Menu

Breakfast

COLD

Choice of butter, cheese, jams, 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 (seeded, toasted, crostini)
ALERG. *1 *8 *11

 

Snacks

STARTERS

Butter with salt crystals and truffles
ALERG. *7
30g … 8 lei

Homemade liver pate and rhubarb jelly with spices
ALERG. *7, 8, 9, 10, 11
100g … 15 lei

Cream made from pork cracklings and flavoured lard with toasted bread
ALERG. *1, 10
100g … 15 lei

VEGETARIAN COLD SNACKS

Vegetable dip with truffles and kidney beans
ALERG. *9
180g … 18 lei

White and red beans cream with onion and roasted Romanian seeds
ALERG. *11
180g … 15 lei

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

HOT DISHES AU GRATIN
Local ingredients

Layered mashed potatoes, minced pork and lamb meat with wild thyme and local sheep cheese au gratin
ALERG. *7, 9, 11
280g … 35 lei

Oven-baked polenta with matured cumin cheese, local sheep cheese, sour cream and eggs
ALERG. *3, 7
280g … 35 lei

VEGETARIAN DISHES

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

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

Salads

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

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

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

Each dish is accompanied by crostini and crispy pita bread.
ALERG. *1, 8, 11

 

Pasta and Rice

PASTA NOBILA
Tagliatelle fresco, Romanian mushroom mix (porcini and truffles), white sauce and old cheese
ALERG. *1, 3, 7
300g ... 35 lei

RISOTTO CASTEL
Saffron risotto, artichokes, dried tomatoes, green vegetables and parmesan
ALERG. *7, 12
300g ... 35 lei

 

Soups & Sour Soups

Baked garlic and white root vegetables cream soup with bacon crumbles and croutons
ALERG. *7, 9
250 ml ... 19 lei

Pumpkin cream soup with cumin powder and croutons
ALERG. *7, 9
200 ml ... 19 lei

Chicken soup with fresco noodles
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 9
360ml ... 19 lei

Chicken borscht with red beet, noodles and lovage
ALERG. *1, 3, 9
360 ml ... 19 lei

Smoked pork soup with taragon, Bran winter specialty
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 9
250ml ... 19 lei

Each dish can be accompanied by pickled chili peppers, red onion salad and sour cream.
ALERG. *7

 

Main dishes

STEAMED PIKE-PERCH FILLET
Accompanied by squid ink polenta and citrus sauce with black garlic
ALERG. *1, 2, 4, 12
300g ... 39 lei

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 ... 39 lei

ALMOND FLAKE AND SEED CRUST SCHNITZEL
Pork / turkey meat, mashed potatoes with baked garlic, mixed lettuce salad and red currant sauce with hot peppers
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11
350g ... 39 lei

DUCK LEG CONFIT
With stewed red cabbage, cumin powder and potato dumpling
ALERG. **1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12
350g ... 39 lei

BEEF GOULASH
Beef in slightly spicy pepper sauce with cumin, carrots and potatoes
ALERG. *9, 10
400g ... 39 lei

SMOKE-DRIED SHEEP PASTRAMI
With cranberries, mint and roasted parmesan polenta
ALERG. *7, 8, 12
300g ... 39 lei

ROASTED PORK
Smoked pork with prunes, red onion and roasted cheese polenta
ALERG. *1, 7, 8
350g ... 39 lei

SMOKED DUCK BREAST
With lentils, fennel and watermelon jam
ALERG. **1, 8, 9
350g ... 49 lei

STEAK
Ribeye steak with herb butter, black garlic, purple potatoes, mashed root vegetables and horseradish
ALERG. *7, 9, 12
400g ... 68 lei

Side salads

Mixed lettuce salad
120g ... 11 lei

Pickled vegetables
Local recipe
170g ... 11 lei

Spicy red beet and corn salad with horseradish
170g ... 11 lei

Dessert

“COLIVA”
Wheat, sugar, walnuts, rum
ALERG. *1, 8
150g ... 15 lei

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

ARCHDUCHESS’S DESSERT
Vanilla cake with syrup, lemon and orange sauce and powder, crushed pistachio
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 8
150g ... 18 lei

KING’S DESSERT
Mini chocolate cake, ice cream, salted caramel and butter biscuits powder
ALERG. *1, 3, 7, 8
150g ... 18 lei

CARROT AND PUMPKIN CAKE
With cinnamon syrup
ALERG. *1, 3, 7
150g ... 18 lei

GOURMET TEA
Your choice of Twinings Tea, accompanied by mini desserts:
Count’s Dessert, Archduchess’s Desert, Coliva.
35 lei / portion

GOURMET COFFEE
Your choice of coffee (Espresso, Cappucino, Latte), accompanied by mini desserts:
Count’s Dessert, Archduchess’s Dessert, Coliva.
35 lei / portion

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 4th century, 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 afford 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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