Last weekend I had my first barbecue of the season in my new home. It was a slightly belated birthday celebration with a few friends, good food, and plenty of laughter. Well, I say I had a barbecue, but the grilling was mostly done my friend Joe, who kept the barbecue busy with mici, sausages, […]
Barbecues are taken very seriously in Romania. It’s usually a fun day event that happens on the weekend, where family and friends gather around the grill and spend time together. Growing up, my family would always go for a barbecue on summer Sundays. We would pack the car and drive to the mountain valley, which […]
I always say that there is no Romanian barbecue without the classic Mici. So much so that I’ve introduced my British friends to Mici and now, for them either there is no perfect barbecue without them. They are so popular in Romania that are almost considered a national dish, after the sarmale. Every traditional Romanian restaurant serves them, and you can find the best of them on […]
Barbecues are very important in Romania. They are a great occasion to spend time with family or friends, around plates of delicious foods. Romanian chicken kebabs, or frigarui as we call them, are an unmissable dish from barbecues, alongside the classic mici and pork neck steaks. The frigarui are skewers with marinated chicken meat and […]