Placinte Cu Branza appears as a signature dish in 1 Moldova cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Plăcinte cu brânză · Chișinău
Pan-baked thin pastry filled with fresh brânză cheese and dill: Moldova's street snack, weekend household ritual and bakery counter staple, sold by the slice everywhere.
The word plăcinte comes from the Latin placenta, a flat cake, and traces back to Roman Dacia. From the 10th to the 12th century the Greek influence on Moldavian cuisine introduced fine puff and pulled-pastry techniques, which the Moldovan kitchen folded into a thin pan-fried pastry with seasonal fillings: brânză with dill in spring, sour cherries in summer, pumpkin in autumn, salted cabbage in winter. Each Moldovan region has its own plăcintă shape and crimp, and the chain La Plăcinte turned the home recipe into a sit-down restaurant category in the 2000s.
Where to eat in Chișinău:
- La Plăcinte (Ștefan cel Mare 3)
- La Plăcinte (Hâncești 58)
- La Mamuca
- Granier