Eating the Most INSANE Moldovan Food in CHISINAU, MOLDOVA! | (must visit 2021)

[@dabbleandtravel]

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[@ponorel]

We were waiting for you in Iasi, in Romania. Iasi is the capital of Moldova in Romania. The old Moldovan Region of Romania was divided after the Second World War between Romania and Russia, and now the Russian part is called the Republic of Moldova. Iasi is a city where you can visit many things. Here we have the Palace of Culture, one of the most beautiful buildings lit at night in the world. Also here we have the Gheorge Asachi Library, one of the most beautiful in the world, according to some charts. Also, the National Theater in Iasi was chosen by the BBC as one of the most beautiful theaters in the world. We are waiting for you in Iasi, Romania. Iasi is very close to Chisinau.

[@ИванЖелезогло-з3ь]

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[@stellasammy5124]

I am from Moldova and I am so proud! Thank you for taking a chance and visit my country !❤💋❤

[@dabbleandtravel]

Our Pleasure, thank you for watching!

[@hiperxx1034]

sall bro

[@deanfirnatine7814]

You have a lovely country with beautiful people

[@adolphgarcia7243]

One day! I will put it in my bucket list!

[@shiny_stars-x]

Salut I am also from Moldova 🇲🇩

[@tina6891]

You don't know how happy I am to see that foreigners actually love my forgotten little country. It gives me more hope that one day we might get more recognition, aside from "Oh yeah...Moldova is okay." Thank you a lot for giving it a chance.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Well said!

[@marcicacercel2528]

Our moldovan food is one of the best and I'm glad that you really liked it❤

[@dabbleandtravel]

So good! Thanks for watching!

[@MsCristea]

La Placinte is actually a fast-food-y type restaurant. The quality is not exactly fast food, but they don't cook from scratch either. Eating all those dishes in one go is impressive though :) Another thing - Moldovan cuisine is Romanian cuisine, it's not just influenced. There is no fusion... You may have a mild Russian influence, especially in Chisinau, but that's it. E.g. ask yourselves which of the dishes that you have tried is Russian? Maybe colțunași (dumplings), but then again I am not sure they are a Russian influence. There is a higher probability that it might be Polish or even Tatar... Enjoy your travels!

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks so much ❤️

[@cutecatlolxd3972]

Închidete fastfudule

[@cutecatlolxd3972]

Captu îi romîn

[@sofia2104]

There's a lot of influence from Turkey, Russia, Romans and Romania (with which we share a lot of history, including food :) )

[@cutecatlolxd3972]

@@sofia2104 Rusia nu dă un scuipat pe La plăcinte ei vor să ne bombardeze cum adică

[@seekbeautytravel]

Great video guys :) Just so you know La Placinte is not a fancy restaurant here in Moldova, it's a regular chain restaurant, but it's very good indeed. True fancy restaurants are quite expensive in Chisinau as well.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for the info!

[@ameliacotorobai1222]

I am from Moldova, and all the places you have showed in this video are actually very familiar to me because I live in this region (Centru-Centre). It is crazy to see foreign people visiting my country, because very few people do. Despite that, out culture, history and cuisine is very prominent in out day to day life, the thing I am really proud of. Thank you for visiting this beautiful and culturly rich country))

[@dabbleandtravel]

Aw thank you for watching Amelia!

[@Guide_Me]

i visit Moldova in July, and i am so excited to explore Chisinau

[@punea3669]

I'm from Chișinău. Very glad you liked our cuisine🙂. It is really good. You guys are awesome, I like the way you describe and review everything. Good luck to you guys!👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks so much!

[@BEALogic100]

Moldova is an amazing country. A hidden gem.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for your comment!

[@SaltedCaramel777]

I cannot believe I am here in Berlin with the worst food ever and foreigners are traveling to my country enjoying the best food in the world 😂😂😂 I was drooling all 13 minutes watching this video 🤤 It's ⏰ to move back home 🧳🛫 Thanks guys for a great video! 😘

[@dabbleandtravel]

LOL! Thanks for watching!

[@olgarahme7218]

I am from Chisinau, but work in Europe. First what I am doing, when come home - order all my favorite food, what I miss a lot, and what u showed in that video! Thank u, I feel hungry now)))

[@dabbleandtravel]

Hahaha! Thanks for watching!

[@4drivn153]

It was nice to see you enjoying the Moldovan food😍I’m from Chișinău❤️

[@dabbleandtravel]

Hey! Aw amazing thanks for watching ❤️

[@Moldovanul_]

Glad you are enjoying the time in my city. One thing that I would add is that dumplings (vegetarian ones with the likes of cheese, potatoes and various fruits, that we call colțunași) are also traditional to Moldova and Romania. It is not necessarily a Soviet import, though arguably they became more popular here because of that era.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Interesting! Thanks for letting us know!

[@ImmortalCH]

From the air Chisinau looks like a forest with some bulidings in between,sooo green.

[@dabbleandtravel]

It really is so green!

[@IonComan9019]

Hello from Romania & thank you both for promoting our beautiful sister called Moldova!:)

[@dabbleandtravel]

Our pleasure!

[@michellesmets501]

Republic of Moldova was a Romenian province until 1940. The province was called Basarabia. Rominia is the mother country.

[@funnypanda2200]

@@michellesmets501 True

[@angelalazarenco2218]

🙏🤗🙏

[@ДианаШурыгин]

calm down baby! Romania is neither sister nor brother !! Moldova is the mother of Romania ... because Moldova has more than half the lands in Romania, which remained after Romania was not able to defend the real Mother of Romania, Moldova! Which has more years of existence than Romania !! Moldova is so old that it can keep its traditions and history with its culture! Besides Romania, where he forgot everything, the kitchen is usually silent! where for them it is bussines, for us it is a tradition that we use every day, not like in rum, ania Saorma learn history...

[@corpi8784]

Traditionally there are 2 types of Sarmale: Wine leaf vs. cabbage Cabbage being more typical for winter- and cabbage sarmale are pretty much a standard component of romanian/moldovan christmas meal BTW Sarmale is derived from the turkish word Sarma (wrapped) whereas Turks and Greeks also use the word Dolma / Dolmades for the same thing

[@dabbleandtravel]

Yaaas we have tried it in Cyprus too. These were defo one of the best!

[@corpi8784]

@@dabbleandtravel Greeks and Turks also have vegetarian ones without minced meat but that isn't typical for Romanian sarmale

[@OxanaLungu]

Depends, my mom is cooking about 3 types of sarmale 🤗, and is totally different recipe from what you can found in any another restaurant ❤️ And yes, I am from Moldova 🥰 You guys chose a good place to visit and you have a lot more to explore there, even it is a small country. And by the way if you travel in October, you have a chance to see Wine Festival! Especially is quite adventure, if you will visit not only the festival in Chisinau but also local cities where they have Festival Market with a different ranges of dishes, hand made souvenirs, etc. You are welcome to come to Briceni city❤️

[@varatic644]

Alot of Moldovans call Sarmale Galoosh/Galooshti

[@corpi8784]

@@varatic644 Ca la găluște de supă? Interesant Poloneși au ceva similar ca Sarmalele de varză și le spun Golubzi

[@colin4962]

Moldova is unfortunately soooo underrated and it is so sad because it is such a beautiful and cool country 🇲🇩

[@dabbleandtravel]

Agreed!

[@cristinasterliciuc4950]

Great job! Enjoy your time there. 🇲🇩🤗Greetings from a Moldovean living in the Netherlands. 👋

[@dabbleandtravel]

Hey! Thanks for watching!

[@adolphgarcia7243]

I really appreciate the videos from Moldova. I really enjoyed this adventure. There is such beauty there that I never imagined existed. It is a well-known saying that "all that glitters is not gold". Just because a place is very popular doesn't mean it offers the best experience. Although Moldova's economy is not the best, there is beauty in nature, in its landscapes, in its villages with dirt roads, in its rustic panorama, not to mention its women. Thank you very much, it is very nice.

[@colesym84]

As an Englishman living in north east Romania, everything here looked normal to me :)

[@dabbleandtravel]

Great food!

[@razvanbarascu4007]

Good lad!✌️

[@ciprianbarto]

YOU MUST GO TO THE UNDERGROUNF CITY OF CRICOVA

[@dabbleandtravel]

Future videos are coming soon!

[@ciprianbarto]

@@dabbleandtravel you have been there already ?

[@nataliac3768]

В Криково интересно и очень вкусное вино.

[@itsbiancamangu]

I wonder, what was your expectations about Romania and Moldova and what do you think now?

[@dabbleandtravel]

We didn’t have any expectations of either, we knew what we were going to see in Romania but Moldova was a huge surprise! 🥰😍

[@NickyDunn]

Haha, wrong time to be watching. Feeling hungry now. That is a crazy price for all that food. And beers. Good video. Thank you for sharing. Have a great weekend.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for watching!

[@bregamaria8839]

I love my country and i hope everyone will understand what beautiful country we have

[@dabbleandtravel]

Us too! Thanks for watching!

[@virgilspornic193]

I like to believe when you return to your home and you will drink a beer. you will say Noroc !!!

[@dabbleandtravel]

We do ❤️🤣

[@mariab716]

Hello from a Moldovan girl based in Italy. Even food is insane, you made me soo hungry. Sometimes I miss plăcinte so much. Thank u for the vlog By the way, prices are not so affordable considering that average salary in Moldova is 200€!

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for watching Maria! Price wise we meant for tourists :)

[@Veaceslav-eo2gf]

Considering the average salary in Moldova is 465€! Go to school and study more, dear...

[@sergiupodoleanu6275]

I am from Moldova and I am so proud! Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@polina15586]

I'm from Moldova - Chișinău and I'm happy to see you in my country 🥰

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you so much!

[@حكمتكاظم-ك1ر]

will visit you soon at the beginning of the new year 2025, but I lack the language And knowing the places My affection for you, wonderful people

[@Andravitar]

Thank you for visiting my country and not doing the typical trashtalking clickbait videos!

[@xjmdm]

thank you so much for shining a light on us!

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for watching!

[@kinai01]

The restaurant you have been too La Taifas is on the the higher end traditional restaurants, the Word Taifas is an Old Romanian ward that roughly translates to Gossip.

[@dabbleandtravel]

That is really interesting to know, thank you!

[@cosmincasuta486]

Actually is greek!

[@kinai01]

@@cosmincasuta486 An old Romanian ward that was taken from Greek. Is that better?

[@cosmincasuta486]

@@kinai01 Much better and correct!

[@mariuspopescu284]

Gossip is the dictionary translation. Gossip in Romanian is "birfa". Taifas actually means "people talking about whatever comes to mind".

[@21agdmnm]

Moldavian here, thank you for promoting our small lil country :)

[@dabbleandtravel]

Our pleasure!

[@natalimdanat4754]

God bless my beautiful Moldova 🇲🇩🙏🏻

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for watching ❤️

[@carmenmunteanu437]

Haha, you guys, "mamaliga" is the romanian name of what in English is called "polenta", which is really made of the corn flour called "cornmeal"! So glad you enjoyed it all!!

[@MrQ454]

and they eat that 2 weeks in Romania ...

[@sofia2104]

polenta is Italian not English ;)

[@galinarussu8288]

Hey guys! Thanks for the video. Watching you from London about my lovely city- Chisinau 👍

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you for watching!

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Oh that food looked so good. I wish we had smella-vison and tastea-vison. Moldova is a well kept secret. You guys did a good job in bringing that out in the vlog as always. we love you guys. Looking forward to the next vlog, Your biggest fans, Harriet and Jim Richmond, Va.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@chickengunkillera1451]

Helo l am from Moldova Chișinău l am big fan

[@dabbleandtravel]

Hi, thank you so much!

[@philipquick7423]

I think you experienced a small part of Moldovan food culture....but considering you were here only a few days, i would say you did very well

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for watching!

[@berserker2551]

Thanks for come in Moldova I hope you Enjoyed the Food 😋

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for watching! We sure did ❤️

[@dimphinapereira1502]

Enjoy Beautiful Moldova

[@EVERGLOW828]

Lovely culture, the food looks divine. Sending love from America

[@chris205]

I’m from Moldova and I’m glad you liked our country’s food!

[@snejanadercaci1482]

So nice to see you guys in our country ❤️❤️

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@richardcornel9003]

Nice. 😉 Happy to see that you are having a good time. 👍 Cheers and stay safe. ❤

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks Richard as always! ❤️

[@crowdquest1203]

Great vid. FYI “Pla-CHin-ta” is pronunciation for placinta.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Well get there 🤣🤣

[@dmitrievakate8320]

Yep) Or Pla-she-nta if you for a more Moldovan pronunciation

[@winteryolive]

I was like, hmmmm, "placenta" doesn't sound quite right!

[@rotaruioana3457]

Welcome to Moldova👋🏻❤️❤️🇲🇩

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you!

[@b.c.2177]

Guys, there is no influence from Russia in this food :). It is all traditional Moldovan cuisine that dates back hundreds of years. You are trying out the café version, but in the villages, nearly all families have been cooking these dishes for hundreds of years, and they are even better than what you find in city cafes. Moreover, there are numerous variations of these dishes. For example, Plăcinta can have different fillings, such as cherry, apples, pumpkin, cabbage, and so on.

[@al6754]

Thanks guys for promoting the country in such a good way! I hope you had a great time and you're welcome back🇲🇩❤❤❤ While watching you eating placinta, I am eating a carvery in Middlesbrough 😄🇬🇧

[@dabbleandtravel]

Ahahahahahaha hope you enjoy the carvery! Thanks for watching!

[@marinasirbu8616]

Come and taste our placita and sarmale at ASCONI WINERY 😋🙂!

[@dabbleandtravel]

🥰🥰

[@eltdore1]

Great & Thxs to You guys for promoting Moldova traditions: Food & wine and beauty of the city..... & the winery...

[@cristinabb9956]

La Placinte & La Taifas...are two restaurants popular in Romania as well...I am surprised to see them in Chisinau too 😵. The food is the same apart from the dumplings which we do not traditionally eat. We do make make both cabbage and vine leaves sarmale..both very good..also..they never taste the same..depending of the filling and condiments. Pastries look good..yummi...our traditional food is heavy but we don't eat quite like this everyday..but on special days. 😀Enjoy! Can't wait to see more!!

[@dabbleandtravel]

Yes it was extremely heavy! Thank you for watching!

[@andreiteplih7841]

"La Placinte" is a Moldovan restaurant chain created and developed in Moldova, promoting Moldovan food. This restaurant chain has also expanded to Romania. You can inform yourself about this, Google will help you.😉

[@cristincik91]

La Placinte este originar din Chisinau..

[@Moldovanul_]

It's a chain from Moldova, which also spread to Romania

[@deanfirnatine7814]

My God that food looked good

[@dabbleandtravel]

It was 😍😍

[@thepowerofyourmind7933]

Greetings guys!!! It's so beautiful seeing that you visited my country of origin ❤❤❤ I'm born in Moldova and have left the country when I was only 23 years... Currently I do live in the Netherlands and do collaborate with many people from UK, U.S.A and many different countries...

[@alinnn4798]

much like romanian food a?:)) glad you enjoyed it

[@dabbleandtravel]

Very similar! Thanks for watching!

[@alexevo8016]

@@dabbleandtravel Because Moldova is Romania!

[@alexevo8016]

@@m.dewylde5287 If you don't know our history, don't talk, please. We can talk hours about my country history and historical territories. Same language, same tradition, same blood! How do you explain the historical sovereignty of Moldova if they speak the same language as ours, identical! How was the ethnogenesis of the Moldovan people and their language formed, if they have their own sovereignty? Learn about Stalinist deportations from Bessarabia to Siberia, I have friends who lost their deported grandparents!

[@dmitrievakate8320]

@@m.dewylde5287 respect from 🇲🇩

[@lv_tube3086]

Can't believe you drank bear instead of wine 😢😂

[@nickv2511]

Thanks for visiting us guys Cheers for the nice videos Let’s have a beer in London when you’re in 🍺

[@dabbleandtravel]

Sounds great! Thanks for watching Nick!

[@terra9444]

Glad you’ve enjoyed the food. Yes, it can be a bit heavy but it tastes nice.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Yes it was! Thanks for watching!

[@Irishtraveler353]

Hey guy's great video looking forward to ur next one , PS matt loves his food....... injoy guy's

[@dabbleandtravel]

He sure does! Thanks for watching!

[@Irishtraveler353]

@@dabbleandtravel thanks molly

[@andrewmurphy3637]

Great videos, cheers. I'm now booked for Easter, can't wait!

[@victoriamogildea1884]

I love Moldovan cuisine 🥰🥰🥰

[@davidzames1392]

Hey guys Noroc - looks delicious! Multsumesk , i love Moldova food!

[@grozanatalia7068]

Enjoi you'r meels, its best food, and organic. 💖

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you!

[@TheAdimondo]

You should have offset all the heavy staple with lots of wine. Your best bet in Bessarabia (the geographical term of Moldavia between the Pruth and Dniester rivers) are the monasteries and wineries.

[@victorvieru6709]

The geographical term of Moldavia between the Pruth and Dniester is not Bessarabia. You are wrong, go to school and study more. dear...

[@milicaivanovic9459]

Yammy!

[@VadimDaskal]

your video makes me pack and fly to Moldova immediately!

[@dabbleandtravel]

😀👍

[@dianaddful]

i am from Moldova next time if you want desserts go to Ducinela

[@IonComan9019]

Hi. If you ever wondered what "La Taifas" meaning =At a pleasant conversation or at a chit chat something like that:)

[@mylahbarreto5265]

Looks delicious!!

[@dabbleandtravel]

It sure was 😍

[@josephine2401]

You should also visit Vatra Neamului, right next to La Taifas, the fanciest traditional restaurant 😘

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@LynseyCampbell-c6u]

Thank you so much for recommending La Placinte. We too ordered way too much. Delicious though. 2 very happy Scottish tummies 😊

[@dabbleandtravel]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching!!! Glad you enjoyed !!

[@alexalroad6298]

Mmm. Love Moldova .....

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for watching!

[@victoriatepordei1349]

moldovans eats mamaliga with fry chiken or pork. romanians with sarmale. if u are eating too much food u need probiotic wich are in pickle cabbage, tomato... u need ask a local how to eat ))) bravo for video!

[@zenaidauna]

as a romanian watching this i would like to go and see chisinau, i feel like there feels more like romania then actually in my country romania, i live in london tho but i can see that moldova is very similar to us and i would love to eat that food too, but im a vegan now so i will try to find sarmale vegan if they will have...hmm....looks delicious

[@adriana.arpentii]

Nope darling we are not the same as you romanians and stop pretending to be so!

[@anyta6139]

I like Moldova ❤

[@guzunalina2339]

The best food 🥘. Bravo, Chisinaul meu iubit ❤

[@AC3Zer0]

A very fun fact about our city capital, if you look at the buildings, you can still see the soviet emblem (only the old buildings in the centre). And by the way, the placinte you ate are not the "best" ones. The bes of the best are served at the countryside wineries like: Purcari, Milestii Mici, etc.

[@nedskiechannel3892]

Hello my idols have a wonderful weekdays wow another beautiful adventures of this week and with a yummy foods so delicious you make me hungry guys I’m glad you have a wonderful and delicious foods take care and always be safe I love you guys and god bless 💖💖💖👍👍👍👌👌👌

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@dimphinapereira1502]

Love the food

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for watching!

[@mvh3374]

you would enjoy the other big Moldovan city, Iași (Yash), the historical capital of Moldova, which now lies in Romania but is still Moldovan in culture etc

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@octavianracu]

La Taifas is most expensive restaurant in Chișinău

[@dabbleandtravel]

It definitely was more expensive than we expected but was good value!

[@eiscat8787]

Great video. Thank you. Thumbs up.

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you too

[@lenutaoprea9971]

Im from Moldova thank you very much for thank you very much for visiting! ❤️

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you!

[@danielaivas3212]

Awesome video, you have a lot to visit in Moldova, there are also other restaurants that you should visit, come soon ❤

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks Daniela ❤️

[@night1961]

Hi Guys do you miss South East Asia , happy vlogging keep safe

[@dabbleandtravel]

We do but we love exploring new things! Thanks for watching!

[@grobert7577]

Let's grab a pine 😎🍺👍👏

[@dabbleandtravel]

🍺

[@sugreev2001]

Are you guys gonna go to the small breakaway state of Moldova, Transnitria (sic)?

[@dabbleandtravel]

Stay tuned!

[@amigo7154]

Very good👍

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@yourname-z9v]

Моя бабушка попала на видео😂

[@arturila]

Hai noroc from Manchester :)

[@dabbleandtravel]

Hey! Thanks for watching!

[@vadimkak2321]

Hai noroc și sănătate from Ilkeston. Moldova ❤️

[@irinatimercan4204]

Thankyou for liking my country!

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thank you for watching!

[@lindafaber2693]

Looks soooooo 😊 good

[@simonchilvers3942]

amazing food..great video x

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks Simon!

[@kevinrockel4385]

Love the sunglasses, where are they from?

[@neludaskal1904]

Super restaurants from Chisinau "Zaxi", "Sisters",

[@dabbleandtravel]

Thanks for the recommendations!

[@Шоколад-ж2л]

Missing my city , hi from Montreal !!!

[@dabbleandtravel]

Hi! Thanks for watching!

[@stratanalexandra7888]

❤❤thanks for thiss great video

[@YO-ch8qn]

U bought cheap version of mamaliga. Usually mamaliga is served with fried meat (pork, chicken) or fried fish (carp). Aaand of course you have to eat it with garlicy sauce which is called Mujdei (sunflower oil, a lot of garlic and salt, that's it). How I eat? First of all u have to cut your mamaliga (of course with thread). After that you put your small piece into the sour cream and only after that into the branza (for best sticking))), idk how to explaine). You chew eat,enjoy and you eat the meat you dipped into the mujdei. And new circle... Again and again)))

[@milliemegel2500]

Yummmm ! Food looked amazing

[@dabbleandtravel]

It sure was 🤣

[@ulianasuhaci2637]

Let’s go bro I’m Moldovan and thanks for tasting our food ❤

[@dimphinapereira1502]

Noroc awesome food

[@dabbleandtravel]

Noroc!