Romanian food is rich, Slavic-Balkan-Ottoman fusion built on mămăligă (cornmeal polenta), sarmale (stuffed cabbage), mici (grilled minced-meat sausages), ciorbă sour soups, and house-made ţuică plum brandy. Bucharest Old Town Lipscani has reinvented itself as a modern restaurant district while Transylvanian villages preserve fortified-church potluck tradition.
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