🇷🇴 TRYING TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN FOOD | SIGHISOARA FOOD TOUR | ROMANIA

Thanks for watching! What's your favourite Romanian food?!

The funny thing is that you guys did everything in reverse order: Usually when about to eat you take a shot of brandy to get you warmed up and prepare to burn all the fat from the meal, we say a shot of palinca/rachiu is ment to open up the appetite, then you eat the sarmale (which are either pickled cabbage or pickled grapevine leaves) and the polenta is not ment as a standalone meal, here we eat everything on either bread or polenta (is the old traditional way) usually if we see someone just eat their meal with no bread or not even polenta is really weird, and then at the end once the sarmale countered the burn from the brandy you eat the dessert which is the papanași. Oh well guess now you will have to do it all over again:)

I have never been to Romania but the biggest YouTuber who studies food named Mark says about Romania it is very tasty he is a food specialist

You guessed the essence of Romanian food! It is a simple food that makes you think of the comfort of your home and the fire of the fireplace!

Polenta is not eaten by itself, it simply replaces bread. It has a bland taste, so its role is to accompany the main dish, namely sarmale. Polenta can be eaten with cheese and sour cream (mămăligă cu brânză şi smântână). You can also try out "bulz de mămăligă", that is delicious as well.

I'm romanian living in Australia and quite often I make mici, which my family and friends enjoy very much. We also love making (and eating 😉) beef salad, meat ball soup, stuffed capsicums and pumpkin strudel.👌😋

One portion of papanasi is made off of two papanasi. So if you order one, you get two. If you order two, you get four. :)

Skip the big city traditional dishes, they tend to do them "stylish". Next time go to Maramures, or Bucovina and have a traditional feast there, in a random village. Actually, if you go to different regions, you will experience very different food recipes. There are specific dishes in Transilvania, specific in Oltenia, and all other historical regions. You will not find a same named dish exactly the same if you travel around the country. I reckon that you need some 1-2 months of intensive travel just to scratch the surface of our country. Thanks for visiting !

you need to eat Polenta-Mamaliga together with Sarmale-Cabbage rolls, not separate, eventually you can put sour cream on Sarmale like the Mici also who need bread and moustard! also the Plum Brandy is preferable to drink with food (at the table)

Papanasi is not regular fried or boiled donut. It is a dough with cheese, traditionally boiled, toped over with sour cream and jam. And yes, that food we eat mainly in the winter, we do it in the warmer seasons as well, but not that much. In the summer we are eating tons of bread spreads, cheese with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers and young onion, fresh and light ciorbas. Palinca is present in every season 😂

I like the calm, comfortable and wholesome sense of your videos. Also learning a lot about the European cities and their food that I'll be planning to visit sometime in my life!

One portion of papanaşi is 2 papanaşi actually 😄 I've seen other foreigners order one plate and they couldn't finish it, they are very rich and hearty.

Your fascination for mămăliga (that’s the name of polenta) is just 😂😂😂 actually you eat sarmale(that stuffed cabbage) together with smântâna (sour cream) and polenta(mămăliga)

Palenta is not to be eaten separately. It takes place of bread. You wouldn't eat just bread on its own. The same with palenta. So one bite of palenta, then one bite of sarmale.

The mici are quite popular in Romania and can be eated during the whole year.. whenever you feel like wanting to eat some. They are easier to be cooked compared to sarmale. You can fry them either in sunflower oil OR (the more popular way) on the GRILL. They are always served with MUSTARD + some bread and I will also add a BEER (or at least something like a Cola if you want to avoid alcohol). 😁 But sometimes it can also depend from where you try them (some people make them better.. some.. less better 😄 Guess this is why it is important to try some foods at least 2 times and from different places / different cook or restaurant). 😁

Welcome to Romania,you make such a nice pair❤️.There are și Manu food tasty foods in our cuisine and some of my favorita are varză călită cu afumătură (fried cabbage with smoked pork) fasole cu ciolan(beans with pork),home made pork sausages, ciorbă de văcuță (bref sour soup) and many more...

One serving of papanasi is actually comprised of 2 pcs, 9 times out of 10. So, if you ordered 1 papanasi, the waiter got it right and she was also quite thoughtful bringing you two plates and two sets of cutlery.

So much food, it’s great your trying all the different local cuisines. So many pussy cats and no puppy dogs, very cute and friendly. Stay safe, miss you both, love you, mum.xx 🐈‍⬛🐈

I am glad you enjoyed visiting Romania! You are welcome anytime

Guys, there is no portion of one papanași. When you ordered one, she brought you guys a single portion, which consists of two papanași. :)