Are you planning a trip and wondering what is the right way to eat when visiting friends/family or just staying at the hotel? Well, let’s take a look at how people set up their tables for dinner and enjoy each other’s company once seated around the table.
placing the dishes
Everyone sitting at the table has two plates in front of them – for the first and second courses.
The knife is on the right and the fork is on the left.
food portion
Meals are served by the hostess, who is usually the lady of the house, but on occasion family members may help themselves.
Table Manners In:
It is good manners to wait until all the guests are gathered around the table before beginning to eat. It is considered rude to say something while chewing food. However, Romanians talk a lot during the meal. It is rude to leave the table before everyone has finished eating. It is also rude to smoke while other people are serving food or still eating.
At the end of the meal, people usually thank the host for it and congratulate them on such a wonderful meal, even if you didn’t enjoy the meal, it would be polite to thank the host as they have gone to a lot of trouble to prepare it probably in your honor as house guest.
Traditional customs In:
There are two traditional festivals, where all the members of the family gather, Christmas and Easter. Pork is usually eaten at Christmas and lamb is usually eaten at Easter. Traditional meals and drinks usually consist of two main courses and a dessert. The traditional second course is meatballs in cabbage.
Dessert is usually ice cream or cake. Romanian adults drink wine and plum brandy, locally known as Tuica, which is the traditional alcoholic beverage. At the end of the meal, Romanians drink coffee from time to time. Usually children drink juices. Restaurants are popular in Romania and people who spend a lot of time working sometimes have lunch or dinner in a restaurant, with their family or friends. Such an evening in a restaurant can be very pleasant after a hard day’s work.
Why not try spending some time with a Romanian family, enjoying delicious Romanian food, savoring the local plum brandy and a lively and entertaining time?