Saturday 30 May
Tour ended, our bus dropped us off
in Split on its way back to Dubrovnik, and we happily returned to the Palace
Augubio.
Once settled in a truly
comfortable room after the various meannesses of tour hotels, we ventured out
for a lunch of light things at Konoba Marul: rollup of pršut inside grilled eggplant, topped with oil and a sprinkle of
grana padano, and a good grilled octopus salad with cress, plus a glass of (rather
pricey) chardonnay to wash it down.
In the evening, we walked out
along the Riva to dinner. There were
three fish restaurants in the space of one block, all packed to the gills
(sorry), but we lucked out to get a streetside table at the most highly
recommended one, Šperun.
We ordered the "blue fish
mixed grill," fresh sardines and tuna steak with capers, named, so we are
told, for the strong flavors of the fish, that call for red wine. Our other starter was lighter, grilled sea
bass (even their oven-baked specialties are actually grilled), so as a
compromise, we called for an Opol rosé, by Zlatan Otok.
We
had a fine evening of good food, helpful waiters, and eager cats who made
several fishheads disappear.
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