What To Eat And Drink In Split, Croatia | Croatian Food Tour! 🇭🇷🎣

We set out to find the BEST places to have Croatian food in the city of Split, Croatia! We try some traditional seafood, fresh fruit, and of course, Croatian beer!
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00:00 Intro
00:16 Split Croatia
00:38 Croatian Cuisine!
01:24 D16 Coffee
02:26 Croatian Bakeries
02:55 Fresh Figs!
05:24 Seaside Promenade
06:30 Lunch @ Fife
06:41 Karlovačko Beer
07:14 Croatian Fish Soup
07:41 Calamari
08:18 Black Cuttlefish Risotto
09:03 Croatian Wine
10:05 Diocletian's Palace
11:49 Pipi
12:52 Firula Beach
13:35 Croatian Kuna (Currency)
16:05 Croatia Joining The Schengen Area
17:29 Skalinada
18:21 Gelato
18:41 Thanks For Watching!

[@MaxandSidney]

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[@ldharchldharch8698]

❤ from Croatia...

[@silviah2302]

I think Pippi Longstoking is the inspiration behind the Pipi drink

[@MaxandSidney]

Really?? We had no idea!! Now we appreciate it even more!

[@darkoulmer6881]

That is correct. In early 1970 there was internal competition for the name of new product in company "Dalmacijavino"that created the brand and one worker suggested for Pippi Longstoking as an inspiration. Legend says that one bottle with label suggestion was sent to the author Astrid Lindgren and she agreed to the suggestion without fees. But keep in mind that is just a legend. Most likely she didn't even know or even if she did it was a communism at that time and there was not yours or mine but ours 😅.

[@DinewithNasrin]

Thanks for Sharing.Coming tomorrow to visit Split. This video will help me. Best Wishes

[@MaxandSidney]

So glad it was helpful! Have a wonderful time in Split 😊

[@na1di1a1]

Such a nice travel video, and it definitely makes me look forward to the next summer vacation!

[@MaxandSidney]

Thanks for watching, so glad you enjoyed it! Croatia is an amazing country, there is so much to see!

[@gracielicastro9731]

Beautiful food thank you ❤

[@Thoreaue]

Those are not baby squids its squid head :) and its not squid ink its cuttlefish ink. Dish is called black risotto and its considered a delicacy all over the Croatian coast.

[@MaxandSidney]

It was so delicious!! Thanks for watching and for the info 😊

[@hannakerr]

There's always room for gelato!! Love the new outro photo of you two. Excited to see the next adventure!

[@MaxandSidney]

Thanks, Hanna! 🥰

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Another great video guys - well done.

[@MaxandSidney]

So glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@shaunnelson8605]

D16 coffee, some of, if not the nicest coffee I’ve ever had

[@MaxandSidney]

Couldn’t agree more!! The coffee was fantastic and even the branding was so cool! Great coffee shop ☕️👍

[@zerlot120]

Yes, the smell is similar to rotten eggs, but it's not like the sea is polluted, it's Split, especially Diklecian's palace is located on natural sulfur, there are healing baths under the palace, but very few people know that such a place exists, and especially that it is located close to market, so you don't have any intruders like flies, mosquitoes, wasps, bees, etc. Greetings from Split

[@MaxandSidney]

Ahh, that's interesting! That makes sense now. We will have to try the healing baths next time. You are right, we had no idea they existed!

[@dt6822]

I'm sorry, but this gentleman or lady has told you a bunch of bs. The Adriatic on the Croatian side is a beautiful sea because the Mediterranean Gulf current that flows along their side of the Adriatic is warm and brings with it many fish and takes the garbage away up to Venice. But Split has a location over a peninsula, and so the garbage gets stuck, plus for centuries the locals just dumped their sewage and garbage into the Adriatic Sea. So because of the inlet, this part of the Adriatic doesn't get as much of the current washing the garbage away as a gift to the Italians. It is then added to by the industry of Northern Italy until it clears and then again gets stuck by the Termoli peninsula. So the region that is best for sea-side vacationing is Makarska Riviera, Neretva-Dubrovnik County, and then Zadar north west, and the islands, and also Montenegro. The Split area is a definite "skip" if you're looking for sea-side relaxation.

[@damirblazevic4823]

​@@dt6822 Bullshit. Why are you lying?

[@dakolpu5138]

Hello, your video was on start page when i opened yt today so I decided to watch because of cool thumbnail and I think you are first to mention our drink Pipi, nobody else mentioned it in traveling videos I've watched so far. Thank you for making a positive video about my country. We will have Croatian Kuna till january 2023, after that we are getting Euro with our own Euro coins. In first two weeks of 2023 we will have both Kunas and Euros ongoing, will be able to pay with both but change will be strickly in Euros. First 6 months of 2023, it will be possible to exchange Kuna to Euro in banks and similar free of change, after that still will be possible to exchange but they will have the right to charge a fee.

[@MaxandSidney]

So glad you enjoyed the video, we really appreciate you checking out our channel! That is very interesting regarding the change to euros, it seems like such a massive change but at least there is a little bit of a grace period. It will be interesting to see how it turns out, we are hoping it works well! We can’t wait to come back to Croatia, we miss it already 😊

[@tihomirrasperic]

Karlovac beer is the Croatian name for Heineken Heineken bought the brewery and to everyone's surprise in Europe, did not shut down the local brand, which is logical because they hold almost half of the beer market in Croatia.

[@MaxandSidney]

Wow, we had no idea that Heineken was involved! Glad they didn’t shut down the local brew

[@christinelu7949]

You can easily find figs in some US supermarkets, Whole Foods and Costco for example. I even have a plant in my backyard (Indiana). Yes, you eat the skin as well.

[@spatrk6634]

you cant compare supermarkets figs from fresh market ones. if you have a tree you know... you cant compare supermarket fig with a fig that you just picked from a tree this morning.

[@kevinmoss918]

As people mentioned, the Pipi is named for Pippi Longstocking. But they also play on a kind of double-entendre in modern ads. There are t-shirts and maybe even a facebook group for Pipi. And there were great ads in the 80s: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYvdqIWfbM-Lqck

[@MaxandSidney]

That’s so interesting 😅 we were definitely curious about the origin! What an ad that is 😂

[@trstenik100]

@@MaxandSidney I know it's hard to believe but that ad was the most successful attempt at marketing in communist Yugoslavia. The whole country was talking about it.

[@SteveClass1c]

Yall just got yourselves a new subscribe. Good stuff.

[@MaxandSidney]

Awesome! So glad you enjoyed it, we’re happy you found us 😁

[@croguy]

I eat Kiwi skin. It's where most vitamins of every fruit are located. Just like you'd eat a peach.

[@annelentur]

Interesting fig is officially Croatian fruit. And we are ok uder the Euro for k ow and we also entered the Schengen at the same date 01.01.2023

[@santaclaus0815]

The orange soda is (as I assume having seen the picture of the girl on the label) named after Pippi Longstocking.

[@taufeeqbelim3112]

Awesome video sir and mem ❤️

[@MaxandSidney]

Thanks for watching! So glad you enjoyed it!

[@taufeeqbelim3112]

@@MaxandSidney your most welcome 🤗

[@josipiletic5042]

Must try Kulen...MUST!!!!!

[@MaxandSidney]

We have to add it to the list!! Thanks for the tip 😄👍

[@crobrazilac]

RiP kuna, you will be missed

[@brankobelfranin8815]

All of it is good

[@MaxandSidney]

We really enjoyed it!

[@t.j.5692]

In Greece one hotel owner brought me a bowl of fresh figs. She told me to peel them like banana, consume them quickly, and to store them maximum for a few days in refrigerator. How many times we later picked and ate them directly from a tree, super delicious!

[@MaxandSidney]

Sounds like a great hotel! We had figs many times after this, couldn’t believe how good they tasted!

[@PandorumBS]

Croatia is joining the Schengen zone on January 1, 2023. 😎

[@MaxandSidney]

Very soon! Wow

[@marksheffield80]

your video is so honest and realistic. we are heading there at the end of sept. Did your video get loaded 5 months ago, or did you visit Split in sept.? And what time in sept.?

[@MaxandSidney]

So glad you enjoyed the video! We were there in early September 2022, really lovely time of year in Croatia!

[@crobrazilac]

Great video. But i always find it funny when tourists are complaining about tourists.😂 i do it too.

[@apartmentsmiroslavvojnovic3302]

Under the Dalmatian sun, gastro great fun!

[@MaxandSidney]

Absolutely!! ☀️👍

[@apartmentsmiroslavvojnovic3302]

Have a nice weekend, best regards from sandy beaches in Duće!

[@aniljalan8386]

We have really great and sweet figs in India. The proper way to eat is wash it ( skin may be contaminated ) , and then open it and see inside. It's important becoz many a times it has small worms. If there is nothing moving inside, put the whole thing in mouth. It's delicious. ❤

[@MaxandSidney]

Mmm, absolutely delicious!! We are big fig fans now, we will have to try them in India some day!

[@andrzejnowak1312]

Burek :)

[@MaxandSidney]

We had some incredible burek in Split! Should've shown more 😆

[@strma100]

Hy from Split. Now we have less paper in hand but lot of coins.Everythings going expensive about 15% we are not hapy but goverment say that will be better for while we will sde haha but its better to have euro no excange more ....and for turist is symple now.

[@MaxandSidney]

That’s interesting! Hopefully the prices even out more as time goes on. We can’t wait to visit Croatia again, such an amazing country!

[@elizabethwilk9615]

Best thing to do is to eat where the locals do. After years of going to Croatia I’d love to head out to where the locals go. Unfortunately tourism is taking over and along with that things change.

[@MaxandSidney]

That is the unfortunate part of tourism. But still so many great local spots!

[@pambaumann1547]

Figs and Pipi!

[@MaxandSidney]

So yummy!! 😍🇭🇷😋

[@davorlekenik9563]

@@MaxandSidney fig = smokva

[@fjordking]

did you try rakija? Croatian moon shine slivovitz?

[@MaxandSidney]

We did have some Slivovitz, it was quite strong 😆

[@Thoreaue]

Rakija is actually made from grapes or what remains when you make wine, slivovitz is more Serbian drink made of plums

[@zannawu5749]

I eat kiwifruit, peach, mango, lemon and watermelon skins 😊

[@MaxandSidney]

Wow 😱 lemon???

[@zannawu5749]

@MaxandSidney it's not bitter like orange skin and other citrus skin, I think I was eating a lemon wedge one day and there was no bin to throw the skin so I ate it and it was ok 😊

[@aritrodasgupta2019]

Croatia joined Schengen also the same day it joined the Eurozone

[@MaxandSidney]

Unfortunately means we can’t stay as long 😌 but hopefully it is a positive change for the country!

[@lucijadale2093]

She did not peal the fig 😢 I can't believe it.

[@fleazapp]

yeah, euro skyrocketed the prices

[@RIJEKABOY1987]

You eat figs whole,but you always open them with your hands to check for insects

[@MaxandSidney]

Ooooh, we should have done that I suppose 😅

[@kamikazitsunami]

I adore fresh figs and I can't stand fig Newtons. I don't think they taste anything like a fig Newton and yes you eat the skin. No I do not eat kiwi skin but I'm sure your intestines are getting a good scrubbing. 😂

[@MaxandSidney]

We haven’t had Fig Newtons in forever, but can still say fresh figs are way better for sure! Glad to know eating the skin is normal! 😂

[@user-pc2jp2yr3c]

Personally, I would peel the fig as sometimes it has fig "milk" or sap (milky white looking) in the skin esp the stalk which can irritate the skin.

[@spatrk6634]

there is no sap in the fig when its ripe. and i used that white fig sap from leaf to get rid of wart on my palm as a kid. every day coated a wart in that sap and one day wart dried and fell off. never got it back. it was like magic

[@diablo5922]

And we have nice prices for you too,especially when we all know that we work average 700-800 euros per month!😂

[@Kivas_Fajo]

It's not baby squids. 🤣 Calamari are cephalopods, so the ringy things are the bodies, the "Baby Squids" are their heads. 🦑 Oh and you definitely eat the figs with the skin.

[@MaxandSidney]

Ahh, that makes sense!! We were curious about that!

[@dt6822]

Fig newtons are made of dried figs, and a dried fig is to a fresh fig what a raisin is to a grape, ie totally different. Fig newton, made by Nabisco, i think, is one of the most natural cookie type products and is totally a great product that can be enjoyed by everyone - in comparison with chocolate chip or oreo or any of those sugar only all processed cookies. Try not to knock down wholesome, old recipe products made in the USA in union factories where people make a decent wage, especially when you havent had them for many years, would you?

[@MaxandSidney]

Love the passion for Fig Newtons! We'll definitely have to try them again, its been so long!

[@GoranRadic]

If 1 kn = 0,13 usd than 10 kn = 1,30 usd, meaning 10 kn is not less than a dollar. Croatia, B&H and Montenegro, are not the whole Balkan region.

[@MaxandSidney]

Yes, you are right! Thanks for watching 😁

[@sasatalic85]

u should not eat a fig skin, and yea i tried kiwi with skin but u should peal it like u would peal a potato

[@robertrauter8459]

Calamari and baby squid LMAO......those are tentacles basicaly a head of the squid....

[@MaxandSidney]

🦑

[@concha0711]

kiwi and figs are exotic to you...?? oh God, I feel sorry for you! :/

[@MaxandSidney]

Haha exactly! We were so jealous of all the delicious fruit in Croatia 😆

[@30cjbeast]

No one eats kiwi skin

[@davegalloway7531]

I eat all the skin and the apple cores.

[@markwallington1233]

I do not eat the fruit skin

[@MaxandSidney]

We usually don't. I suppose it comes down to personal preference 😄

[@makaveli9815]

Not karlovačko Only Ožujsko

[@aysegoksu944]

I really do not like 17.40 food, i tased it and it was 🤢 patato was like sone thing else then patato and the saus was not tasty..

[@HIGHLANDER_ONLY_ONE]

❌️I eat fruit skin, if it's soft, but if it's þ do like mangoes, figs, etc., however, wouldn't eat banana peal though... ❌️

[@MaxandSidney]

Good to know we can eat the fig skin next time! Yes, definitely have never eaten banana peels 🍌

[@karansinghrocky30]

Why do americans just travel to europe ,australia and south america and think they are world travellers😅😅😅 I think you guys need to explore 3rd world countries aswell

[@MaxandSidney]

This is a ridiculous comment 😂 we’ve never even been to Australia or South America! 😂 We travel to places that we are interested in exploring, and Croatia was definitely on that list!

[@karansinghrocky30]

@@MaxandSidney IT seems you americans are too comfort prone and consider traveling to places which are peaceful, luxurious and ""easy"". Try exploring places which are not so called ""easy"" .If you want to consider yourself a world traveller

[@WestysGate]

I eat kiwi skin 🙂

[@MaxandSidney]

Max never knew that was a thing! So surprising to learn that people actually do eat the skin! 😆👍