{"id":972,"date":"2012-01-25T17:53:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T17:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/?p=972"},"modified":"2012-04-10T13:01:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-10T13:01:53","slug":"valsabbion-restaurant-closes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/croatiatraveller.com\/blog\/valsabbion-restaurant-closes\/","title":{"rendered":"Valsabbion Restaurant Closes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Valsabbion Restaurant<\/p><\/div>\n

For years Valsabbion restaurant<\/strong>, just outside Pula<\/a>, has been considered one of Croatia’s finest gastronomic restaurants, maybe even the finest. Part of the Valsabbion hotel, the restaurant was known for its creative, even daring dishes, a rarity along the Croatian coast where expertly grilled fish is usually enough to please the crowd. Yes, it was pricey relative to other local restaurants but the quality was superb. A similar meal would cost many times more in neighbouring Italy. What happened? In an interview<\/a>, owner Sonja Peric remarked that the cost of running such a restaurant was extremely high and the profits were negligible. It seems that the local population does not have the financial means to support such a restaurant and tourists are too easily satisfied with a seaside inn serving inexpensive food.<\/p>