The sun peeked from behind the clouds, its rays highlighting the shining gold cross on Belgrade’s Sveti Sava Orthodox Church. At night, its brightly lit edifice is a landmark in the city known for its affordable and hoppin’ night life. By day, it’s a prime wedding local for women boasting the latest wedding fashion trends – see through wedding gowns! Perhaps the peeping reminder of the prize to come keeps jittery grooms focused and ready to accept their leg-shackles!
After a quick peek at a bride and the unfinished interior of Sveti Sava, Taylor, Vlada, and I obeyed the edicts of our rumbling tummies and headed towards one of Belgrade’s most popular “fast food” restaurants, Loki. Vlada ordered us two Serbian specialties: Pljeskavica from Leskovac with urnebes cheese, and kobasica with urnebes cheese. The pljeskavica leskovačka, a mixed meat patty with onions, lettuce, and mustard on a toasted bun with urnebes cheese (for you Southerners, it tastes just like delicious fresh pimento cheese!), wrapped in brown wax paper made my mouth water as we awaited Taylor’s kobasica, thick sausages, glimmering with grease, paired with the delicious pimento-esque cheese. We propped our feet and sank into the booth, chatting over tasty Serbian snacks.
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