Cuisine

The Romanian cuisine is truly a varied mix of assorted meals brought from other countries and adapted to the Romanian lifestyle. Significantly inspired from the Ottoman delicacies, Romania combines various dishes brought straight from Hungary, Turkey, Serbia and Greece. However, by adding its own personal touch, the country has managed to recreate a genuine gastronomy industry, known to be delicious and appealing.

To begin with, the Romania’s number one specialty is bors; known to be some sort of soup, the dish is an amazing mix of fermented wheat bran and vegetables, which combined together, creates an enthralling sour taste. Romanian recipes carry the exact same characteristics like the ones 100 years ago. Even if the population has evolved and modern society has settled in, the country still values its traditional cookery. And because it has also been influenced from other nations, meatballs were brought straight from Turkey, the delicious musaca is pure Greek, while from the Bulgarians Romania has taken in zacusca or ghiveci. Moreover, the chicken snitel is taken from the Austrians, however adapted, drowned in white flower and eggs, makes it pure Romanian. In case you're planning a trip to the mountains, a traditional full meal includes pork meat, fish, beef or lamb, as well as mamaliga which is actually Romania’s main and most significant recipe made of corn flower. Furthermore, homemade bread and pickles are also essential to make tourists enjoy a delicious mealtime. When it comes to dessert, traditional pancakes called clatite, and the sweet baklava are highly esteemed by tourists as being so uniquely made and attentively prepared.

Throughout the holidays, Romania has some pretty impressive recipes as well. The Christmas celebration comes along with a sweet type of bread filled with cocoa cream and nuts, called cozonac, and as a main course roasted chicken is highly preferred. Throughout the Easter holiday, the main cake is pasca which is some sort of cheese cake made of sweet dough; for the main course lamb is the traditional dish, together with drob, a type of cooking made of boiled lamb organs wrapped and roasted into the oven.

Regarding Romanian drinks, the country is known to be the 9th wine producer in the world. Additionally, it is also the world’s second plumb manufacturer, and out of this fruits the country recreates an alcoholic drink called tuica. Overall, Romania features great cuisine where innovation has been always appreciated by international tourists.