FIRST TIME TRYING ROMANIAN FOOD! | EATING OUR WAY THROUGH BRASOV TRANSYLVANIA 🇷🇴

Salut from Brasov, Transylvania! 🇷🇴 We didn't know what to expect about Romanian food, since we've never tried it before but it really blew our minds!
We had the most amazing recommendations from friendly locals and spent the day trying delicious Romanian foods we've never even heard of before. And this is just the beginning! We can't wait to see what else this country has to offer. So far so good Romania. We love you!
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See you guys on Sunday with a new Romania video from Transylvania!
XO,
Aimara & Gordon
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[@waitaminute2015]

I used to have Romanian coworkers in the US. They invited me to their home for dinner. I don't know what I ate, but everything was so good!

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahaha we believe you!!! The food here in Romania is INCREDIBLE!! They take it very seriously too, which always makes it a lot better :)

[@mihalyfarkas1518]

@@waysoftheworld_ pork bals )))

[@skandakarttikeya7838]

@@mihalyfarkas1518 vulgarule :)

[@paula19335]

@@mihalyfarkas1518 That is not traditional you idiot. Some people may eat it but majority of romanians never tried

[@mihalyfarkas1518]

@@skandakarttikeya7838 Bagatiai ghiarele in cacatu mati...cat e cald ! poftim ...dorti ceva?

[@elenaochian]

I am a Romanian and I am amazed how much food you ordered for 1 meal...and then you got papanași too!

[@waysoftheworld_]

We were amazed too :) We wanted to try as many things as possible for the video. We don't eat this much for every meal LOL

[@dandanut5409]

Don t act like we don t have 5,6 dishes at our table at every familiar get togethers... That s quite romanian @ ways There s a saying when the end of the world comes the romanian will be found with his table full

[@alexandra9944]

Yeah cause Romanian food is just that good!

[@silviugrama9958]

They have money.. It is normal for those people. I am not one of them 🤣🤣 fck

[@danascully6698]

@@silviugrama9958 Mersi de informatie. Pe cine intereseaza ceea ce ai scris? Fa-te capsunar sau du-te la sparanghel sau la spalat de cwururi in Italia si nu-ti mai varsa frustrarile pe-aici! Crezi cumva ca tu esti singurul cu probleme dintre cei ce posteaza aici?

[@DiosYlosProfetas]

Rumania es el mejor país del mundo para vivir, además Rumania lo tiene todo, lo que encuentras en todo el mundo o en diferentes países del mundo lo encontrarás en Rumania, el país único y más subestimado del mundo, me encanta Rumania,un saludo desde España.

[@Mihai-er4xe]

Although people may not show this, we Romanians are very happy to see foreign tourists admiring Romania and seeing that they like it.

[@mariaelenafoote4819]

Hello from Torquay Devon 🇬🇧.💁‍♀️👍. Romania 🇷🇴 , the food, the people and the culture are really beautiful! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@waysoftheworld_]

Hi ❤ Yes, you are right about that! 🇷🇴🥰

[@cristinabb9956]

Everytime I leave Romania ..the first thing I miss is the food..the smell and the taste..the flavour...I couldn t find similar tasty food but maybe in Greece and Turkey. Of course each country has its own tastes...but I like my country's food so much....cannot replace it!

[@waysoftheworld_]

We said this to each other so often in Romania... it's a country that you just miss. You can't recreate Romania outside of Romania... I know it sounds weird, but it's true. There's something special about it ❤️🇷🇴 If we miss it, I can't imagine how Romanians miss it... :( We hope you get to go back and visit soon!

[@BartesCooking]

Molto Bella la România . Mangiare ,bere tutto buono 👍👍👍

[@waysoftheworld_]

So beautiful!!!! ❤️🇷🇴

[@valeriavalentine8883]

I know Romania is wonderful, with amazing people and incredible food. I love it. ❤

[@waysoftheworld_]

So true. AMAZING people, food, culture, history... so many things ❤️ Can't wait to be back 🇷🇴

[@lentilovski]

Hi, I'm from Brasov, I was smiling all through your video. What you ate at "La Ceaun" was like 2 days' meals for me. We usually don't eat "sarmale" - cabbage rolls in restaurants, we cook them at home, usually on Christmas, we also cook home "bulz" as dinner with family, it's easy to cook and keeps our belly full, with "ciorba de fasole in paine" - bean soup in bread is a different story, we cook beans in many different ways, but is very time-consuming to also bake the bread, so we eat that one when we get out for lunch. The pork we can eat at breakfast with eggs, at lunch with smushed potatoes and at dinner with salads. I have to check the "placinta" that you ate, because I don't think I've tasted that one, from exactly that place. Nice to watch that you enjoy some Romanian food, I enjoy them daily, I always do the same thing when I travel... I want to taste all the local cuisine.

[@luzdiaz]

Hello, fellow Romanian! Is bulz something traditional to Brasov? Cause I was born and raised in Sibiu and moved to Bucharest afterwords but never tried bulz.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Oh I hope I can learn how to make sarmale one day! It was my favorite 😍 I bet it's better at home! My sister's neighbor is actually from Romania and she said she would cook sarmale for us when we are back in Chicago visiting family. I feel very lucky and excited to try a homemade version 😍 And thanks so much for taking the time to comment and teach us things :) we really love it! Food is a very important part of traveling to us and Romanian food never disappoints ❤️🇷🇴

[@iuliannitu3540]

@@luzdiaz You can find bulz all over Romania but is made in a lot of different ways. In some parts of Romania, bulz is made like a ball from palenta with melted cheese inside.

[@luzdiaz]

@@iuliannitu3540 Thank you! I think I understand now what bulz is. I think my family use to call it "cocolos cu branza"

[@iuliannitu3540]

@@luzdiaz Exact! Asta este o alta denumire pentru bulz. De obicei asa se face bulzul in sudul Romaniei, in special in zona Argesului. Este la fel si cu sarmalele. Varza a la Cluj este de fapt tot sarmale, dar decat sa piarda timpul ardelenii sa le faca rulouri, ei pun carnea si foile de varza, in oala, in straturi. 🙂

[@stefanelgustea3207]

Mersi ca mi-ați vizitat țara,şi ma bucur ca v-a placut mâncarea noastra. Sunteţi mişto amandoi şi vă mai aşteptam pe la noi !

[@waysoftheworld_]

We would love that! Thanks so much! We love Romania SO SO MUCH! We hope to be back many times ❤️

[@gabrielarad3760]

@@waysoftheworld_ IT IS NOT OK TO FOOD IN THE CITY IN THE VILLAGE IT WILL BE TRADITIONAL NATURAL FOOD

[@stacyqween3280]

Your country is amazing you must be proud of it 🇹🇷❤️🇷🇴 Love Romania from Turkey

[@Mariusluca890]

Veniti la Brasov, 🇷🇴 cel mai Frumos Oras din 🇷🇴

[@SnrAlex]

The dough for papanasi is kneaded with fresh cheese, that's why it tastes so good. So, it's not a doughnut.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Cheese?? we would have never guessed that! Thanks for the info :) And we know it's not a doughnut but it's the easiest food to compare it to when explaining what it is. Papanasi is heaven to us!

[@SnrAlex]

@@waysoftheworld_ glad you like them. To be more exact, the cheese used is similar to cottage cheese.

[@waysoftheworld_]

@@SnrAlex oh wow! That's truly brilliant. No wonder it's so delicious!!!! Papanasi should be more well known globally!

[@RuxandraCusen-z6t]

You have earned a special place in my heart with your wonderful description of my country. I live in Japan now and your videos made me feel closer to home. If you ever plan a trip to Japan, please let me know because I would be more than happy to help with anything you need.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Oh thanks so much for offering! That would be amazing. If we miss Romania, I can't imagine how much you must miss it. We would love to be back and of course go to Japan one day ❤️

[@mariesalex5793]

I visited many countries but I never ate better food nowhere like in Romania. Is absolutely fantastic. Enjoy your stay 😊😇

[@waysoftheworld_]

We can agree with that! Romanian food is out of this world!

[@kapitanbomba7190]

@@waysoftheworld_ if you searce in google u find that almoust all you eaten its not originaly Romanian food!

[@danascully6698]

@@kapitanbomba7190 Who cares, ungure? De fapt sunt foarte originale fiindca sunt adaptate si facute in stilul nostru propriu romanesc! Te-a ros invidia si nu te-ai putut abtine sa nu postezi ceva rautacios, nu-i asa?

[@RTHpriest]

@@kapitanbomba7190 You're right, but we prepare these foods quite originally. Romania has a long history, my friend.

[@kapitanbomba7190]

@@RTHpriest a long history?you so funny! tell me just one food original from Romanania!Pls

[@gletschert]

Apricot palinca was a great way to close out this extremely delicious food tour. Romanian food for the win!!!

[@waysoftheworld_]

Romanian food for the win always 👏🏼

[@cuvintepecontrasens]

❤️❤️❤️

[@LosZonga]

If you order soup, always start with a Palinca shot on empty stomach. Polenta is used in combination with sarmale, just like bread - not a side dish. I do hope you will enjoy your stay in Brasov and if you want to try paragliding, give me a shot and I will hook you up. All the best and enjoy your stay.

[@kapitanbomba7190]

you mean Barack palinka!

[@danascully6698]

@@kapitanbomba7190 Da, da, voi ati inventat gaura de la macaroana, stim!

[@Ivy__695]

I'm from Romania and I'm really happy that you visited Romania love yall

[@waysoftheworld_]

Salut!! We love your country so so much 🇷🇴❤️

[@waysoftheworld_]

What is your favorite Romanian food? Let us know! This has been one of our favorite food tour videos EVER!! We love the food in Romania 🇷🇴❤ pants are tight, pants are tight... 😂

[@crashjunipero]

Ciorba de perisoare, sarmale and mici

[@skulder8718]

Tochitura ,caltaboși ,salata de boeuf , ardei umpluți,piftie de porc ,slanina fiarta cu usturoi și boia , storceag ,iahnie de fasole,varza a la Cluj,ficatei de pui în sos de ceapa,tocăniță cu carne de porc și altele :))

[@PerSiempre]

Need to try Ciorbă de burtă (tripe beef soup)

[@dandanut5409]

Try everything with pork on it here. Id you like pork that is.

[@dandanut5409]

If you like fish go in the Danube or Delta Of the Danube(where the swams swim in cartoons 😄) there s a million fish dishes fresh from the river

[@stefronative9510]

Beautiful couple visiting my beautiful country,thank you very much ❤️

[@waysoftheworld_]

Hi! Thanks so much! We love your country! Thanks for being so welcoming!!! ❤️

[@HorrorSFManiac]

If you come back to Romania I recommend Amandină, it's a super syrupy chocolate cake with chocolate cream and chocolate fondant.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Oh that sounds like our kind of dessert. Thanks for sending!! ❤️ We don't know when we will be back, but we know we will 🥰

[@bigromanian5400]

Greetings from Zaragoza, Spain. A very nice video about my country. I subscribed to your channel.

[@marina2516]

Great to see how happy you two are, Romanian food it's a food for the heart ,💖 Nice video,see you in the next one 🌺

[@waysoftheworld_]

Yes, food for the heart and the soul and the senses... how we spent our whole lives without Romanian food we don't know, but so glad we get to travel and try all of these delicious foods! Our hearts (and bellies 😂) were very full ❤️ Thanks for the kind words Marina 😘

[@marina2516]

@@waysoftheworld_ the bellies part was interesting 🤣😂

[@clarakam3858]

Thank you for your visit to our country and come again !!!🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@waysoftheworld_]

We will! We basically have an entire itinerary for another long trip thanks to you guys sending us the best recs! Honestly, there's so much to see in Romania 😍 What a wonderful surprise it's been ❤️

[@liviuvasilan2517]

Congrats guys, for your clip! I'm from Romania, and i feel happy, when awesome people and turist, like you are, came in Romania and try the food and visit the great places that we have in our country! Awesome guys! 👏

[@liviuvasilan2517]

And, my favorite food, it's ...hard to decide. Sorry😄

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thank you so much! We really fell in love with your country and feel very grateful that we got to see so many amazing places. We still have like 9 more videos to share :) There's so much to see and so much to eat hahaha so we will definitely be back! 🇷🇴❤️

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahahaha yeah we know it's like an impossible question to answer with so many delicious options 😂

[@liviuvasilan2517]

@@waysoftheworld_ 😁yeah, i'm romanian, like i said, and i can't say what food i dont' like. You guys, with your videos, make my country visible, in the ' Ways of the World' . Thank you! You are welcome, enytime! Enjoy! Good luck! 👏

[@vcarstea0529]

Hey guys! Congrats on your food tour in Brașov! Small piece of info: the papanași (or papanashi 😛) dough is made with a lot of fresh cow cheese, a Romanian variant of Ricotta cheese and they are served with sour cream and a variety of jams (sour cherry, blueberry) that have an acidic note note in order to balance the fat and the sweet in the dish. As the majority f the foods you have tried at „La Ceaun” (or „At the cauldron”) the papanași are quite an indulgent food the need some time spent at the gym. But boy, do they worth it! Best wishes and happy travel!

[@waysoftheworld_]

Hi! Thanks so much for the kind words and the info ❤️ Yes, papanasi should be more well known honestly... it was always so delicious and fresh. Probably one of my (Aimara) favorite desserts ever! I was shocked that my pants still fit after spending a month in Romania 😂 can't wait to be back!

[@krysscd7314]

Bine ați venit ! ❤🇹🇩

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks so much!! 🇷🇴❤️

[@ursdaniel]

The number of views of this video keeps growing...Niceee!!❤

[@epicscent8517]

I really love that tourist start travelling to our beautiful Country 😍. I love to see your thoughts about the food and land also. I hope you feel like home here😁

[@waysoftheworld_]

It does feel like home ❤️ We feel very happy and lucky we get to make videos to promote your beautiful country 🇷🇴 Thanks for the warm welcome!

[@martasfetcu]

Is foarte fericita, deoarece puțin oamenii apreciază lucrurile frumoase ale României, și fără să cunoască nimic despre țara noastră pune etichete de exemplu: o țară săracă, plina de țărani, multa aglomerație... Și mult mai multe lucruri! Continuați asa ca să arătați altilor lumea în pe care trăim!!

[@kapitanbomba7190]

sunt ,nu "is",putini,nu"putin"oameni,nu "oamenii" si problema nu sunt taranii din sate,ci aia de oras care sunt corigenti la limba Romana duduie!!!

[@superdrinkerb6432]

Ce este in neregula cu taranii?

[@waysofstyle_]

Drooling with all of these delicious foods! I miss Sarmale! 🤤❤

[@waysoftheworld_]

Soon in Chicago 😍

[@zivi4918]

You made me so hungry and homesick hahaha Thanks

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahaha sorry! The whole time we were in Romania, we kept saying to each other that all Romanias far from home must miss all these foods (and Romania) so much. I bet they're hard to find! Hope you get to go back home soon 🙏🏼

[@zivi4918]

@@waysoftheworld_ you don't realise how good the food is untill you move outside of Romania haha

[@waysoftheworld_]

@@zivi4918 hahaha exactly! We miss it so much!!

[@CristinaDumitru86]

Wow you did a great vlog. I am from Romania, Bucharest. I have family in Brasov. Very nice city, I love it. Thank you for your vlog you give a a hint of home ❤lovely country and not to mention the food, food is awesome 😎

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks so much Cristina :) Romania has been really good to us. Beautiful country, tons of interesting history, amazing people and the food is just out of this world!

[@CristinaDumitru86]

@@waysoftheworld_ i am glad to hear that you enjoyed being there. Yes, the food is awesome👌👌 beautiful country beautiful places to visit 🤗🤗🤗

[@vangelescu]

You guys are awesome. You just tried some of my favorite food. I am from Bucharest but I have to admit that I prefer how the food is cooked in Transilvania

[@waysoftheworld_]

Really!? Interesting... we didn't eat out much in Bucharest, so we can't compare it that well... but we did love the food in Transilvania! And thanks for watching ☺️

[@vickim]

Thank you for the beautiful video of Romanian dishes 👍 I've got to know and interested in this beautiful country România through its music and wanna visit România!! 😊 I really enjoyed your video and hope you visit Korea one day too!! ❤️ from Korea 🇰🇷

[@waysoftheworld_]

Hi Vic! Romania is INCREDIBLE! We really hope you get to visit. We are sure you will love it as much as we do! And yes, we want to visit Korea one day. We really like the food from there too hahaha Thanks for being here ❤️

[@allisongalindez6537]

omg the wasp attack lol. All the food looked SO good, I'm so jealous of your life!

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahahaha that wasp almost made us drop our Covrig LOL we definitely feel very lucky we get to travel and experience all these yummy foods 😍 it's a crazy lifestyle, but we really like it!

[@lutoiudaniel3114]

Hello and welcome to Brașov Romania! Please try : mici and all the traditional soup, you will not regret

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks so much! And we will! We're on a mission!! PS: we love your profile photo 🥰we have been petting a lot of dogs that look like yours ❤️

[@stephaniespring8225]

Welcome to Romania 😊 so happy you visiting us. All traditional Romanian food is delicious 😋 but my favourite foods are,sarmale, cârnați,mămăligă, salată de boeuf,ciorba de perișoare, supă cu găluște,ardei umpluți and for desert I love Savarină the most but also Amandina and tort Diplomat 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋BTW the background music is so cool makes me so melancolic watching it,thank you😊🤗🌹

[@waysoftheworld_]

Hi Stephanie! Thanks so much for sending all these recs, you're the best! We fell in love with your beautiful country and cannot wait to be back 😍 Sarmale was my personal favorite and G enjoyed all the yummy soups. But there are so many delicious Romanian foods. We really want to go back and try more dishes 😍

[@stephaniespring8225]

@@waysoftheworld_ awww you made my day with your kind , beautiful words about Romania. You are always welcome 🤗💞🌹

[@razvanboghi7502]

Cheers for the fact that they knew why pork is popular in Romania!

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks to our friend Eddie!!! 🥰

[@oanamanea2328]

After watching this video I went out to have "ciorba de fasole" :)) the way you guys enjoy the food makes me salivate 🤤

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahahha luckyyyyy!!!! we miss Romanian foods so much 😭

[@latze74]

Watching you I realized that I have never actually had sarmale (cabbage rolls) in a restaurant, only home made. My mother has 2 sarmale recipes - one for autumn/winter and one for summer. The sauerkraut and minced pork that you've sampled is for winter. The recipe for summer sarmale is minced poultry and rice wrapped in grape leaves and boiled in white wine - now these really are "to die for". Additional info: sarmale is an Ottoman recipe and most E-European countries have their own kind.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Yes, a lot of locals have said that! But us foreigners have no choice lol unless we get invited to eat the good homemade sarmale 🥰 Which we have and we plan to accept all those invitations when we go back to Romania 🇷🇴 And we've only tried sarmale in Turkey and Romania. So far, the Romania version is winning :)

[@VDA19]

You guys also have to try: - Ciorbă de burtă or Ciorbă Rădăuțeană ( or both ). It's a heavy soup with garlic and cream, the first one has pork belly, the other one has chicken. I personally prefer the chicken one since it's lighter. - Mici. Lamb meat on the grill, usually served with mustard or a garlic sauce or in desperate times ketchup. It's not a deli dish but they're great on a summer day with a cold beer. - Colivă. Although it's usually served for funerals, it's really delicious. It's a sweet dessert with wheat, nuts, honey/sugar, almonds, etc. - Tochitură. It's a lot like bulz, but has some tomato sauce as well. Mamaliga/Polenta, salty cheese, a fried egg and some smokey meat ( ham/bacon ) It's hard to pick a favorite among our foods, but I'd have to go with Sarmale. Grandmothers always make the best ones.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks so much for the recs :) We tried mici a few times and LOVED it!!! I can't believe we didn't try that chicken soup! Sounds like my (Aimara) kind of soup!!! We still have to try so many more Romanian foods honestly... we were not expecting to like it this much, but we are OBSESSED now and kind of sad because it's not easy to find in the US 😭 If I had to pick one food out of all the ones we tried, I would pick sarmale too. Would love to try one made by a grandma hahaha with all the love 😍

[@VDA19]

@@waysoftheworld_ We have a joke that Romanians have multiple stomachs because when you go to see your grandparents during the holidays they all make you eat 10 sarmale each. They are a beloved food. Did you try both the cabbage and the vine wrapping for sarmale?

[@danygpd6853]

The bean soup in bread you should take a piece of the bread as you slowly go down whit the soup that's the point of it, and as GENERAL RULE "WE EAT A LOT OF BREAD!" available for all dishes.... The Story behind this is the lack of food some 30 years ago Have fun!

[@waysoftheworld_]

That makes so much sense! Sad to learned how it originated, but we feel very lucky we got to try it 30+ years later. It's one of our favorites! Next time we'll eat the bread too 😍

[@alexsavutube]

I'm a foodie from Brasov, I'm impressed you found the langos place on the corner. For 1 meal you got the right stuff to try . The bread bowl for the beans soup is an obscure tradition revived last few years as a marketing stunt. Petru is for bakery is what Mc'Donalds is for burgers. Next time you come here put on the brave pants and try the tripe soup and try the transilvanian-hungarian cuisine - goulash szupe, paprikas, baked pig leg, Kürtőskalács. Nice vid overall, thank you for the interest.

[@waysoftheworld_]

The place in the corner was a local's rec. That's the only reason why we found it. It's hard to find the places because a lot of the content in English you see out there is from tourists, so we don't know much compared to locals... that place we went to for lunch was a local's rec and we really liked it. What do you recommend for Covrig? Also yes, G is a big fan of Goulash and we do need to master the courage to try the tripe soup everyone has recommended... it's just that we are not used to eat that, but little by little we become more adventurous! And huge fans of Kürtőskalács, we even learned how to make it (sort of), it's just not in the video. Thanks for being here :)

[@alexsavutube]

@@waysoftheworld_ When you go from town square to the Black Church go past it 100m or so and in a small pizzetta you will find a restaurant "Vino e Sapori" which is arguably best place for fresh pasta and it has a great chef. Next to it there's a bakery which seems successful. I'l be honest, pastry is not a romanian strong point but that artificial jelly like jam in your covrig looked nothing like how we make jams. If you're interested next time you're around drop a shoutout and I can teach you to cook tripe soup and maybe I can arrange for you to film the preparations for a traditional wedding. There's a trick I like to do, when the chef cooks 1500 sarmale for a wedding I ask him to sneak in that pot 2 smoked pig legs and cook them for me. Also a great food time in Romania is before Christmas, when traditionally the pig is killed in the yard and as some people prepare sausages and meat for the smoker, someone else cooks "pomana porcului - pig's last rights" , a simple delicious dish of fresh meat fried in pig fat with garlic and polenta and the kids get the tail and maybe 1 ear. From the ear, feet and other cartilaginous parts and some meat we make a jelly which is eaten next day with horseradish and is delicious. "Racitura" was actually a quite popular international dish in victorian era, we just kept making it. If you want a taste of communism buy a few slices of "parizer de Cristuru" with "Crenvustila" or "Olympia" mustard on fresh bread. That's the best local baloney. Best "mici" in town by far you can eat at Rapid near the main train station on Victoriei bulevard.

[@raduradu334]

Grasule foodie,castronul din paine nu e de cativa ani si nu e pt publicitate

[@alexandracasas5433]

Hi! I'm Romanian! Romanian's aren't wasteful at all so yes, you're supposed to eat all of the bread bowl! You start with the lid eat that with the top part of the soup and once you've eaten some of the soup you can start tearing the sides of the bowl as the soup level goes down. Everything looks so yummy, glad you enjoyed it!

[@waysoftheworld_]

I still can't believe we didn't eat the bread 😭 we love Romanian food! Thanks for the tip by the way :)

[@CostiTaby]

What a pleasure to SEE you again! 🙏🙏🙏

[@waysoftheworld_]

And YOU! Thanks so much for being here 🥰

[@CostiTaby]

@@waysoftheworld_ I would like invite people like you in my house for dinner or for a coffee; thank you for visiting my country! God Be with you and meet only nice people to your way! 👍🤝

[@CostiTaby]

@@waysoftheworld_ this îs Bucovina or just a little part of it kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYK8lGZ3ic5_hdU

[@waysoftheworld_]

@@CostiTaby awwww 🥹 thank you so much!!! We will be sure to reach out when we are back in Romania 🇷🇴 we always say yes to invitations like these!

[@zerefcifer]

Just a heads up. Palenta takes place of bread. So you eat palenta with sarmale or whatever the dish is, never palenta on its own like mashed potatoes or something like that. Palenta is basically corn bread. Also, always order papanasi in advance because it's always made fresh. It takes 20-30 minutes to make, so you better order it from the start next time.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks so much for letting us know Zeref! :) And yes, we waited like 30 minutes for the Papanasi... but so worth it because it tasted so fresh and also we needed some time to digest that big lunch hahaha so it worked out because we could eat more Papanasi 😂 I don't know how I've been living my life without papanasi! SO GOOD!

[@bur3b1sta]

Since when can’t we have polenta on its own? :) Polenta is really versatile; most often we have it as a side, like you would have mashed potatoes; we can eat it instead of bread; you already had “bulz” and polenta with cheese and sour-cream is another stand-alone dish, with polenta at the core. And - a bit out of fashion now - it can be a desert, by having it with milk.

[@heba30003]

@@bur3b1sta So you just proved his point. You can't have polenta on its own. You still need cheese or milk or whatever. By all means...eat it simple if you like but it tastes of... nothing...

[@bur3b1sta]

@@heba30003 well...you can have it on its own, just like you can have bread on its own... It's not made for that and usually goes better with something, but have you ever tried a slice of polenta freshly fried in a pan or on the grill?

[@maringliga2913]

@@waysoftheworld_ mulța lume nu cunoaște : alimentele tradiționale din : Ardeal,Moldova, Dobrogea, Oltenia,Oradea, Arad.și în munții de fag și stejar cum este cu ciuperci pe fir uscată .Aia tocană.

[@AntidotOficial]

Welcome to Romania 🇷🇴

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thank you! WE LOVE IT ❤️🇷🇴

[@cameliamocanu7666]

AGHHHHH I’m homesick now🥴🥴🥴 but thank you for trying foods from my hometown, it makes me feel proud when someone outside of Romania tries our food❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@waysoftheworld_]

It must be so hard to be away from Romania :( there are so many things to miss. We miss it so much!!! And yes, I get the feeling. I'm (Aimara) from Venezuela and I also feel proud when people try our foods 😍

[@backyardgreenery7577]

Great vlog, hope you guys had fun. I literally died when you put the onion into the soup :))) you have to put some salt near it, take a piece of onion in one hand, put it in a bit of salt and bite some every time you eat a spoon of soup. Same thing can apply to sarmale :D

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahaha sorryyyyyy - where we youuuuuuu when we were eating? 😂 that sounds so good! and now we know for next time for thanks for sharing! But also, we must say that it tasted really good hahaha and no idea you could do the same to sarmale! I (Aimara) cannot read the word sarmale without drooling hahaha that's my favorite Romanian food (out of the ones we tried of course) - thanks for all the tips ❤️

[@tanasaflorin3699]

I would not recommend yo eat onions with sarmale, with sarmale you cand eat chilli peppers

[@DaNiNuMa]

the plum palinca is the main one, and it have 52 degreese alcohol usually! and you usually drink palinca/horinca as a shot, not taste it like u did. After 4-5 shots we talk :))))

[@dorinlazar]

Great choices! The „covrig” are quite good here, and „La Ceaun” is a really good place for traditional food! (It's pronounced „La Tchea-oon” - Tchea like in Tchea-uchesku ;) ). If you're still around Brașov you can try to eat a burger at Passage (on the other side of the hill), at „Da Fud Dudes” - which is a trailer on the other side of the hill, in front of Magnolia shopping centre. For Italian, in Brașov, I recommend Dei Frati, best there are. There are a lot of pizza places, and if you have the time, also try the „coaste” (ribs) at Four Roses.

[@waysoftheworld_]

thanks Dorin! Le Ceaun was recommend to us by a Romanian guy we met on the train from Bucharest, we loved it! we aren't in Brasov anymore, but we'll remember these food tips. we loved Brasov, it was a very beautiful and happy city. hopefully we can be back soon to try these other foods - especially the ribs :)

[@dorinlazar]

@@waysoftheworld_ Have fun with that! Enjoy your travels!

[@PurpleGold.]

You can eat the bread too, after finishing the bean soup. If you’re still hungry.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Yes, we have to try it like that next time!!

[@brasovonwheels6873]

Thank you for video, happy trip🤗

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thank you for being so welcoming in your beautiful city & country ❤️ 🇷🇴

[@vladroman8521]

Enjoy Romania! 🇹🇩

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks so much! Romania is a dream 🥰

[@jackturner5117]

Fun video! I love Brașov and La Ceaun is a really good restaurant. It’s pronounced something like “La Chown”. That’s not quite it, but that’s about as close as I can get. 😊

[@waysoftheworld_]

LOL thanks! We also couldn't pronounce it 😂 And yes, Brasov is INCREDIBLE!! 😍🇷🇴

[@Valent_Nomad_vlog]

Nice one! I just found a romanian restaurant in central Java, Indonesia. Had fun exploring Romanian cuisine in Asia,

[@mahae_16]

You eat the soup with the bread and take a bite of the onion. The aubergine spread you eat with the bread and tomato and onion at the same time, the flavors mix well all together. The sarmale you take on your fork polenta with sarmale you dip in cream and you bite the pepper after, all flavors need to mix in your mouth. Of course, you can eat it as you please.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Great to know, thanks!

[@02andrada]

Fun fact : the sour cream is not that strong because it's made with fermentation process not lemon juice, and yessssssss oh boy, yessssss you should eat that bread with the soup !! Enjoy my little beautiful country 🥰🥰🥰 I miss all that so much since I moved out 😞

[@waysoftheworld_]

I don't think we'll ever have a sour cream like Romania's sour cream! I mean, G doesn't even like sour cream and he had it in Romania, that says a lot! Also, yes, I can't believe we didn't eat the bread with the soup 😭 but thanks for the tip, we won't make the same mistake again! We loved your country SO MUCH! I'm sure you miss it like crazy 💔 if we miss it, I can't imagine how it is for a local... :( hope you get to visit soon!!!

[@AndreiAlexandruLupu-i5m]

Hope you recommend to more people your experience in Romania ❤

[@sorinadam5083]

When you are so sweet... could be happened like that, wherever you are! 🍩🥨🐝🐝🐝🤣🤣Welcome to Romania...bon appétit!😋😋😉

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahaha thank youuuuuu!!!! Romania is incredible and we can't wait to be back!!

[@cretudumitruciprian884]

BRASOV MI CITY.🇷🇴♥️🌹🌍💯 GREAT REPORTAGE.👏👏👏 PEACE AND LOVE.♥️🌍👨‍👩‍👧👑⛪️🥂

[@waysoftheworld_]

Salut! ❤️🇷🇴 Great city! We fell in love at first sight and this very rarely happens to us. We love Brasov!!

[@david6420]

I am Romanian!!!! Glad you like our food!!! ❤️ 💙

[@waysoftheworld_]

We LOVED it! We miss it right now 😭

[@david6420]

@@waysoftheworld_ you are always welcome in our country. Pls come back

[@itsbiancamangu]

welcome to Romania!! Enjoy!!!

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks so much!! We love Romania ❤️🇷🇴

[@ioanciumasu994]

People, wasps don't "attack". They have a fantastic smell detecting sugary and meaty stuff, and they want a bit of it. Just push them away gently with the hand. They won't do anything bad unless YOU attack them :) Yes, this is what I do. I'm also a biologist (I think I know what I am talking about) ... :)

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahaha we believe you :) Thanks for the tip! We are usually happy to share our meals with them, it's kind of fun to see them eat chunks of meat, BUT this time just felt different hahaha but they were kind to us ;)

[@cristianolteanu2544]

When wasps and bees want your food, it is a sign that that food is natural, without chemicals.

[@i93sme]

Papanasi yes, those things are close to‘doughnuts’ but the dough is slightly different, having a specific texture and taste.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Yes, you're right. Sort of close in a way that it's the easiest thing to compare it to when explaining it, but SO MUCH BETTER! We don't even like doughnuts... but papanasi is out of this world!

[@stanciumara89]

Welcome to Romania guys! (even though you're probably not in Romania anymore at the moment). Best romanian food is mici(ground beef with pork on the grill), sarmale(stuffed cabbage rolls) and of course papanasi (sweet fried doughnuts served with sour cream and jam). If you want street food try Luca (Luca is waaaaaay much better than Petru - where you guys bought the covrigi) Enjoy!

[@waysoftheworld_]

Hi Mara!! Thanks so much for sending recs. We are huge mici, sarmale and papanasi fans.. I mean Romanian food is just so so soooo good!! And thanks for the tip for Covrigi, you're the best!! ❤️

[@danielmaxter1928]

You should also eat MICI with mustard, french fries, bread and beer and as desert you should also try AMANDINA cake, 100% Romanian traditional.

[@waysoftheworld_]

YES YES! We love Mici with bread and mustard (and beer of course!) - we will order it with french fries too next time :) thanks so much for sending us recs!! 🙏🏼

[@vladmitrache6373]

They didn't like the ROM chocolate bar so they probably won't like amandina that much either

[@MrTristete]

Wine chese, wallnuts and apple slice is awsome combo. Just try

[@waysoftheworld_]

It is one of my favorites :)

[@hxneyrayssa123]

I'm romainian and almost all the foods that u tried is super good

[@waysoftheworld_]

Romanian food is INCREDIBLE!!

[@florincristia3692]

Bravo! feĺicitarii! (Un vampir din Brasov Transilvaania)

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thank you ❤️

[@alexandrufazakas5531]

My heart go crazy...tyvm for yout compliment s .Even if you are sincerly

[@waysoftheworld_]

Incredible country, with incredible food and people. We love Romania ❤️🇷🇴

[@liviudinica4078]

Bine ați venit în România!

[@waysoftheworld_]

Mulțumesc!! ❤️🇷🇴

[@getaarsenoiu1489]

Being a cook from Romania this video impresed me

[@waysoftheworld_]

Wow really? Thanks so much ❤️ we love Romanian food and can't wait to try more 😍

[@waysoftheworld_]

How lucky that you know how to make all these delicious Romanian foods 😍

[@codrutaduca5917]

You can't eat traditional romanian food in restaurants from a big city... În România receipts are very different from every region... But old type of romanian food is hard to find. Right now is hard to find the taste of some dishes like my grandmother used to cook. Even the cabbage rolls, are different , depends of region, county or family... But we have some old receipts that almost disappeared... It's so difficult to explain... We had a lot of simple type of food, based on some veggies and they are very rare in the present day. Anyway, our representatives are "mici", "ciorba de burtă", "sarmale" , "papanaşi"... and something from my region - "virşli" (special sausages, boiled or grilled ).

[@waysoftheworld_]

Yes, we can imagine! Time passes by and some things unfortunately disappear or become very hard to find :( and it sucks! Thanks for sharing this info! Funny because in our previous video we tried mici and someone said it wasn't Romanian 🤷🏻‍♀️ but we thought it was... we still loved it though 😂 We actually have loved everything we've tried in Romania... we had no idea some of these foods existed and it's been an amazing discovery for our palates! 🥰

[@DukeOfTheYard]

@@waysoftheworld_ Well, it is debatable whether mici is originally from Romania or not. In any case, our version is now different from what you ca find in the neighbouring countries so as long as it tastes good... it's ours. :-)

[@waysoftheworld_]

@@DukeOfTheYard hahaha we agree!! 👏🏼

[@tb4nd1t95]

@@DukeOfTheYard I really think that's debatable as everyone sneak and eye over the neighbors fences 😁😜

[@dandanut5409]

You should try cabbage rolls alone also and just savour it.. or together with palenta, you don t have to build it like a taco just take whatever you feel... the sour cream gives it another flavour although good as well.. the cabbage rolls have their own type of soureness.. also you should try the simple Covrig just with salt above it in form of an upside down 8 with whiteness around it.. you should try "Zacusca"(another vegetable paste ) , "slanina"(pig fat), untura(pig fat paste with red onion, or spring bell, boia or vegeta) , "ciorba de burta"(pig belly sour soup/pork ripe soup, unique receipe it may sound bad but it is extremely tasty and healthy)... also feel safe to try LANGOS with anything I specially recomend Langos w MUJDEI w whatever else.. MICI/MITITEI w Mustard and beer is also a must another of our national dish.. "Platou taranesc" (rustic platter) .. Sana.. etc... basically you don t need to build up your foods in Romania the flavours are carefully added to the dish, that might take away from its standard trad flavour.. SANA a special type of yoghurt you can find it in the supermarket, salam de biscuiti desert (rolled up dough with biscuits unique flavour).. many of these dishes are unique they might appear similar with other balkans but the flavour is unique..

[@waysoftheworld_]

Dan, you're the best! Thanks for taking the time to send all of these! WOW, so many things to try and different flavors to experience. We had no idea Romanian food was going to become one of our favorites ever! It's been a very nice surprise 😍

[@dandanut5409]

Yw.. definetly try some jumari as snacks or mamaliga w jumari si branza extremely good

[@spikepisicmic2064]

i feel like crying whant a cryving i have for ciorba de fasole in paine , sarmale ,salata de vinete,and all that you have eaten there ,i also want to eat papanasi,:((( you are very lucky i miss romania!!!!!!:)

[@waysoftheworld_]

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[@tinafresia4831]

Thank you for your videos ♥️

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thanks for watching Tina :)

[@adrianjoria7001]

Nice to see how you ended the video after the drinks, probably it would have been very funny to see you filming when tipsy. :)

[@Michael-l9d3o]

If you order a mix drink in Brasov there won't be any actual liquor in it probably. Order beer or wine. If you are on a budget just get a beer in a local shop, as it will be 3 times less the price.

[@adrianapreiss4019]

Soy rumana pero vivo en Madrid desde 20 años y todavía extraño la comida de mi pais❤

[@iuliannitu3540]

What you didn`t know is that the doughnuts from papanasi are made with cheese inside them. The flour from the donuts is mixed with cheese.

[@waysoftheworld_]

Yes, that's what makes them so good and taste different than a doughnut! A few people told us this in the comments :) Papanasi is so so good!!!

[@alexandervangogh4965]

Romania is also the country where pastrami was invented. Have you tried it, the original recipe?

[@waysoftheworld_]

No, we have not! 🙈

[@alexandervangogh4965]

@@waysoftheworld_ Maybe next time, if you come through this area of ​​Europe again.. All the best!😸

[@i93sme]

For ‘sarmale’ (cabbage rolls) the size differs from region to region. That leads to funny situations when people from a different region ordering the wrong number of rolls and getting sometimes a bigger portion than expected

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahaha that's so true! It's happened to us a couple of times 😂 when we ordered it as a side but then it was like a full meal 😂 but I mean... the more sarmale the better!

[@i93sme]

@@waysoftheworld_In Transylvania the usual size is kind of XXXL. My grandmother used to make them like that, so when one of my friends from Bucharest visited, he asked for 5. Got two, with the statement that "there is more from where those came", and 30 minutes later and only 1.5 cabbage rolls he gave up.

[@Stefanin85]

Don't forget to visit Dobrogea...fried hamsie fish you should try and many many delicious dishes I'm very happy and proud to see tourist visit our country My dream it's to come back in Romania😍😍

[@waysoftheworld_]

Yes, there are so many delicious dishes to try. Romania has incredible food!! Thanks for sending recs and we really hope you get to go back to amazing Romania! 🇷🇴❤️

[@mmccormi1]

look at all the comments! People love food :). You're making me hungry

[@waysoftheworld_]

People do love food! And we really LOVED Romanian food. More people should know about it!!

[@jordan2104]

As a Romanian living in the US, I use many of the McCormick's spices 😁

[@Tudor356]

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[@unseen_world.]

that little Bee 🐝 attacks was is so beautiful 😻 we need more attack like that

[@waysoftheworld_]

haha love this comment! :)

[@mayagrinisteanu4775]

Hi Im from Brașov and the place where you ate the pretzel is actually the high school where I go . It is a german high school . That means that all of the teachers speak german and all the subjects are in german

[@waysoftheworld_]

Oh wow that's cool! It's a beautiful school!!!

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

You guys just ate a full meal, I recommend a nap with some icy cold water for thirst, trust me on that, that is my mom's old menu from Christmas & Easter supper, minus țuica wine is better after a hardy meal, Anyhow glad you enjoyed the food of my people, please do stay a while and leave of your own accord but do leave behind some fo the happiness you bring! :D

[@waysoftheworld_]

We needed a nap so badly after that lunch hahaha - We fell in love with your beautiful country, its culture, people, nature and of course the delicious foods! we will back for sure ❤️🇷🇴 Thanks for welcoming us :)

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@waysoftheworld_ My pleasure & any time

[@djvoicu]

Children Romania is not only Transylvania. Romania also has very rich regions where the great scientists and writers came from.Romania has lands like Moldova, Bucovina, Dobrogea, Oltenia. After you have visited them and informed yourself then you can talk about Romania

[@waysoftheworld_]

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[@idk-cp6cf]

I almost cried when you ate the onion like that. The onion must be eaten like spicy pepper: a bite of onion and then eat the bean soup.

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahahaha next time :)

[@florincristia3692]

Bravo@ Felicitari!

[@waysoftheworld_]

Thank you!! ❤️

[@kirramcdowell]

If you crave food coma, look no further than Romania. Unbeatable.

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahaha that's true 😂

[@19mati67]

You can get Langos, Kurtos, etc. and other Romanian food in Garden Grove CA, at the International Deli and meat store.

[@i93sme]

For the onions on the side, you just bite out of them. The onions are only salted and oiled (usually with sunflower oil) and are meant to be eaten as-is. This will also promote social distancing 😅

[@waysoftheworld_]

hahaha that's so funny 😂 yes, we totally did the onion thing wrong hahaha but now we know for next time!! thanks for letting us know :)

[@monolitera1612]

Please try this combination: polenta with bacon, cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes and onion....best Romanian food ever!

[@waysoftheworld_]

oh wow! Would have never thought of putting those together! Thanks for the tip :)

[@connieh6136]

I would imagine the Romanian diet that consists of a lot of carbs wouldn’t be good on the waist line , but the food looks amazing!

[@waysoftheworld_]

It's a lot of good food!

[@RaduRadonys]

Yeah that's true, but we generally don't eat these foods very often, just at major holidays like Christmas, etc. Most of the time we eat more westernized foods like soups , stakes, salads, etc.

[@adivievent]

I recomand Suceava, Bucovina from Romania, apart of the food you can check our traditions as well. I'm romanian! :) Like from me!

[@waysoftheworld_]

Hi :) Thanks so much! We didn't visit this time but so many people have recommended it! We will have to go back to Romania and visit some of the incredible places! We still have like 9 Romania videos coming up where we explored other places too ;) We'll start sharing them next weekend. Thanks for being here ❤️

[@dobos84]

Welcome to Brasov, the city where I was born. I hope you liked it !

[@waysoftheworld_]

we LOVED Brasov! It's an incredible city 😍

[@martha5028boom]

Thats a beautiful city!

[@waysoftheworld_]

It is stunning!!! We love Brasov!!

[@PopescuSorin]

welcome to Romania!

[@waysoftheworld_]

thank you so much! We are LOVING it! 🇷🇴❤

[@mikamar2881]

You need to visit Moldova part and bucovina nice place you gonna find❤

[@waysoftheworld_]

We have on our list for next time. Will definitely spend some time there. Look INCREDIBLE!!!!