Salată de vinete is a signature dish of Romania; we have verified places to eat it in Bucharest. Start with where to eat Salată de vinete in Bucharest.
Salată de vinete · Bucharest
Salată de vinete is Romanian smoky eggplant salad, charred eggplants peeled and whipped with sunflower oil, white onion, salt and a little mayonnaise, served on bread or as a mezze with feta.
The smoked-eggplant tradition is shared across the Balkans and the Levant (Romanian salată de vinete, Greek melitzanosalata, Turkish patlıcan salatası), all descending from Ottoman-era eggplant cooking. Romanian households fire-roast over coals; restaurants grill or oven-char. The summer-mezze role is canonical: a bowl on every July and August Romanian table.
Where to eat in Bucharest:
- Caru' cu bere
- Hanu' lui Manuc
- Lacrimi și Sfinți
- Mahala
- Crama Domnească
Where to eat Salată de vinete in Bucharest: the editor picks