JAKARTA - Italy, Spain, and Greece are well-known countries that produce high-quality olive oil. However, the well-known chef Gordoncheya has his favorite olive oil, which turns out to not come from the three countries.

The olive oil, which is Gordoncheya's favorite, comes from Isia, a small town on the Croatian peninsula. Launching from the Chowhound, Monday, December 30, 2024, Gordonchey revealed his favorite olive oil while visiting Croatian coastal areas to enjoy his food and culture broadcast by National Geographic Gordonkery: Uncharted.

In the show,kerya cooks fast food soup with fresh seafood. One of the ingredients for cooking is local olive oil, which is used to menumis vegetables, fish, and others.

"This country produces some of the best olive oil in the world," said Gordonkery.

The olive oil that Gordoncheya's favorite is Brist Extra Virgin Olive Oil. The olive oil product comes from the winning factory that is owned and operated by a family in Isia.

It is known, the olive oil is produced in small quantities. The taste has a rather sweet bitter characteristic.

Meanwhile, for the production of olive oil, the Croatian state itself has a long history. In the Islamic region, precisely in the North Adriatic Sea in the Brijuni National Park there are olive trees as high as 20 feet or 6 meters and aged 1,600 years.

As many as 70 olive trees are also still harvested every year and produce 4.5 kilograms of pure olive oil. There are also 23 other varieties of olive trees that thrive and are produced by 70 different factories in the country.


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