty, will be prepared, so be sure to visit one of them and try some of the finest dishes with figs:
The city of Krk
- Restaurant Oliva - pork loin in fig sauce, „ šurlice“ (homemade pasta) with figs and gorgonzola, fig crostata
- Caffettaria XVIII cent. – fresh figs, ice cream with figs, fig sundaes, fig cheesecake
- Restaurant Citta Vecchia Krk – various fig dishes
- Casa del padrone – fig filled tarts, Dutchess of Krk cake, fig icy winds cake, fig ice cream, fig cake, smokvenjak (local cake with figs)
- Cocktail bar Volsonis – pancakes, homemade fig jam filled tarts
- Restaurant Harbour – steak in sauce of dried figs, šurlice (homemade pasta) with shrimps and figs
- Pizzeria Mala vrata – pizza with figs
- Karaka Restaurant – dried figs in mascarpone cream and cinnamon with pastry dough
- Caffe bar Vela placa – natural fig ice cream
Milohnići
- Pud brest Tavern – smokvenjak (local cake with figs), homemade cheese and fig stuffed meatloaf, pancakes in fig custard sauce
- Pod Prevolt tavern - pancakes and cakes with figs
Vrh
- Kuća krčkog pršuta Tavern – prosciutto and figs pate, dessert
- Marija Tavern – various fig dishes
Glavotok
- Glavotok Tavern – šurlice (homemade pasta) with turkey and figs, steak in green pepper and fig sauce with croquettes, pizza Veglia (tomato, cheese, prosciutto, dried figs, cherry tomato, olives)
