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| - While the parking lot and actual strip mall this restaurant's in is a bit shabby, once you walk into Old Town Sarajevo you are transported into a quaint, rustic Eastern European village. I loved the little touches they put into the decor to make you feel like you were eating like a local in Bosnia.
The menu focuses on a lot of meat and starchy items, very hearty, stick-to-your-ribs type of food. I asked our server what he would recommend if we were dining here for the first time and he suggested the cevapi/Bosnian sausages and cabbage rolls. We decided to get one of each, and I got an additional side of Bosnian bread (Lepinja).
Our orders looked delicious when they came out, especially the lepinja. It was my favorite part of the meal. It was a soft, pillowy flat bread that had a lightly crisp outer coating. It was kind of like Indian naan but on steroids. Delicious, doughy steroids. Oh it was so good I could eat a ton of it just by itself! I told our server I loved the bread and he proudly replied that it has won a lot of awards and people will come to the restaurant just to buy a bunch of it. I totally believe that!
The cabbage rolls came three to an order, and had a small dollop of sour cream on top. The ground meat filling was tender, well seasoned, and the cabbage leaves were rolled nicely around it. I wasn't a fan of the sauce though, which was too acidic tasting for my tastes. I loved the cevapi sausages. They had a lovely grilled flavor and were very juicy and plentiful in the lepinja bread they were encased in.
Overall it was a lovely experience and if I'm in the area you bet I'll be back for those delicious little sausages and Bosnian bread!
4.25/5
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