Menu

Casa de ceai Restaurant, Queen Marie’s refuge

 

Breakfast

A choice of butter, cheese, jam, walnuts and pistachios, fresh fruits and eggs
ALERG. *1, 3, 5, 7, 8
350g … 42lei

Choice of sweet and salted cheese, cold cuts, fresh vegetables and eggs
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 9, 10
350g … 42lei

Breakfast includes a glass of fresh citrus juice (100ml), espresso / tea, various breads (seeds, toasted, crostini)
ALERG. *1 *8 *11

 

Snacks

STARTERS

Salted butter with truffles
ALERG. *7
30g … 8 lei

Homemade liver pate with rhubarb sauce and spices
ALERG. *7, 8, 9, 10, 11
70g … 8 lei

Cream made from pork cracklings and lard with toasted bread
ALERG. *1, 10
80g … 8 lei

VEGETARIAN COLD SNACKS

Vegetable dip with truffles and kidney beans
ALERG. *9
150g … 18 lei

Beans / chickpea cream, tempered red onion and roasted Romanian seeds
ALERG. *11
150g … 18 lei

Each dish is accompanied by various breads (seeded, toasted, crostini).
ALERG. *1, 8, 11

WARM TARTS

Mushrooms, onions and greens, in short pastry tart with sour cream sauce and truffle ragout
ALERG. *1, 3, 7
220g ... 35 lei

Spinach, salted and smoked cheese, in short pastry tart with minty yoghurt sauce
ALERG. *1, 3, 7
220g ... 35 lei

Meat and vegetable tart with tomato and horseradish sauce
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 9
220g ... 35 lei

HOT DISHES AU GRATIN

Oven-baked polenta with matured cumin cheese, local sheep cheese, sour cream, homemade sausages and bacon (optional)
ALERG. *7
280/320g … 28/35 lei

Vegetables au gratin (zucchini, eggplant, fennel, root vegetables, baked onions, baked garlic), blue cheese & crispy pita bread
ALERG. *1, 7, 9, 11
280g ... 35 lei

 

Salads

ELISABETA
Duck breast, iceberg lettuce, ruccola, radicchio, prunes, pears / seasonal fruits & wild berries sauce
ALERG. *1
380g ... 34 lei

MARIA
Bitter-sweet lettuce, seasonal vegetables, chickpeas, potatoes, roasted mushrooms and seeds mix with sweet mustard sauce (vegetarian)
ALERG. *1, 10, 11
380g ... 34 lei

ELENA
Local white salted cheese / feta and local smoked cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, onion, olive and basil vinaigrette
ALERG. *1, 7, 9, 10, 11
380g ... 34 lei

ANA
Crayfish, red beans, onion, tomatoes, corn with lemon and caper vinaigrette
ALERG. *1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11
380g ... 34 lei

Each dish is accompanied by crostini, crispy pita bread.

 

Rice & Pasta

PASTE NOBILA
with fresh tagliatelle, Romanian mushrooms, porcini and chanterelle, sour cream (lacto vegetarian)
ALERG. *1, 3, 7
300g ... 35 lei

RISOTTO CASTEL
with asparagus, artichokes, dried tomatoes and parmesan
ALERG. *7, 12
300g ... 35 lei

MONK’S DISH
Rice with fresh vegetables, sun dried tomatoes and artichokes
ALERG. *11
300g ... 35 lei

 

Soups & Sour Soups

Chicken soup with fresh noodles
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 9
360ml ... 17 lei

Consomme Celestine soup with green pancake noodles
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 9
360ml ... 17 lei

Monk’s soured soup – vegetables soup with borscht and lovage
ALERG. *9
360ml ... 17 lei

Soured pork soup with tarragon – Bran specialty
ALERG. *7, 9
360ml ... 17 lei

Cream of White root vegetables soup (celery, parsnip) with bacon crumbles and mint
ALERG. *7, 9
250ml ... 17 lei

Pumpkin cream soup with cumin powder
ALERG. *7, 9
200ml ... 17 lei

Each dish is accompanied by crostini, crispy pita bread.

 

Main dishes

GOLD CRUST TROUT FILLET
With herbs, white rice cooked in wine and lemon sauce with greens and capers
ALERG. *1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11
300g ... 38 lei

CRISPY TURKEY SCHNITZEL
In seed crust and cranberry sauce / chilli pepper jam & potatoes and mixed lettuce
ALERG. *1, 3, 10, 11
350g ... 38 lei

DUCK LEG CONFIT
With stewed red cabbage & cumin powder and blueberry sauce
ALERG. *8, 9, 12
350g ... 38 lei

BEEF GOULASH
In slightly spicy pepper sauce with cumin, carrots and potatoes
ALERG. *9, 10
400g ... 38 lei

BAKED PORK GAMMON
With honey, thyme, clove and coleslaw with sweet mustard sauce
ALERG. *9, 10, 11
400g ... 38 lei

SMOKE-DRIED SHEEP PASTRAMI
with cranberries, mint and roasted parmesan polenta
ALERG. *7, 8, 12
300g ... 38 lei

SMOKED PORK
with prunes and roasted parmesan polenta
ALERG. *7, 8
300g ... 38 lei

ROASTED PORK
spiced roasted pork with red onions and caramelized prunes & roasted potatoes
ALERG. *1, 7, 8
350g ... 32 lei

Side salads

Fresh lettuce and vegetables mix
120g-180g ... 11 lei

Pickled vegetables
150g ... 11 lei

Oyster mushroom salad
150g ... 11 lei

Gourmet Tea

Your choice of Twinings Tea, accompanied by mini deserts:
Count's Desert, Archduchess Desert, Ritual Desert
Portion for ... 11 lei

Gourmet Coffee

Your choice of coffee (Espresso, Cappucino, Latte), accompanied by mini deserts:
Count's Desert, Archduchess Desert, Ritual Desert
Portion for ... 11 lei

Dessert

ROMANIAN RITUAL DESSERT
Wheat, sugar, walnuts, rum
ALERG. *1, 8
150g ... 15 lei

COUNT’S DESSERT
Moist chocolate cake, raspberry sauce, mint, fresh fruits and rose petals powder
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 8
150g ... 18 lei

ARCHDUCHESS’S DESSERT
Moist vanilla cake, lemon & orange sauce and powder, grinded pistachio
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 8
150g ... 18 lei

KING’S DESSERT
Vanilla and caramel ice cream with milk jam and butter caramelized biscuits
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 8
150g ... 18 lei

CARROT CAKE
with cinnamon syrup
ALERG. *1, 3, 7
150g ... 18 lei

 

The Romanian Coliva
from the sacred cuisine to a confectionary item

Since Greek antiquity, cooked wheat mixed with honey was considered to be a traditional offering to the dead, as a sign of conciliation. Later, in Christianity, wheat was identified with the face of Jesus Christ, and wine with his blood. Starting from the ancient Mysteries, the wheat grain that was buried in autumn and returned to life in spring was a suitable analogy with the resurrection of Jesus, also promised to the believer at the time of the Last Judgment. This is why, later in the 4thcentury, all the Orthodox countries were already serving Coliva at funerals and on the occasion of certain commemorations over the year. The name was used by the Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, Russians, Ukrainians, meaning "boiled wheat”, while the ancient Romans were considering it food for the poor and they called it “coliphia”. Coliva is believed to facilitate a close connection with the dead, this is why it is served at funerals; it is said that those who eat Coliva will dream of the dead. Sharing this, also has other meanings: they sometimes say that Coliva represents forgiveness for the sins and helps reacquaint with the dead in the other world. People in certain regions were associating the number of grains eaten with the forgiveness of sins. The main ingredients are boiled wheat or ground wheat; sometimes, it is made of boiled rice and walnuts. Let’s not forget that wheat, although common today, was not always within easy reach to the Romanians. That is why knotted bread rolls were only made for great celebrations, such as weddings or as gifts for the carollers, since few peasants could aord to use white flour. The other ingredients are: honey or sugar, walnuts, biscuits, to which spices were added later: lemon peel, vanilla sugar, cinnamon. It was decorated with icing sugar, candies and a cross, made of sugar or cocoa or even candies. According to the Christian belief, the sweets and ingredients used for cooking Coliva represent the virtues of the saints and the sweetness of eternal life that people hope the dead have acquired. Nowadays, Coliva is also made as a cake and enjoyed thanks to a rich mix of sweet ingredients.

 

Food allergen legend

1. cereals containing gluten (wheat, rye, barley, oats, spelt, durum wheat or hybrids thereof) and derived products
2. crustaceans and derived products
3. eggs and derived products
4. fish and derived products
5. peanuts and derived products
6. soy and derived products
7. milk and derived products (including lactose)
8. tree Nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, Pecan nuts, Brazil nuts, pistachios, Macadamia nuts and Queensland nuts) and derived products
9. celery and derived products
10. mustard and derived products
11. sesame seeds and derived products
12. sulphur dioxide and sulphites in concentrations above 10 mg / kg or 10 mg / liter
13. lupine and derived products
14. molluscs and derived products

 

 

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