Taverna Sarbului is one of those rare gems in a modern city. Bucharest likes its local cuisine, and, like in any Latin country, you'll also find here a number of Italian restaurants. Although not rare in Romania (Serbians are still a minority in Transylvania), Serbian cuisine......more

Caru’ cu Bere is one of the oldest restaurants in Bucharest, in fact it is the city's oldest brewery. It was opened in 1879 in the old Zlatari inn and moved to Stavropoleos Street (its current location) twenty years later. The food lacks the quality it......more

Aside "sarmale" and "mititei", the dish known as "Ciorbă de burtă" (tripe sour soup or "gut soup" as others may call it) is the closest thing to a "national dish" you can get in Romania. The "ciorba" can be ordered in almost all restaurants with national specific,......more

Yesterday, in my post about Lazarus’ Saturday (April 11, 2009) I mentioned a special dish, used to celebrate the dead: coliva. Coliva is the Romanian translation of the Greek κόλλυβα (kólliva) and it describes a sweet pudding made of boiled wheat. This “desert” is used liturgically in......more

A feast of lights and joyfulness – this is how I remember my Christmases in Romania. The Christmas tree was a “must have” in my family - I’ve never spent one single Christmas without it. Romanian carols, although sober and quite religious, were magic. I miss......more