My spouse and I ate at Kapetanova Kuca on a Tuesday morning
in late August 2016. We were traveling from Dubrovnik to Split, and we stopped
in Ston to investigate the town and to eat some oysters. After a short walking
tour, we learned that nearby town Mali Ston offers preferable oysters (plus,
restaurants in Ston do not open until noontime, and we visited mid-morning), so
we stopped at Kapetanova Kuca to indulge our craving.
The Kralj (King) family opened Kapetanova Kuca, which means
“Captain’s House/Captain’s Table”, over 30 years ago. The restaurant is located
in the Hotel Ostrea on Obala dr. Ante Starcevica. (The family opened the
13-room hotel about 18 years ago.) The restaurant is located to the rear of the
hotel and offers a view of the water. It seats approximately 50 patrons
indoors, and another 50 customers outdoors on the terrace beneath a large
canopy.
Kapetanova Kuca serves fresh seafood, including
oysters, mussels, clams, lobsters, cuttlefish risotto, and fish dishes (such as
pates, salads, whitefish, and bluefish). As we perused the menu, our waiter
delivered a basket of homemade bread covered with a pretty cloth embroidered
with the Kralj family crest. Because it was not yet lunchtime, we visited for
some light refreshments only. We shared six plump briny Kamenica oysters,
followed by a piece of stonska torta (also called Ston cake, which is a
celebratory dessert that contains cooked macaroni [makarulima], somewhat
similar to a walnut kugel or a strudel). Along with two rounds of drinks,
including a local white wine called Posip cara from the island of
Korcula, our bill totaled 193 kuna ($28 USD).
We will always remember our mid-morning stop at Kapetanova
Kuca for oysters and Ston cake.
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