Makarska Menu 2020

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RESTAURANT
& WINE BAR
„DEL POSTO“
THE GASTRONOMIC STORY OF THE BEGINNING
OF A TEAM WHICH BLENDS TRADITION
TOGETHER WITH INNOVATION
The a la carte restaurant Del Posto
of the renovated Grand Hotel
Slavia in Baska Voda is a place
where hedonism is celebrated
with the exquisite food and creations
of Chef Marin Ivanec, along
with selected wines and exceptional
ambience. His team is the
winner of the first Makarska Gourmet
Expo, where they served the
Adriatic Sea bass with pumpkin,
slow cooked lamb shank with polenta
with Biokovo mushroom, and
a dessert chocolate egg stuffed
with yogurt mousse and mango
cream, Del Deliran’s original dessert
created by their own Miranda
Dujmovic. The jury of the Chefs
of the Mediterranean and European
regions was delighted with
their success and gave them the
title of Ambassador of the Gastronomic
Offer of the Makarska
region for the next 12 months.
“We opened three years ago after
a major remodeling of the Hotel
Slavia. Our cuisine is based
on fresh ingredients and dishes
which we prepare with lots of
love. The themes of our Makarska
Gourmet Expo were land and sea.
The bass which we made for the
cold appetizer came in two varieties
– as carpaccio, and tartar. We
also made marinated cannelloni
with a Hokkaido pumpkin and a
granita made with gin & tonic. That
combination gave it freshness and
did well with the jury. Traditional
cuisine is the basis of everything,
but again, in my dishes there
should be a touch of contemporary
and authorial approach “- said
Ivanac, the chef of Del Post who
graduated from the prestigious
Italian cooking school ALMA.
Ivanac also won the Grand Gourmet
2019 - a competition of waiters,
bartenders, baristas and
restaurants organized by ŠKMER
in Makarska in November. His culinary
manuscript is full of innovations
and modern food preparation
techniques. The most common
foods which he procures come
from the surroundings of his kitchen.
He creates original combinations
that delight and bring back
Del Post’s dining experiences to
local and international guests.
Thus, on the plates of this unusual
chef you will find onion ravioli
with the addition of chives and
ricotta, and, for example, Busa
tartar, a small Dinaric cattle that
is being reared on Biokovo. Ivanac
will perfectly match this with
a beetroot and hazelnut sauce.
“The challenge for me is to make
simple home-made foods as
though they are capsules to transform
new techniques into a dish
that, in addition to good taste, will
leave a pleasant visual impression
on the guest, but will also be
remembered as a gastronomic
postcard of the Makarska Riviera.
There are 20 years of cooking behind
me, and with the combination
of circumstances, until this year,
I did not have time to participate
in such events and gastro exhibitions,
let alone competitions. Now
private and business opportunities
have coincided, and we have ventured
to show what it is and how
we do it in the kitchen of our hotel.
The first win at the Makarska
Gourmet Expo put the wind back
in our sails and gave us the inspiration
to try and win the Grand
Gourmet in 2019. The effort was
great, and it paid off to get a result
recognized by the international
culinary judges of the competition,”
Ivanac said.
All this speaks in favor of the fact
that Del Posto is an ideal place to
explore the gastronomic history of
the Makarska Riviera, especially
Biokovo, which visitors can be sure
to visit throughout the year, not
just during the summer season. In
the colder parts of the year, there
are various gastronomic events
such as Herzegovina, Dalmatian,
Istrian and Slavonian evenings,
New Year’s Ball, Valentine’s Day,
Women’s Day, and Restaurant
Week for all of which the menus
are designed by Ivanac. So, stop
in for a break, lunch, or better yet,
a multi-day stay at a place like Biokovo
– a place which has soothing
beautiful beaches and a lovely
seaside.
“Del Posto comes with a taste of
healthy Mediterranean cuisine
enriched with wild herbs from the
Biokovo slopes along with top
quality wines which are carefully
selected from local and international
vineyards. Staying with us is
a pleasant surprise; the combination
of a beautiful hotel ambience
with an excellent gastronomic
offer, created with special care by
Chef Ivanac, speaks to the fact
that, apart from foreign guests,
we have guests from all over Split
county because a good voice is
heard far and wide. “ – Statement
from the 1930s, when this hotel
originally opened.