Food

French guide ‘A la Carte’ picks favorite restaurants in Romania

A new restaurant guide put together by French Nicholas Andrieu and Didier Ousset lists seven favorite restaurants in Bucharest and elsewhere in Romania and ranks others by the quality of food, décor, quality of service and the quality/price ratio. The latter seems to be an issue in Romania, although here one can find comparable food [...]

Published by on August 16, 2011 10:01 am
Frances Reilly on Romanian food: Quality of local food comes from superior produce

Frances Reilly on Romanian food: Quality of local food comes from superior produce

Frances Reilly, a 22-year old Oxford Brookes University graduate who is on a tourism  internship to Romania, where she will take part in the Transilvania Fest traveling food and culture festival, has recently discovered Romanian food- and wrote about it for Romania-Insider.com. As a 22-year-old English woman arriving in Romania, there were several things that [...]

Published by on July 21, 2011 12:58 pm
Recipe from Romania: Cabbage a la Cluj (Varza a la Cluj)

Recipe from Romania: Cabbage a la Cluj (Varza a la Cluj)

Cabbage a la Cluj is an original way to prepare the cabbage: spicier, making it more consistent. You can prepare this anytime because it’s an excellent food, easy to prepare. You will need the following ingredients: 2 medium cabbages (pickled cabbage is recommended) 1 to 1.2 kg minced pork and beef meat 150g of rice [...]

Published by on June 3, 2011 9:12 am
Romanian chef wins Indonesian food contest

Romanian chef wins Indonesian food contest

A Romanian chef who has completed a two-day Indonesian food course has won the the first prize in the Indonesian food cooking contest recently held at the Indonesian Embassy in Bucharest.

Published by on August 16, 2010 8:29 pm
Week-end recipe from Romania: Radauti Soup (Ciorba Radauteana)
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Week-end recipe from Romania: Radauti Soup (Ciorba Radauteana)

This is a recipe you will have a chance to try in the northern part of Romania, as it is traditionally from Suceava county. It’s not hard to prepare and it doesn’t even take a lot of time or skills – but make sure to use the quantities mentioned in the recipe and follow the [...]

Published by on June 17, 2010 8:02 pm
Week-end recipe from Romania: tripe sour soup

Week-end recipe from Romania: tripe sour soup

The tripe sour soup (in Romanian it’s called ciorba de burta) is one of the popular recipes you can find in Romania. We’re not entirely sure it’s a traditional recipe, but it’s widely used in the country. Most of the restaurants have the tripe sour soup in their menu. You can even find it canned [...]

Published by on April 30, 2010 8:53 am