At home
“Welcome to our home!”
Eco-friendly hotel
Recycling and composting, limiting light pollution, heating with non-polluting sources, use of solar energy (from 2021), use of organic cleaning products and cosmetics, partnership with small organic suppliers in the 0 km chain, use of organic foods in the kitchen, careful handling of organic foods, minimal amount of food waste, furniture made from recycled wood, bedding made from natural, organic and anti-allergenic fibers, annual CO2 emission controls, controlled water use…
In the Karst
Everything is old, but restored so that it is noble, so with heart that it pampers, so beautiful that you envy, so comfortable that you enjoy, and so Karst that you keep coming back.
Greeting
Greetings from the kitchen: goat cheese from Pedrovo (Čilčevi’s homestead) with summer savory, caramelized pear, crispy dough. The beauty of the plate and saucer is so opulent that the welcome can only be so graceful.
Hospitality
Not only is the dinner special because it is organic, plant-based, natural, healthy, sustainable, responsible…, but equally important is the hospitality in the eyes of the hosts, in the place setting, on the plates, in the glasses, in the details. This is the holism of interaction that Nina and Miran and their team offer us all the time. There are no phones anywhere on the tables, the children talk to their parents, and the parents even to each other.
Bakala
Polenta basket with chia seeds with cod fish pate, pears and porcini mushrooms with summar savory, crispy slice of prosciutto. The vegan dish has hummus instead of cod and slices of beetroot instead of prosciutto.
Soup
Cauliflower soup, roasted cauliflower with turmeric, almond flakes, soy milk foam with herbs from our garden, fennel flower.
Spinach ravioli
Spinach ravioli filled with albumen curd cheese, pea sauce, pork medallion wrapped in prosciutto, pistachios. St. Daniel’s food is plant-based, but meat-eaters are also invited to the table. The vegan version are therefore chickpea and tomato bites instead of pork.
Pistachio ganache
Pistachio ganache, raspberry glaze, blueberries, raspberries, pistachios, chocolate crumble.
Wine
Since food is organic and wine is also food, only wines from organic winemakers are in the glasses. The first neighbor is Derenda Organic Winery (Hruševica), the second is Joško Jazbec (Tupelče), the house Teran is from Mohorčič (Šepulje), from the Karst there are also Čotar (Gorjansko) and Callin (Kazlje), from the Vipava-Krast border there is Santei, from the Vipava Valley there are Guerila organic wines, Istria is represented organically by Rojac, and as a speciality there are also champagnes from the biodynamic De Sousa estate from Champagne.
Breakfast
For breakfast at St. Daniel, you need to take your time and enjoy it in several courses – to a richly laid table with eggs and pancakes, strudel and grandma’s cookies, jams, blueberry yogurt, nuts, dried fruit, herb cheeses, fresh vegetables and fruit…
