Miro Had a Little Lamb

For our first night in Bol, on the Croatian island of Brač, we decided to head out for dinner.

After speaking with our AirBnB (see Sarah's post on this apartment we loved) host Roni, he recommended a restaurant about a 5 minute walk up the hill from our apartment, called Konoba Dišpet.

The food was amazing (photographic evidence below), but it was our interaction with our waiter, Miro, that truly made it memorable. Let's start quickly with the food first...

Croatian Grill

On the way into the restaurant, we passed an outside grill which gave us hope we were in for a great meal. As with most of our shoulder season time in Croatia, we shared the restaurant with one other party.

Entering the restaurant, this guy at the grill with his dog to the side, was a good sign.

Lamb, Lamb, Lamb

Our waiter was a young guy in his mid twenties named Miro. He guided us through the menu with was predominately dominated by various types of lamb. What we learned about the restaurant:

• Nearly 100% of the food came from a single local lamb farm.

• It's last day of the season was just 2 days away before shutting down until Spring 2020.

It's like we were knights at the round table, returning from war for a feast. Sadie in particular really enjoyed the lamb.

It would not be inappropriate to call me a savage at the end of this meal.

Miro

Toward the end of our meal we started chatting with Miro, our waiter. We asked him a few questions about the restaurant and we started to learn lots of interesting facts.

• Miro's family was one of the first to settle on Brač

• His great grandfather is considered the founder of tourism on the island as the founder of the Tourism Board

• The "Bora" wind comes without notice and is fierce (it was blowing that night). "In America you call strong wind like this Hurricanes; we just call it wind."

• Despite being born and raised in Brač, he's never been all the way west on the island..."there's nothing there to see."

• Roni our AirBnB host is his cousin!

• Miro is in charge of the restaurant and started it. His Mom & Dad are the chefs.

• When they close in October, they spend the rest of the year harvesting grapes and making olive oil on the farm.

Miro with the map of Brac he pulled off the wall to share the history with us.

A 'Brac-ducation'

Miro shared the history of the island with us, of his family, how it has changed and much more. He pulled a map right off the wall and walked us through each part of the island.

We were so grateful for the experience and learning. What we thought would be a quick dinner turned into a late night marathon.

If Harvard is looking for a professor of Croatian Island History, Miro is their guy!