Tochitură is a Romanian pork stew, simmered with sausage and bacon and finished with smoked paprika, served on mămăligă with a fried egg and crumbled brânză. The Carpathian and Bucharest cold-weather plate.
Tochitură is a Wallachian peasant dish, regionally adapted: the Bucharest version uses pork ribs, sausage and slănină; the Moldovan version adds borș. The traditional pairing is with mămăligă and brânză, a fried egg slid on top in restaurants. The pomana porcului winter pig-slaughter feast lays the foundation for the household tochitură.
5 editor picks for Tochitură in Bucharest, ranked by editorial score. All Bucharest signature dishes · Tochitură 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.