Skopje Street Food with Burek, Ajvar & Kebapi, The Local Way
Chair, Macedonia
A Skopje street food walk covers four tasting stops in around 3 hours, from farmers' markets to the Bohemian quarter. Burek with yogurt, spreads with white cheese, kebapi and sweets, all included.
Highlights
- Taste burek with drinkable yogurt, the Macedonian 'hangover' cure
- Eat pepper and aubergine spreads with white cheese at a rustic Skopje kafana
- Try kebapi off the charcoal at a specialised kebapi restaurant
- Finish with heritage desserts at a 70-year-old sweets shop in the Old Bazaar
- Learn how to toast, order and pronounce your way through a Macedonian menu
Description
Skopje street food is burek with drinkable yogurt, pepper and aubergine spreads with white cheese, kebapi off the charcoal and heritage sweets. A local guide with an international background walks you through all four, on a route linking the stalls and family run rooms where Skopje residents actually eat.
We start at Farmers' Market Bunjakovec with burek still warm from a neighbourhood bakery, and talk about dough, fillings, and why Macedonians drink yogurt with it instead of coffee. Then into the market alleys for whatever the season is doing, vegetables, spices, fruit and sometimes honey, with your guide translating and haggling as required.
Midday brings the taste of summer to a kafana table. Pepper and aubergine spreads, the white cheese that belongs beside them, bread, and the small plates that keep arriving because that is how a Macedonian table is built rather than served. Eat slowly. The next stop is a walk away.
From the kafana we cross Debar Maalo, the bohemian quarter where the city goes out. Kebapi come off the charcoal, soft flatbread tears at the table, and the ordering is done for you.
We finish sweet. The last stop is reserved for centuries-old dessert recipes, while your guide explains how these dishes travelled here and what the bazaar had to do with it.
We handle the ordering and the translation, tailor portions to appetite and dietary needs, and keep the walking short. It is a paced tasting journey rather than one heavy meal, so you leave comfortably full with a list of addresses and the confidence to use them on your own. Come hungry and ask questions.
The walk runs about 2 hours 45 minutes and group size is 2 to 18. A rakija tasting is available as an optional upgrade at booking.
Includes
Once you have booked, all you need to do is enjoy the experience. Everything listed is included:
- Burek and yogurt
- Spreads, cheese
- Kebapi, pita bread
- A sweet treat before the goodbyes
Excludes
Gratuities
Personal expenses
Whatever is not listed in 'what's included'
Important Information
- The walk runs about 2 hours 45 minutes and covers less than 2 kilometres on pavement in central Skopje Four tasting stops are included. Come hungry and skip breakfast The standard walk includes no alcohol. A rakija tasting is available as a paid upgrade when you book, and adds about 45 minutes Vegetarians are catered for at every stop. Tell us at booking. Vegan and gluten free cannot be catered for on this route Group size is 2 to 18 travellers The tour starts at Farmers' Market Bunjakovec and ends in bohemian quarter of Debar Maalo, about 20 minutes walk apart Guests must be 18 or over on the option that includes the rakija tasting
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
