Word has already got around about the Russian dacha as a wonderful historic villa and a destination at the gates of Ljubljana. It is located in the village of Zg. Gameljne at the foot of Ljubljana’s local mountain, the Smarna gora. Four exceptional female cooks and an exceptional location.
Russian Dacha is a cultural monument. Restoration, invested by the current owner dr. Aleš Musar, took place under the watchful supervision of the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage. After more than two years the villa got its final image in which it shone in 1908.
In addition to visiting a beautiful villa, the dreamlike café with its charming summer garden is certainly one of the reasons for a visit. But there are many others: The Russian dacha is also developing into an interesting event location. It started with a series of small, romantic summer concerts in boutique-style or standup comedy evenings.
But the owner of the Russian dacha has also some other ambitions: he wants to make the dacha a culinary hotspot in Slovenia with well-known chefs as guest cooks. The dacha is already fully equipped for this. A professional kitchen is available, highly representative dining rooms in the villa or in the café pavilion or on the terrace of the summer garden make a hosting possible from 10 to 40 guests. The culinary evenings will take place regularly in the future. The dacha can also be used for private celebrations or companies can book it for small but fine events in the villa or medium size up to 70 people in the garden summer terrace.
A funny quartet started as guest chefs: Four dynamic girls, all four participants in the famous TV cooking reality show »MasterChef Slovenia«, formed the new brand AfterChef and one can book them. These four girls conjured up an excellent four-course meal on the table and the host Aleš Musar personally provided the right drink, started with sparkling wine, followed by Malvazija and Shiraz. As a digestive I had a privilege to enjoy a wonderful Courvoisier.