Salată de boeuf is the Romanian-Russian beef and root-vegetable salad bound in mayonnaise, garnished with pickled vegetables; in Romania we have verified places to eat it in Bucharest. Start with where to eat Salată de boeuf in Bucharest.
Salată de boeuf · Bucharest
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.
Where to eat in Bucharest:
- Caru' cu bere
- Hanu' lui Manuc
- Crama Domnească
- Lacrimi și Sfinți
- Vatra
Where to eat Salată de boeuf in Bucharest: the editor picks