Salată de boeuf is the Romanian-Russian beef and root-vegetable salad bound in mayonnaise, garnished with pickled vegetables. The Christmas Eve and New Year table standard.
Salată de boeuf descends from the 19th-century Olivier salad of Tsarist Russian chef Lucien Olivier in Moscow, which spread through the Russian Empire and reached Romania via Phanariot and Russian-influenced upper-class kitchens. The Romanian version uses boiled beef, potatoes, carrots and pickles bound with homemade mayonnaise and decorated with pickled vegetables. The dish is unmovable from the Romanian Christmas Eve table.
5 editor picks for Salată de boeuf in Bucharest, ranked by editorial score. All Bucharest signature dishes · Salată de boeuf across every city.
Caru' cu bere ★ 4.6
lipscani · Strada Stavropoleos 5, 030107 București
The 1879 Caru' cu bere on Stavropoleos serves the soul of Bucharest dining, where mici were recorded in a 1920 chef's letter to the Academy.
Lacrimi și Sfinți ★ 4.5
lipscani · Strada Șepcari 16, Old Town, București 030116
Poet Mircea Dinescu's Lacrimi și Sfinți on Șepcari pours wines from his Cetate estate alongside modern Romanian classics in Bucharest Old Town today.
Hanu' lui Manuc ★ 4.4
lipscani · Strada Franceză 62-64, 030106 București
The 1808 caravanserai-turned-restaurant Hanu' lui Manuc on Franceză serves classic Romanian plates around one of Europe's last remaining inn courtyards.
Vatra ★ 4.3
cismigiu · Strada Ion Brezoianu 19, 010131 București
Vatra on Brezoianu cooks traditional Romanian on bakestones and in tin kettles, in a 1920s Transylvanian interior next to Cișmigiu Park in Bucharest.
Crama Domnească ★ 4.1
lipscani · Strada Șelari 13-15, Old Town, București
Crama Domnească sits in the cellar of the Princely Court on Șelari, the Princely Wine Cellar in Bucharest, with live folk and house wines by carafe.