Scampi alla busara is a tasty and easy-to-prepare fish second course, a dish that is disputed between Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia, but which is actually mainly popular in Trieste. A recipe from Trieste, then, but originally from Istria or Dalmatia, it seems that it was born in Rijeka, a city on the Croatian coast. The meaning of the term "busara" or buzara is still not completely clear: there are those who attribute it to the large iron or earthenware pot used by fishermen to prepare meals on fishing boats, and those who instead associate this name with the word "busiara" which in Trieste dialect means cheat, lie.
