Halva stracciatella from Gelupo

Gelupo frequently comes up on lists of the best ice cream in London, and based on this one flavour — yeah, that makes sense.  Though it’s hard not to compare all future gelato to the mind-blowing stuff I recently had in Italy, for gelato outside of that country’s borders, this is top-notch stuff.  It’s rich and creamy, and the addition of halva to the classic chocolate and sweet cream stracciatella combo is actually fairly ingenious.  It works really, really well.

Sausage roll from Pekarna Bu & Ba

As far as I can tell, this place isn’t even in Google Maps — it just happened to be near my Airbnb.  The guy behind the counter spoke perfect English (which seems to be pretty common in Zagreb), so I asked him what he recommended, and he pointed to the sausage roll, which he said he eats every morning for breakfast.  It’s not the most Croatian thing ever, but you know what?  The guy’s got a point.  This was really satisfying — the pastry was fluffy and fresh, and its slight sweetness contrasted very nicely with the salty hot dog.  I don’t know if I’d want to eat this on a daily basis, but every now and then?  Sure.