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Welcome to  Moldovan dishes

We invite you to discover with us the oldest Moldovan dishes recipes, lovingly preserved and transmitted for centuries. Moldovan cuisine has been heavily influenced by the cultures of the many peoples who lived in the territory during the past centuries and and include a wide variety of different dishes. As Moldavian people is part of the Romanian nation moldovan dishes are very similar to Romanian ones.

Long time ago, the traditional food was influenced by Greek (when the Greeks used to have colonies near Nistru, Danube river and the Black sea) and Turkish cuisines. The food later incorporated elements from Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Germans and other cuisines.

Moldova is considered to be a country of grapes, fruits and plentiful vegetables, sheep breeding and poultry farming. Favorite dishes of Moldovans are brynza (a cheese-like dairy product), polenta (“mamaliga”, a mash from corn flour), and dishes from vegetables, fruits and meat. And of course, winehas a special place in the Moldovan cuisine.