Grič

The best Slovenian log cabin

The Slovenian word grič means hill in English, hence it’s worth the effort to reach this hill, which is the best log cabin among Slovenia’s gourmet restaurants and the highest hill among Slovenia’s culinary summits. It’s logical, since Luka Košir is the best natural farmer, the biggest culinary innovator, a great and the most sustainable chef!

Initially, the young chef wanted to only offer wild caught fish, but fortunately he discovered that borage flowers also taste of oysters, and the Medvedov graben spring is full of trout. The family farm with gardens, fields, greenhouses and an organic duck farm is in close proximity to the log cabin. Everything begins in the cellar, where saddles of beef have been ageing for so long that they double in flavour, and when they lose half their weight, they need to be weighed, while ducks that have died of old age need to be sprinkled with holy water. A cookery course follows, which without Luka Kosir’s knowledge of sustainability, which he distributes all over the world, would have no culinary future. The enjoyment goes on until the morning, because the tastes remain in the memory; of oysters like flowers, raw cuttlefish with buttery touch of hot charcoal, sauerkraut with beef tallow, skewer of leg of venison with truffles, and, after dessert, buckwheat in grandma’s morning coffee.