Come join us as we explore traditional Romanian food in Bucharest and Brasov. Romanian Cuisine is very underrated and includes many hearty dishes heavy in meats, cheeses and wines. It is the kind of food that sticks to your ribs and makes you want to have more and more.
One of our favorite restaurants in Bucharest was Plăcinte where we feasted on Moldavian pies, salads, soups grilled meats and desserts.
Visiting a restaurant that specializes in Polenta in Brasov, Transylvania we ordered the following traditional Roman food items:
Goulash, Mamalinguta cu branza si smantana (Polenta with cheese), Somloi, Afinata, Cotlet Dracula
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Romanian Food: Romania Cuisine for Foodies Transcript:
We’re coming to the end of our time in Romania and we thought we’d take you out one last time to show you some traditional Romanian cuisine. It’s definitely been a highlight of our trip. We’ve absolutely loved eating Romanian food, so we can’t wait to show you a few new things.
So I’m very excited because our food has finally arrived and first up I’m going to show you this Moldavian pancake. So it is basically a dough pancake and it is filled with sheep’s cheese and cow’s cheese but our server also asked if we wanted bacon inside, so we said ‘yes, of course.’ So let’s dig in. I’m going to cut it up and show you what it looks like.
On this inside. Oh, yeah. You can see all of the cheese seeping out. Mmmm.
Yeah, we’ve had this a few times and they’re really generous with the cheese. Oh yeah. And you can order all different kinds of cheese. They have cottage cheese, you can get mozzarella cheese, whatever you like. Oh, so check it out from this angle. Can you see the bacon in there? Oh, yeah. Oh yeah, baby. Oh, yeah.
Okay, look over here because this is a pretty cool dish. Polenta balls. And I find it really interesting because I’ve had polenta before in places like Argentina and Italy but I’ve never seen the polenta rolled out into a little ball like they do here in Romania.
And of course we could not resist getting some dessert. So we are having something called Tort a Lunel. And I’m probably butchering the name but that is how I think it is pronounced. And it is basically a dense chocolate cake with Halva, walnuts and peanuts. Oh, my!
I find when I’m having Romanian food I am so stuffed by the end of the meal. Siesta time after this for sure.
Don’t worry, I can take care of this on my own if you leave it up to me.
Well, well. I’m guessing you enjoyed that? You better believe it. That was one heck of a big meal. I’m just basically in Siesta mode already. Sipping on my coffee. Not moving at all.
Time for price point. It was 95 Lei which if we do the conversion according to Sam is very cheap. Right, Sam? Yeah, it is just over 20 US dollars and we ended up getting 3 drinks, 3 mains and a dessert. Not bad.
It is dinnertime and we are at restaurant Transilvania. In Brasov and we are trying traditional Romanian cuisine. Let’s go in and order some food. Yum!
So you’ve got yourself a fancy drink? Yeah, I’m just diving right in and trying things I’ve never had before. This is called afinata and it is a bilberry brandy.
Well, very exciting times. My food has finally arrived. If you have a look down here I’m having polenta with cottage cheese and sour cream. And I also got some goulash on the side which I know is Hungarian but it was on the menu so ‘hey’ I got it anyway. So let’s start with the polenta because that is very Romanian.
Okay, so tell us about your plate? Now on the menu I saw something I could not resist ordering. It was called Dracula pork. And if something is good enough for Dracula. It’s good enough for me. So let’s take a look at this.
How much did that come to? That came to seventy three Lei. And when you convert that into US dollars it was only eighteen dollars. And keep in mind that was for three mains, three drinks and one shared dessert. I haven’t had a meal that was that good of quality and that good of value in a very long time.
This is part of our Travel in Romania video series showcasing Romanian food, Romanian culture and Romanian cuisine.
Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network