All of our Set Lunches come with Dessert and Iced Tea for a completely satisfying meal and are affordably priced at just RM 15++.

You can also download our Set Lunch menu here.

The Time Out KL Food Awards are back again in the search for Malaysians’ favourite restaurants in the Klang Valley.

If you love our food, do vote for Dubrovnik Restaurant under the Best Continental or Best Fine Dining category. Can’t decide which category suits us better? Why not vote for us in both categories then?

The closing date for nominations is 19 September 2011 so head on over to Time Out KL’s nomination page here to make your vote count.

Chef Zoran preparing the Nockleci

Hello On Two a.k.a. HOT is RTM’s only English talk show. Every Monday–Thursday, Annie Joseph, Terrence Dass, Zamil Idris, Stephen Chiang, Raja Yasmin and Zaleha Khaireen cover topics relating to current issues, health and lifestyle.

We were very honoured that the delightful Raja Yasmin visited us to learn about Croatian cuisine and to share our recipes with their viewers.

If you want to learn how to prepare the Nokleci, remember to tune in to Hello On Two on TV2. You can also download our recipe here.

Chui Ling and friends

Dina hosted some friends at the restaurant to introduce them to the Best Lamb in Town. Also present at the dinner party was Chui Ling, host of Astro Wah Lai Toi programmes and busy entrepreneur. Chui Ling had visited the restaurant last month to shoot her new TV programme called Menu, please! Because she was not able to properly sample the dishes on offer – by the time you finish the shoot, the food is cold – we invited her over again this time for a proper taste of Croatian cuisine.

We’re glad to say that we successfully impressed our friends and the celebrity foodie with our Lamb Peka and other choice dishes. Chui Ling’s verdict: Delicious! Read her blog post about the dinner. We think Chui Ling enjoys taking photos of food almost as much as she enjoys eating them, look at this photo!

Chui Ling loves taking photos!

A very special thanks to Khairul (@kruel74), Azri (azri83), Fiona (@icednyior), Nigel (@nigelais), Kel Li (@kellster), Ling (@ling_chan), Jason (@jason_chin), Mei Ying (@meiyingt), April (@aprilyim), Evo (@euveng), Selena (@selena_ong), Mike (@zique), Chui Ling and Joanne who made the dinner party such a fun event.

We’ve listed our friend’s Twitter nicks above, please follow them! Be sure also to visit Chui Ling’s new website – ChicLiving.my and also download her iPhone app – MyFoodBible. Yes, Dubrovnik Restaurant is on MyFoodBible too!

Last week, Dina our General Manager was interviewedfor the Omnom Cast by Richard Augustin and John Lim for BFM Radio. The segment will air this Saturday, 26 March at 2pm. Dina talks about Croatian cuisine, our signature Peka dish, and tells the story of the only Croatian restaurant in Malaysia.

Please tune in to the Omnom Cast on BFM Radio, 89.9 FM.

Help us spread the word! Share or RSVP to this event on Facebook to show us your support.

Update: You can listen to the interview online at the BFM website if you missed it – Croatian Cuisines at Dubrovnik Restaurant.

Peka is a traditional way of cooking meat or seafood with an open fire. This dish is most commonly prepared for bigger gatherings and parties. The beauty of Peka is that all the flavors are preserved and the slow cooking process makes it a very healthy choice.

The name Peka is derived from the bell shaped cover it is cooked in. The technique of cooking this dish is fairly simple, but it does take up to 2 or 3 hours to bake, depending on the meat. The meat or seafood is placed in a metal or clay pot together with the desired vegetables and it is seasoned well with salt, pepper, rosemary and other spices. Onion and olive oil are added to enhance the taste. The pot is then covered with an iron bell and placed in a wood stove or surrounded with hot coals to produce the heat. After an hour of baking all the ingredients need to be tossed and the baking continues. For poultry it takes about 2 hours to cook, but for lamb it can take up to 3 hours. The final result is tender, juicy and flavorful meat and even better potatoes that have collected all the flavors from the meat and spices.

Most common meat and seafood prepared in the Peka is veal, lamb, octopus and whole fish. Meat or seafood is then most likely covered with potatoes, carrots, celery and zucchini.

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Peka is on the menu in more or less all traditional Dalmatian restaurant, so this is for sure something you can try during a vacation here in Croatia, be aware that Peka has to be ordered in advance. Here at Dubrovnik Restuarant we do prepare a few portions of Chicken and Lamb Peka over the weekend, but it is best that you order 2 days in advance to avoid disapointment.

This recognition is a great start to the year. Here’s to more great things in 2011!

Weekend Lunch

Looking for a home-made meal this weekend? Come drop by our restaurant for our new Weekend Lunch sets from RM12++. Dishes include our juicy steak sandwich, crispy chicken fingers, home-made hot dog and tuna salad.

View weekend lunch details (PDF)

25% special

For the entire month of September, you can enjoy 25% off all our food dishes. This offer is only available on Tuesday to Thursday every week.

These specials are available to all walk in customers but do call us at 03 6203 6780 to ensure availability.

New dishes coming 21 September

Head chef Zoran has been busy creating new dishes for the menu. Here’s a sneak peak at what we are adding to the menu (click for larger images).

Losos Salad: Lettuce, tomato, carrot, cabbage and smoked salmon served with mayonnaise and sour cream sauce.

Losos Pizza: crispy pizza base topped with sour cream, dill, smoked salmon, cucumber and red onion

Lamb Paprika: Traditional Croatian minced lamb with rice stuffed in a capsicum, cooked in a light creamy sauce. Served with mashed potatoes

Naravni Beef: Teneder marinated beef steak cooked with mixed mushrooms and served with traditional German home-made Spatzle noodles.

Ravioli Adriatic: Fresh home-made ravioli filled with spinach and cheese, cooked in a light tomato, cream and basil sauce.

Riba Plitvice: Fish steak with capsicum, leek and onion, served with butter rice and poached vegetables.

Which are you looking forward to? Sign up for our newsletter to be reminded of when we add the dishes to our menu.

The Mediterranean region in the recent past enjoyed the lowest recorded rates of chronic diseases and the highest adult life expectancy due to this dietary plan. For more details on this dietary plan please click on the link bellow.

At Dubrovnik Restaurant we follow this Mediterranean Pyramid closely with the use of freshest ingredients, olive oil and we emphasize on the use of minimally processed foods where everything is freshly made. One of our signature Croatian dip is Ajvar, which some may mistake for ready-made sauce out of the jar. However we prepare it all in our kitchen, roasting the vegetables, peeling them, grinding them and then cooking for hours to achieve the perfect texture and blend of ingredients. Even our fresh cheese is home-made in order to re-create that authentic Croatian taste when making some of our traditional appetizers, such as Strukli and Palacinke.

Mediterranean way of life has traditionally been very slow and simple, of course it is not possible for us to live the same way, but it is important for us to take advantage of the benefits of Mediterranean diet and try to make our pyramid of perfect balance.

Click on the link bellow to find out more.

http://www.oldwayspt.org/mediterranean-diet-pyramid

Research has proven that Mediterranean diet has many health benefits and improves the quality of life. Mediterranean diet foods include lots of fish, fruit and vegetables, especially onion, garlic, tomatoes, peppers, olive oil, whole grains and fresh herbs, which are both delicious and healthy.

 In Mediterranean diet it is important to have fresh produce and all the food needs to be prepared fresh daily. This is an important factor that we practice here at Dubrovnik Restaurant, giving our customers the freshest and highest quality ingredients. However, there is also another very important factor in Mediterranean cuisine, to eat the food slowly and enjoy it with your friends and loved ones. Our food takes time to prepare because everything is done from scratch, but at the same time it should be consumed with a slower pace.

Due to our fast moving lifestyle, surrounded with fast food which is prepared in advance with excessive amount of oil and fats, we don’t realize what damage we are doing to our body in the long run. At Dubrovnik Restaurant, we are offering an alternative to your high fat foods and that is the home cooked Mediterranean cuisine. Even those dishes that are fried, we don’t deep fry them, but we pan fry them slowly in a small amount of oil. Even for lunch hour we have created quick, but healthy lunch option with lots of vegetables, proteins and fruits. Our Head Chef has created a menu where most of the ingredients are made in house,  even our French fries are home made. We go through a long process of boiling the potatoes, cooling them off and then frying them on small amount of oil to achieve that perfect taste in the healthiest way possible. 

Mediterranean diet isn’t just a diet, but it’s a way of life!

To find out more about Mediterranean diet click on the link bellow

 http://www.lose-weight-mediterranean-diet.com/mediterranean-diet-foods.html