The Signature Dish: 4 of a Kind

Absurd Enough to Matter

30th of October, 2025

This year, fine dining becomes a lens for Istria’s sacred heritage. Inspired by frescoes that still breathe in village churches, we translate image into flavour, pigment into texture, devotion into service. Each course is an act of memory — a contemporary rite that is both cultural and culinary: respectful, radical, and unforgettable.

Introducing our distinguished chefs

The evening presents a four-course menu, each created by a different acclaimed chef. Every dish draws inspiration from Istria’s frescoes, translating image into flavour and pigment into texture. Together, they blend creativity, heritage, and taste into a contemporary act of devotion.

JEFFREY VELLA

from Cap Aureo Restaurant – Grand Park Hotel Rovinj

DANIJEL & ILJA ĐEKIĆ

from Monte Rovinj

David Žefran

from Restaurant Milka

MARINA GAŠI

from Marina Restaurant

MAŠA SALOPEK

from Cap Aureo Restaurant – Grand Park Hotel Rovinj

What awaits you

Four-Course Culinary Experience

This is not a themed dinner but a cultural act — heritage expressed through gastronomy. Ingredients are local, methods respectful, waste minimal. The story is inherited, protected, and offered with care. Like Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel, these chefs create not in pigment but in memory. In a fast world, this is a choice to slow down — to see, to taste, to remember.

A Sacred Heritage, Served

This year, fine dining becomes a lens on sacred heritage. Inspired by Istria’s church frescoes, we translate image into flavour, pigment into texture, devotion into service. The table becomes a nave; each course, an act of memory. The result is a contemporary rite — respectful, radical, and just absurd enough to matter.

The Heart of Istrian Wine

Veralda Winery, family-owned since 1938, crowns the hills of northern Istria with 25 hectares of organic vineyards. Celebrating Malvasia Istriana, Refošk, and Teran, Veralda won global acclaim in 2016 when its “Istrian” Refosco earned Decanter’s Platinum Best in Show. Innovators at heart, they introduced the first Teran rosé and sparkling wines, guided by a philosophy that favors emotion over technique—offering true pleasure in every sip.

A voice that transforms the air

Marcela Orośi‘s voice does more than entertain — it transforms the atmosphere. Each note is placed with care, each pause rich with meaning. Like the Istrian coast, her repertoire shifts between the surprising and the familiar, dissolving the line between artist and audience. Her music lingers long after it ends — unmistakable, unforgettable.

Choose your ticket

At Cap Aureo Restaurant in the Grand Park Hotel Rovinj, you can choose between a table with a breathtaking view of the Rovinj skyline or an intimate seat inside, right in front of our show kitchen where the chefs bring every dish to life. Either way, we promise you a unique and unforgettable dining experience.

Table with view of Rovinj

Savor each course while overlooking the breathtaking Rovinj skyline, where the city’s historic charm meets the beauty of the Adriatic.

Table with view of the show kitchen

Immerse yourself in the artistry of our acclaimed chefs with a front-row seat to the action in the show kitchen.

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