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Local gastronomy

F resh and flavored organic food.

In general, food in the area is prepared in a simple way, without adding spices or additives. The most common dishes are traditionally are the roasted meat, chowder, kacamak (a kind of maze porridge), cervish with cornflour and fried chicken, boiled milk cream (maze e zier), lamb with rice, chestnut and flower honey, dry meat (pasterma), fli, etc.

Various types of pies (with cheese, cabbage, spinach, wild spinach, cottage cheese).

Bread has traditionally been made at home, usually made of maize or wheat flour, and it is the main food.

Characteristic is the tradition of preparation of ‘’zahire e dimrit’ – the process of storing the food for the long winter: drying meat, pickling cabbage, cucumber, tomatoes, grinding maize, or wheat flour.

Typical drinks of the region are wine, raki, and hardalli. Raki is produced from fruits, typically plumb, grapes, berries, etc.

Everything you need to know about bars and restaurants in the Alps.

• All the guesthouses in the Albanian Alps use to serve food and drinks for all the tourist;
• There are no exclusive, only restaurant or bar/coffee in the area of the Alps;
• The biggest guesthouses and hotels in the most famous valleys of Thethi and Valbona can serve food at any time without reservation;
• We always recommend booking in advance for big groups independently from the place you choose.
• The lunch box can be arranged in every guesthouse;
• No grocery stores, fastfood, street food or similar in the valley;

Note: Check Tripadvisor for an exhaustive list of Restaurants.