The menu
Menu
Ciorbe, everyday plates, the grill, and the daily rotation. Everything made in the house.
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Every day we're open · Today's secret plate
The Wolf's Plate
Farfuria Lupului
A bowl of today's soup and an entree, sealed until it reaches your table.
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Holiday season
Sezonul sărbătorilor
Made for the holidays and sold through the end of March, then back next winter. The first batches are ready on November 1.
Pork liver and rice sausageSold outCaltaboș$18.00 / lbWe cook pork liver and pork, grind them, mix in onion, rice and allspice, stuff it all into hog casing and simmer it. Eat it cold in slices, or brown it in a pan, with mustard and pickles.
Romanian head cheeseSold outTobă$18.00 / lbWe cook pork head meat, tongue and skin with garlic and allspice, pack them into a pig's stomach and press it overnight so it sets in its own aspic. Eat it cold, sliced thin, with mustard and pickles.
Romanian liverwurstSold outLebăr$18.00 / lbWe cook pork liver, pork and fatback, grind them fine with fried onion, thyme and black pepper, stuff the mix into hog casing and simmer it. Spread it or slice it on bread, with mustard and pickles.
Soups
Ciorbe și Supe
Sixteen ounces (500 ml), ladled to order.
Hungarian beef goulash with dumplingsGulaș de Vită Unguresc cu Găluște$16.00Beef cubes simmered slow with onion, potatoes, carrots, and sweet paprika, with pinched flour dumplings cooked in the pot. A thick soup, closer to a stew than a broth.
Tripe soupSold outCiorbă de Burtă$16.00Beef tripe simmered for hours in bone broth, finished with sour cream, egg yolk, garlic, and a splash of vinegar. A hot pepper on the side.
Beef sour soupSold outCiorbă de Văcuță$13.00Beef simmered with carrots, parsnip, celery root, and potatoes, soured with lemon juice and finished with lovage. The beef left in chunks.
Meatball sour soupCiorbă de Perișoare$13.00Pork meatballs with rice and parsley in a sour vegetable broth with carrots, bell pepper, and lovage. Three meatballs to the bowl.
Rădăuți chicken sour soupCiorbă Rădăuțeană$13.00Chicken simmered with carrots and garlic, finished with a sour cream and egg yolk liaison and a splash of vinegar for the sour.
Appetizers
Aperitive
Cold starters and spreads, made in the house.
Roasted eggplant spreadSalată de Vinete$9.00or $16.00 / lb to goEggplant roasted over the flame until the skin blackens, chopped by hand and whipped with sunflower oil and onion. Nothing else.
Boeuf saladSold outSalată de Boeuf$12.00Boiled potatoes, carrots, celery root, and parsnip cut small with pickles, peas, and your choice of beef or chicken, bound with mayonnaise.
Roasted pepper and eggplant spreadZacuscă$9.00Roasted eggplant and red peppers cooked down slow with onion, tomato, and garlic until spreadable. A pantry staple, served cold with bread.
House bread, whole loafPâine de Casă, Franzelă$6.00The bread we put beside the plates, as a whole loaf to take home. Crisp crust, soft crumb, made for the spreads from the case.
Cold farmhouse boardPlatou Țărănesc Rece$28.00House sausage, salami, and cheese from the smokehouse case, with onion and bread on the side, sliced and arranged cold on a board.
Lángos, fried doughLangoș$8.00A round of yeast dough stretched by hand and fried to order until it puffs and blisters, brushed with garlic. Plain with salt, or with sour cream and grated cheese on top. Hungarian by birth, Transylvanian by habit.
Main courses
Feluri Principale
Made to order, from the kitchen and the grill.
Cabbage rolls with polenta and sour creamSarmale cu Mămăligă$20.00Ground pork and rice rolled in sour cabbage leaves with onion and thyme, cooked slow with smoked bacon and tomato. Four rolls, with mămăligă and sour cream.
Grilled mici, 4 pieces, with friesMici4 pc + fries $14.00 · 4 pc + fries, beef $16.50Beef and pork ground together with garlic, black pepper, thyme, and a little baking soda for the bounce, rolled by hand and grilled to order. Four to the plate, with fresh bread, house mustard, and fries.
Grilled sausages with friesCârnați la Grătar$14.00Two of our fresh pork sausages, seasoned with garlic and paprika, grilled to order and served with five ounces of fries.
Grilled pork neck with friesCeafă de Porc la Grătar$18.00A six-ounce cut of pork neck rubbed with garlic, paprika, and black pepper and grilled over the flame. With five ounces of fries.
Grilled mutton pastramiPastramă de Oaie la Grătar$20.00Our fresh mutton pastrami, cooked on the grill and served hot.
Grilled farmhouse platterPlatou Țărănesc la Grătar$48.00Grilled pork neck, mici, and sausages off the grill with a side of fries, mujdei, and bread.
Baked beans with fresh sausageFasole Scăzută cu Cârnați$18.00Dried beans cooked slow and reduced thick with onion, carrots, and bell pepper, served with the fresh pork sausage we make in the house.
Pork or beef schnitzel with friesȘnițel cu Cartofi Prăjiți$18.00Pork or beef cutlet pounded thin, breaded and fried golden, with fries and a wedge of lemon.
Salads
Salate
Desserts
Dulciuri
Crêpes with Nutella, jam or sweet cheeseClătite$8.00Thin crêpes filled with your choice of Nutella, jam, or sweet cheese. The Nutella filling contains tree nuts (hazelnut).
Fried papanași with sour cream and jamPapanași Prăjiți$12.00Fried dumplings of sweet cheese, topped with sour cream and jam.
Poppy seed or walnut noodlesTăiței cu Mac sau cu Nucă$8.00Wide egg noodles tossed with sugar and either ground poppy seeds or ground walnuts.
Diplomat cream rollRuladă Diplomat$8.00Soft sponge rolled around diplomat cream, a vanilla custard lightened with whipped cream, with pieces of fruit folded in. Sold by the slice.
Savarin soaked in rum syrup, with whipped creamSold outSavarină$4.50A light yeast cake soaked through with rum and vanilla syrup, split and filled with whipped cream, glazed with apricot jam.
Honey layer cake with vanilla creamAlbinuță$2.50Thin honey sheets layered with a vanilla semolina cream and left overnight to soften, dusted with cocoa. Sold by the slice.
Vanilla custard sliceCremeș$4.50Two sheets of puff pastry with a thick layer of vanilla custard between them, dusted with sugar. The Transylvanian krémes. Sold by the slice.
Dobos torte, chocolate buttercream and caramelDoboș$9.00Six thin sponge layers with chocolate buttercream between them and a sheet of hard caramel on top. Sold by the slice.
Linzer cookie with jamLinzer Augen$4.50Two shortbread rounds made with ground almonds, a spoon of jam between them showing through the cut-out eyes, dusted with sugar.
Butter cookies, assortedFursecuri$7.00An assortment of the house butter cookies, in a case to take home.
Filled walnut cookiesSold outNuci Umplute$7.00Crisp shells baked in the shape of a walnut, filled with a caramel and ground walnut cream. In a case to take home.
Seasonal cookiesBiscuiți de Sezon$6.50Decorated sugar cookies in the shapes of the season, in a box to take home.
Kids cookiesBiscuiți pentru Copii$13.00A box of decorated cookies made for children, in playful shapes and colors.
Cookies by the poundBiscuiți la Cântar$21.00 / lbLinzer, seasonal and kids cookies from the case, mixed as you like and weighed.
Cozonac, sweet walnut breadCozonac$12.00 / lbA rich yeast bread braided around a walnut and cocoa filling and baked in a loaf. Sold by the pound, whole or sliced, the way it is put on the table at Christmas and Easter in every Romanian house.
Drinks
Băuturi
Cold drinks from the cooler, by the can and the bottle.
Still water, 0.5 L bottleApă Plată$1.00Still water in a half-liter bottle, cold from the cooler.
Sprite, 12 oz canSprite$2.00Lemon-lime soda, 12 ounce can.
Coca-Cola, 12 oz canCoca-Cola$2.00The classic, 12 ounce can.
Diet Coke, 12 oz canDiet Coke$2.00Sugar-free cola sweetened with aspartame, 12 ounce can.
Coca-Cola Zero, 12 oz canCoca-Cola Zero$2.00Cola with no sugar, 12 ounce can.
Mexican glass-bottle sodaSuc Mexican la Sticlă$3.00Coca-Cola, Fanta or Sprite from Mexico, in the glass bottle, made with cane sugar.
Romanian Fanta, 500 mlFanta din România$2.70The Fanta from back home, in the half-litre bottle: orange, made with orange juice and less sweet than the American one, or Shokata, the elderflower and lemon one the Balkans drink.
Saratoga spring water, 828 mlSaratoga$3.50Spring water from Saratoga Springs, New York, in the cobalt blue glass bottle. Sparkling or still, same price.
San Pellegrino sparkling mineral waterSan PellegrinoBottle, 1 L $5.00 · Bottle, 250 ml $2.50Sparkling natural mineral water from the Italian Alps, in the liter bottle or the small one.
Borsec sparkling mineral waterBorsec$2.95Naturally sparkling mineral water from Borsec, up in the Carpathians.
Coffee: espresso or cappuccinoCafeaEspresso $3.50 · Cappuccino $5.00Espresso pulled at the counter, or a cappuccino with steamed milk. Take the espresso with half and half and sugar if you like, no charge.
The smokehouse case
Casa de Afumături
Most of it by the pound, cut and wrapped at the counter; a few things by the box.
Fresh mici, ready to grillMici ProaspețiCase, pork and beef $25.00 · Case, beef $30.00Rolled in the house and sold raw for your own grill, pork and beef or all beef. By the case: about 2.3 pounds, around 20 mici.
Fresh sausage, ready to grillCârnați ProaspețiPork $10.00 / lb · Beef $12.00 / lbCoarse ground with garlic, sweet paprika, thyme, and black pepper. Made in the house and sold raw for the grill or the pan: pork shoulder in natural hog casing, or all beef.
Spicy thin sausage, freshSold outCârnați Proaspeți Iuți$12.00 / lbThin pork sausage in sheep casing with hot paprika, chili flakes, and garlic. Made in the house, sold raw for the grill.
Dry smoked sausageCârnați Afumați Uscați$20.00 / lbPork sausage with garlic and paprika, hand-tied in hog casing and smoked slow over hardwood until cooked through.
Spicy dry smoked sausageCârnați Afumați Iuți Uscați$22.00 / lbThin pork sausage with hot paprika and chili, hand-tied in sheep casing and smoked slow over hardwood until cooked through.
Smoked fatbackSlănină Afumată$18.00 / lbPork fatback salted for days, rubbed with garlic and paprika, and smoked slow over hardwood. Eaten thin-sliced with raw onion and bread.
PastramiSold outPastramă$25.00 / lbPork neck brined with garlic, black pepper, and coriander, then smoked slow over hardwood and cooked through. Slices thin for sandwiches.
Pastrami for the grill, marinatedPastramă pentru Grătar$16.00 / lbPork neck rubbed with garlic, paprika and thyme and left to take the seasoning, sold raw for your own grill.
Fresh mutton pastrami, for the grillPastramă de Oaie Proaspătă$16.00 / lbMutton salted and rubbed with garlic, black pepper, coriander and sweet paprika, sold uncooked for the grill or the pan.
House salamiSalam de Casă$25.00 / lbCoarse pork and pork fat with garlic, black pepper, and paprika, stuffed in casing, smoked over hardwood, and hung to dry. Firm, sliced thin.
Crisped pork cracklingsJumări$25.00 / lbPork fat and skin rendered slow until crisp, salted while hot.
Smoked pork knuckleCiolan Afumat$12.00 / lbSmoked pork knuckle for bean soup, sauerkraut, and slow pots.
Smoked pork loinCotlet Afumat$18.00 / lbPork loin brined and smoked over hardwood. Lean, sliced thin.
Smoked leg hamSold outJambon Afumat$12.00 / lbWhole pork leg brined and smoked slow over hardwood, sliced to order at the counter.
Smoked pork neckCeafă Afumată$18.00 / lbPork neck brined and smoked over hardwood, marbled and tender. Sliced at the counter.
The case runs deeper than the page. Ask at the counter.
Prices can move with the market. The register is the final word.