Cooking Class and Private Day Tour from Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
Trip Type: Cooking Classes
Duration: 12 hours
Romanian cuisine is a diverse blend of different dishes from several traditions with which it has come into contact, but it also maintains its own character. It has been greatly influenced by Ottoman cuisine, while it also includes influences from the cuisines of other neighbours, such as Germans, Serbs, Bulgarians and Hungarians.
Quite different types of dishes are sometimes included under a generic term; for example, the category 'ciorbă' includes a wide range of soups with a characteristic sour taste. These may be meat and vegetable soups, tripe and calf foot soups, or fish soups, all of which are soured by lemon juice, sauerkraut juice, vinegar, or traditional borş. The category 'ţuică' or 'palinca' (traditional plum brandy) is a a strong alcoholic spirit in Romania, it can also be made of pears, apples or apricots.
Quite different types of dishes are sometimes included under a generic term; for example, the category 'ciorbă' includes a wide range of soups with a characteristic sour taste. These may be meat and vegetable soups, tripe and calf foot soups, or fish soups, all of which are soured by lemon juice, sauerkraut juice, vinegar, or traditional borş. The category 'ţuică' or 'palinca' (traditional plum brandy) is a a strong alcoholic spirit in Romania, it can also be made of pears, apples or apricots.
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Romanian cuisine is a diverse blend of different dishes from several traditions with which it has come into contact, but it also maintains its own character. It has been greatly influenced by Ottoman cuisine, while it also includes influences from the cuisines of other neighbours, such as Germans, Serbs, Bulgarians and Hungarians.
Quite different types of dishes are sometimes included under a generic term; for example, the category 'ciorbă' includes a wide range of soups with a characteristic sour taste. These may be meat and vegetable soups, tripe and calf foot soups, or fish soups, all of which are soured by lemon juice, sauerkraut juice, vinegar, or traditional borş. The category 'ţuică' or 'palinca' (traditional plum brandy) is a a strong alcoholic spirit in Romania, it can also be made of pears, apples or apricots.Itinerary: Bucharest - Cooking class in Transylvanian village - Brasov Walking Tour - Bucharest
Your private guide will meet you at your hotel in Bucharest. Afterwards you will start your journey to Transylvania.
On the way you will stop at a farmers market to buy necessary vegetables and herbs; and at a supermarket for other ingredients based on the recipe and dishes you have chosen to prepare.
First stop will be the village, here a local housewife you will welcome you into her kitchen and show you how to prepare traditional Romanian dishes, just like her grandmother thought her. You will learn how to prepare a main course and a dessert. Afterwards everybody will sit down to taste the delicacies they have prepared. And no Romanian meal would be complete without a shot of palinca or a glass of wine, all homemade by the man of the house.
In the afternoon enjoy a tour of Brasov medieval town. Highlights: Black Church, Citadel of Brasov, Ecaterina's Gate, White Tower, Black Tower, The Blacksmiths Bastion, The Weavers Bastion, The Ropemakers Bastion, The Drapers Bastion.
Quite different types of dishes are sometimes included under a generic term; for example, the category 'ciorbă' includes a wide range of soups with a characteristic sour taste. These may be meat and vegetable soups, tripe and calf foot soups, or fish soups, all of which are soured by lemon juice, sauerkraut juice, vinegar, or traditional borş. The category 'ţuică' or 'palinca' (traditional plum brandy) is a a strong alcoholic spirit in Romania, it can also be made of pears, apples or apricots.Itinerary: Bucharest - Cooking class in Transylvanian village - Brasov Walking Tour - Bucharest
Your private guide will meet you at your hotel in Bucharest. Afterwards you will start your journey to Transylvania.
On the way you will stop at a farmers market to buy necessary vegetables and herbs; and at a supermarket for other ingredients based on the recipe and dishes you have chosen to prepare.
First stop will be the village, here a local housewife you will welcome you into her kitchen and show you how to prepare traditional Romanian dishes, just like her grandmother thought her. You will learn how to prepare a main course and a dessert. Afterwards everybody will sit down to taste the delicacies they have prepared. And no Romanian meal would be complete without a shot of palinca or a glass of wine, all homemade by the man of the house.
In the afternoon enjoy a tour of Brasov medieval town. Highlights: Black Church, Citadel of Brasov, Ecaterina's Gate, White Tower, Black Tower, The Blacksmiths Bastion, The Weavers Bastion, The Ropemakers Bastion, The Drapers Bastion.
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