Gastronomic tours
Dishes prepared with skill and love from local, healthy, and tasty products perfectly describe the traditional Moldovan cuisine. Since ancient times, Moldovan women have taken the occupation of cooking with simplicity, but so tasty. Using locally grown ingredients, with hardworking and hardworking people, a fruitful land, and full sun, the Republic of Moldova produces the best wine, grow the most fragrant fruits and vegetables, and bakes the most appetizing homemade bread, on the hearth or in the oven. Now, if you are wondering, what dishes Moldovans prefer or rather, which is the emblem of traditional Moldovan cuisine, we could not nominate a single product, because the local cuisine is extremely varied and delicious.
Surely, you will not be able to resist the temptation to taste: Traditional juice, cooked from homemade noodles, greens, and homemade chicken; baked or fried pies, whether salted or sweet, are prepared uniquely by each housewife; hot sarmale served with sour cream or pickles; croissants with cheese filling, potatoes, and fried onions or sour cherry, matched with sour cream; polenta cut into slices, usually with string and seasoned with mustard, next to which you put a little sheep cheese, some fried fish or meat stew, with pickles. And if you are a fan of sweets, for dessert, without exception you can suggest to bring you pancakes with cheese and raisins, apples baked with nuts, cornulets with sweetness, “Cușma Lui Guguță” cake, “Napoleon” or “Smantânel”.
And now, if I made you curious and you want to delight your taste buds with the most delicious Moldovan traditional dishes, then you will definitely have to visit these places:
- “Vatra Neamului” – a restaurant that serves traditional dishes in a historical ambiance, at an old meal and a glass of authentic Moldovan wine. The restaurant menu also includes dishes inspired by several cultures, such as: Romanian, Turkish and Russian.
- “Popasul Dacilor” – a restaurant built on a river stone, having a facade made of the stone from Ţâpova. The given location gives a unique atmosphere and allows you to enjoy specialties such as: Duck stuffed with sarmale, peasant drum, and soup with ribs.
- “Acasă la mama” – the restaurant that by its name also suggests the feeling you will feel as soon as you step into its doorstep. Being specific to Moldovans, to feel at home, here you have the opportunity to eat the tastiest juice, made of homemade chicken and assorted with chili pepper, but also polenta with fried fish and “mujdei”, which will make you love the traditional Moldovan cuisine.
- “La Plăcinte” – a restaurant where you can enjoy the most appetizing and delicious Moldovan pies, having a varied choice. Also, the restaurant menu gives you the opportunity to try other traditional dishes, with desserts to match.
- “La Crîşma” – a restaurant where you will feel the Moldovan culture and traditions, because the interior of the place, woven carpets in rustic style, wooden furniture, and Moldovan ceramics will give you an ancient feeling. The menu of the restaurant is diverse, so you can enjoy a variety of Moldovan dishes, such as: Pies in rich assortment, soup or juice, and grilled meat, all of which are prepared with care and warmth.
Whether you have decided to visit the Republic of Moldova or have planned a meeting with friends, relatives, or family, restaurants in our country allow you to spend your free time in a relaxed atmosphere, at a glass of authentic wine, a good word and local traditional dishes, which will certainly make you appreciate the culture of moldovan gastronomy.