The daily menu deal is a reliable classic: for 2.7 to 3 euros patrons receive a baked pastry, like pogaqe, plus white cheese, ajvar, olives, and a serving of Turkish tea or a serving of the salty yogurt drink ayran. It comes with dessert too, which on a recent visit was a perfect chocolate chip cookie. The décor is light and modern, with tungsten bulbs hanging from the ceiling and angled wooden tables and chairs, but, like the food and cakes, done up with a traditional twist: bright woven carpet cushions cover the bench seating, lending a cozy air to the establishment. An upper semi-outdoor terrace at the Rexhep Luci location is a smoking area, and thankfully the smoke doesn’t really waft into the non-smoking area.
Rexhep Luci street, just off Mother Theresa boulevard, is chock a block with cafes. Trosha stands out because it is both traditional and hip: the fare consists of modern takes on Kosovo classics.
Prishtina is a great city for fast food, and Trosha goes beyond the usual fast fare of doners, qebapa and burek or bakery offerings of bread and mantija. The burek is as good as any burektore in town, but the menu also boasts pogaqe with gjize and magdonoz (creamy cheese and leek). The pogaqe is served warm, and its outer layer is thick and chewy.
The daily menu deal is a reliable classic: for 2.7 to 3 euros patrons receive a baked pastry, like pogaqe, plus white cheese, ajvar, olives, and a serving of Turkish tea or a serving of the salty yogurt drink ayran. It comes with dessert too, which on a recent visit was a perfect chocolate chip cookie.
The décor is light and modern, with tungsten bulbs hanging from the ceiling and angled wooden tables and chairs, but, like the food and cakes, done up with a traditional twist: bright woven carpet cushions cover the bench seating, lending a cozy air to the establishment. An upper semi-outdoor terrace at the Rexhep Luci location is a smoking area, and thankfully the smoke doesn’t really waft into the non-smoking area.
Of course it is nice to linger over another curvy flute of Turkish tea and another dessert. Trosha offers two varieties of sutlijash, or rice pudding: one is cooked on the stove, light and airy and topped with cinnamon. The other is baked in the oven and looks a bit like crème brûlée . The seared patina on top gives this version a smoky air.
Trosha means ‘crumb,’ and there weren’t many left after I polished off my final dessert for the meal, gurabi me kajsi edhe lajthia, a hazelnut dough ball stuffed with apricot preserves.
Considering the fact that everything listed here, including two cups of tea per person, came to a total of 7.8 euros, Trosha is a fantastic value as well.
On a previous visit with several gluten-intolerant friends, I was also pleasantly surprised to find just how many options there are for people with a sweet tooth who cannot tolerate flour. The dessert display offers a number of delicacies made with butter, sugar, and nuts, which do not disappoint.
In the summer, Trosha serves up some of Prishtina’s best homemade ice creams, using natural ingredients. An end of season cone of strawberry turned up a number of actual berries in the creamy treat.
Trosha’s second location is in Pejton, on the corner opposite Central Café. A third location is opening soon in the Sunny Hill neighborhood.
15 December 2015 - 13:33
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