Romania Destination Guide
Tradition and modernity co-exist gracefully in Romania. Fairy-tale castles and cobblestoned villages steeped in antiquity are a graceful presence beside spiffy new eateries and busy metropolises. Walking through the hustle and bustle of these cities, it’s hard to imagine that Romania was once predominantly associated with the vampire legend of Count Dracula. But then, that’s [...]
Food and cuisine in Romania
Restaurants in most towns generally offer only local cuisine – this is not really a matter of concern since it closely resembles West European food. Bucharest, the capital, has a variety of international cuisines – Mediterranean, French and Chinese. You’ll also find the familiar, international fast-food chains here.
Romania national specialities
Romania is famous for its delicious, hearty soups. Meatball soup (ciorba de perisoare) and a vegetable soup with the option of added meat (ciorba taraneasca) are very popular. There’s also tocanita, a filling meat stew flavoured with onion and spices and ghiveci, cooked with over twenty vegetables. You could also try sarmale, a Romanian speciality [...]
Restaurants in Romania
Romanian cuisine is an intriguing combination of the familiar and the new – a mix of flavours from Austria and France, with a little bit of the Orient thrown in. The influence of several cultures through history is apparent – Greek, Roman and Saxon from the west, Turkish from the east and the neighbouring Slavic [...]