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Oneoftheinterior'smaindrawsisitscuisine—especiallythetrufflesthatarefoundright
here, as fresh as you can get. While Rovinj has some fine restaurants, it's worth planning
your day around having lunch or dinner in the interior. Motovun has several excellent op-
tions—Mondo Konoba is tops—or you can head for the countryside: For the ultimate rustic
rest stop (but with few truffles), dine at Konoba Astarea in Brtonigla; for truffle dishes sur-
rounded by the forests in which they're foraged, you can go upscale at Zigante in Livade,
or venture into the nearby countryside to enjoy the more rustic truffle dishes at Konoba Do-
lina in Gradinje. All of these are described later in more detail. The price ranges I've giv-
en for restaurants in this area are extremely wide—you can assume that the top-end dishes
are truffle splurges, such as steak with white truffles (white truffles are most expensive, fol-
lowed by black truffles...followed by everything else on the menu).
