WHERE TO EAT The best Dalmatinska pašticada in the world (according to food experts)

"Family-run restaurant that has become something of a cult among Split's art and literary sets, serving up Dalmatian Pašticada."

"Expect big, tasty and inexpensive portions of fish stew, pašticada (beef cooked in a wine stew and served with gnocchi or pasta), tripe, goulash, fried fish and stuffed paprika."

"Its 14 different steak dishes and gnocchi pasticada are too good to miss."

"Meat-eaters should try the pašticada (beef stewed in sweet wine and prunes and served with gnocchi)."

"Though it was hot, our kind headwaiter convinced us to try Dalmatinska pašticada, slices of rumpsteak braised for 24 hours with aromatic vegetables, plums, and a hint of mustard, served with housemade gnocchi to sop up the aromatic, slightly fruity sauce. It was delicious."

"Inexpensive Dalmatian fare in a startlingly orange eatery near the train station, with hearty soups like bob (beans) augmented by grilled meats, breaded squid, pašticada (beef stewed in prunes) and other Croatian lunchtime standards."

"The pašticada, a slow-cooked roast swimming in plums and sweet wine, is excellent."

"Hearty appetites can continue with pašticada, a rich meat stew."

"You have to try the best traditional pasticada stew with gnocchi in the world for mere 60 kuna."

"Okrugljak's pašticada is among the best in town."