I was in Bucharest/Romania for 3 days. Obviously, I couldn’t keep myself too far away from a food store or from my parents fridge, as they always keep some good food stuff in there.
So, from the food store I bought “cașcaval afumat împletit” (3,20 euro = 500 grams) - a braided smoked kashkaval. And from […]

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Romanians celebrate Orthodox Easter this Sunday, April 27. One of the moments in preparing Easter meals is to color eggs, especially in red, but also in green, blue or yellow. Tradition say that Thursday before Easter is the day to do that.
So, living in Dublin now doesn’t mean that we forget our tradition. These […]

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Romania is a Christian Orthodox country, so, our Easter comes for us this year on Sunday - April 27.
Lamb (or spring lamb as I’ve noticed that is well-known in Ireland, or “miel” - in Romanian) is the center of the Romanian Easter food. Oven-cooked spring lamb, grilled lamb, some black pudding from spring lamb, a […]

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After I managed to try 41 restaurants in just one year in Bucharest (I’m sorry, my dear body), it’s Dublin restaurants turn now. So, I thought being a Romanian, let’s start with “Transylvania” - a Romanian taverne.
Transilvania restaurant is not so big as the Romanian Transilvania district is, but you definitely can enjoy a great […]

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So, here I am, a Romanian foodie in Dublin! After a short career in Bucharest, Romania, as a food journalist and restaurant reviewer for Time Out Bucharest magazine, I just want to start a new life in Dublin.
I just arrived, in March, and I decided, of course, to start a new food blog, in English. […]

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