Welcome to Slow Food Ohrid and taste Ohrid diverse and unique cuisine!

About this tour

Slow Food is a philosophy that is widely recognized today and is characterized by three core values that define what food should be: GOOD (of high quality, packed with flavors and aromas, and healthy), CLEAN (produced in a manner that is environmentally friendly and ethical towards animals), and FAIR (affordable for consumers and offering fair payment terms for producers).

The concept of Slow Food emerged in 1986 as a response to the opening of fast food chains, so this global movement opposes fast food and globalization and takes action to preserve local biodiversity and traditions, promote food education, and ensure availability.

In North Macedonia, Slow Food is gaining momentum, with the international catalogue of endangered heritage foods featuring 36 Macedonian products, five of which are protected as “presidiums.” These products, including sweet from wild figs, cheeses from high mountain pastures in Mavrovo, Bukovo pepper, honey from the Macedonian honeybee, and Stanushina grapes, are showcased at various events, including Terra Madre, which is organized by Slow Food every two years in Turin, Italy.

Slow Food aims to protect traditional and regional cuisines from disappearing, encourage the use of plants, seeds, and livestock that are characteristic of the local ecosystem, minimize food waste, and prioritize the use of fresh, raw, seasonal, and locally available ingredients.

The goal is to elevate the gastronomic offerings in restaurants and households by incorporating more indigenous products and local traditional recipes, thereby diversifying and localizing the gastronomy. With each region offering its unique gastronomic brands based on natural, cultural, and climatic factors, such as Shara Mountain and Mavrovo regions with their alpine characteristics and Prespa or Dojran with their Mediterranean charm, Kratovo and Krushevo with their multicultural cuisine, visitors can enjoy a varied culinary experience as they travel from place to place.

To promote this concept, Slow Food Macedonia has created the “Slow Food Inns” concept, which recommends places where visitors can enjoy an authentic gastronomic experience and savor local flavors. Similarly, Slow Food Ohrid seeks to discover local flavors and promote food biodiversity and small producers who are keepers of traditional knowledge and young producers of innovative sustainable products. Events such as the large guest buffet allow visitors to taste Ohrid specialties prepared in a traditional way.

Welcome to Slow Food Ohrid, to taste Ohrid specialties prepared in a traditional way!

*You will be able to taste, buy and learn about:
Homemade local food from the Ohrid region
Organic food
Traditional processed products
Handmade unique souvenirs
Offered directly from manufacturers with the best quality and at fair prices.

*Program:
Tasting and sale of products
Food education
Fun and friendship

*Together with the hosts, we create menus with an authentic gastronomic offer in which the best of the region is offered and at the same time food from small producers is valued.

*The products you will taste, buy and learn about are:
Ohrid garlic makalo (paste)
Homemade jams and sweets
Sourdough
Wine and beer produced in domestic wineries and breweries
Homemade ,,rakija’’ (brandy)
Hazelnut oil
Fresh vegetables and fruits
Hot coffee
Pizza “Macedonia”
Meat meals, komat, gjomleze, bread prepared under Pirustia and Sach
Meat products
Macedonian burger
Truffles

*** We will inform you in timely manner of the next Slow Food Ohrid event. Everybody is welcomed!!!