The cuisine of Romania is a distinctive and varied cuisine that has developed under the influence of the gastronomic traditions of the Ugric and Slavic peoples.
National cuisine of Romania
In Romania, mamalyga is often cooked - steeply cooked corn porridge, which is fried, supplemented with various additives, made from it for light snacks and puddings. The pride of Romanian cuisine is sour chorba stews, which are meat, vegetable, with egg-sour cream and flour dressing, and are also acidified with brine, kvass or kefir. An important role in the country is given to vegetable dishes - cabbage rolls wrapped in grape or cabbage leaves (sarmale); mashed beans; tomatoes that begin with cheese, rice, and meat. Meat in the country is used in all forms, so it is worth trying liver shish kebab (frigerui), giblet stew (tokitura), cutlets fried over coals with mustard (mititei).
Popular Romanian dishes:
- "Chorbya da vakutsa tsaranyaska" (chorba with vegetables, which is cooked in beef broth);
- “Chulama” (a dish made from vegetables, mushrooms, meat and flour sauce);
- “Tokana” (meat stewed with onions, complemented by tomato sauce);
- Stufat (roast meat with onion dressing);
- “Bruy” (cheese pie).
Where to taste the national cuisine?
In the menu of Romanian restaurants, it is not problematic to find traditional dishes that are distinguished by their flavor and calorie content. As for the entertainment program, many of them delight their guests with live music in the evening and at night.
In Bucharest, take a look at “Count Dracula” (the restaurant specializes in Romanian cuisine with an emphasis on meat with blood; it is decorated in the style of Bran Castle and has 3 halls - hunting, medieval or Transylvanian), in Brasov - in “Batoiul Sasului” (this is a gastronomic the establishment consists of a bar and 2 cafes, and offers to taste Romanian dishes, interesting salads and snacks, as well as collection wines), in Constanta - in “La Fattoria” (you can taste national cuisine in this restaurant, famous for its vegetable side dishes, dishes from seafood, Romanian wines).
Cooking courses in Romania
Everyone is offered to cook Romanian dishes as part of a group of participants in culinary courses at the Societe Gourmet Cooking Classes in Bucharest. It is worth noting that Mobile Cooking is working in Romania: those interested in this news are offered to travel around the country in order to study the local cuisine (they will have master classes at which Romanian delicacies will be prepared).
A visit to Romania can be combined with the Festival of Dry Pleshka Sausages (October, Berka village) and the International Gastronomic Festival (June, Kovsna County).
