@@m0t0b33 meadow = pajiste. Orice poiana este si pajiste, dar nu orice pajiste este si poiana intrucat cea din urma este mereu inconjurata de padure. ^.^
@@VicentiuBusuioc m-am uitat si eu la explicatii, dar daca traduci poienita in engleza, unul din primele rezultate e "meadow". La fel de bine putea sa fie si "clearing". Dar "glade" e o pajiste in apropiere de apa, deci hai sa nu despicam firul in patru, dat fiind faptul ca e vorba de un loc unde paste vaca, de unde provine laptele pt ciocolata in tema (acolo era premisa in primele reclame😆. Daca vor sa traduca sau sa faca studiu de caz si analiza morfo-sintactica, au si ei tehnologie cu dictionare 😁
7 Days croissant is from Greek actually, but its very popular everywhere in Balkan. Im from Serbia and i remember 20 years ago going on a trip with my school and only kids with more money could afford to bring bags of mini 7 Days xD I also remember eating Chipicao croissant (same thing you ate just with stickers for kids lol) and i ate it almost every day for a snack in school, along small apple juice... Ahhh... It was poverty era over here, but still engraving nostalgic feelings :D Its also still kinda similar tho, we aint that much better now.
Right. I'm from Romania. When I was young, I was poor, too, and it was a joy when I could afford to buy a croissant Seven days. Still enjoy it every now and then. 😊
@@hintzuYeah, my mom and aunt workedin the chipita company and they used to bring us every 2 weeks from work some boxes of 7 days.They(company) also gave them some blue tshirts with their logo on it(4 work).the only bad thing was that they didnt know when they started&ended work..:(
If you come by Romania in the Christmas or Passover time you need to try my mom's cozonac. That Boromir commercial stuff has nothing to do with home-made cozonac. Turta dulce is gingerbread.
Yeah, and it doesn't need to be home made, there are small bakeries that make a much better cozonac than the Boromir and the rest of the pre packaged stuff Easter , not Passover. Passover is the Jewish Easter.
Toortittzi is indeed romanian. Alka is a romanian company. Turta dulce is the romanian gingerbread And yes we love rum😂 in our dessert in our glass everywhere
There's no ginger so you can't call it gingerbread. Whole eastern europe from Poland to Russia has this stuff "pierniki" Nothing to do with gingerbread, bre
@@JulioAbel90it's exactly what is called gingerbread in English. Just because they call it gingerbread doesn't mean it contains the plant ginger. Ginger also means delicate in English.
One of the best combinations is to eat pufuleți after eating chocolate. It enhances their taste. You were lucky to do this in the video. Rum and almond flavour are probably the cheapest to fake out. That is why they became so widely used during the communist era, when all the imported goods were scarce.. Everything was, either rum flavoured, either almond flavoured. The „Eugenia” biscuit could be found everywhere and it was the cheapest. But, it was quite different from the one today. The biscuit was as hard as a rock slab due to the lack of raising agents. The filling was almost as hard. Only the flavour was somehow similar. "Turtă dulce” is gingerbread. "Turtă" is actually a flat, round type of bread made of unleavened dough of wheat or corn. This brings us to "Toortitzi", which is a transliteration of the word "turtiți", meaning "flattened" (plural form). "Halva" is a popular dessert throughout the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Middle East, and all the way to India. Usually is made from sesame seeds, but we, Romanians, due to the total scarcity of the imported goods during the communist era, had to replace the sesame seeds with sunflower seeds. The sunflower halva remained popular today and this is what you ate (for instance I had never got a chance to taste the real sesame halva until the foll of the communist regime).
The communism never felled ,its a trick , the people that died in 89 died in vain ,believe me or not its your call, we might seem to have more freedom , but it's an illusion , we still bow to the same country that rule us from the shadows and dry us out of our resources,and investments , isn't weird that we get millions of euro for infrastructure , but we got like 100 km of highway in 30 years? Maybe less, And no one knows where the money dissapeared?
There are also pufuleti with a chocolate coating - I first found out about them in the 2010s when I got some free samples - I don't exactly remember when. The chocolate coated pufuleti were kind of horrible - the chocolate was very waxy and the combination of tastes and textures was odd, but I did eat the whole pack. And I can definitely second that rum flavored desserts (especially the older ones) are super popular - even when it comes to home-made ones, 90% of the time if a cake has chocolate, it definitely also has some run flavoring in it.
I was hoping you would show the Viva sweet snacks! If you have had “Krave” cereal before, it is very similar to that, but SO much better - so addictive! They have chocolate, vanilla, etc. but my favourites are alune (hazelnut) and capsuni (strawberry). They are a MUST try!!! You’ll be hooked!!!
I was wondering why i dont find those Viva here in Spain (we have here all kinds of romanian products) ,untill last year when i've been to Romania,to find out they don't make that product anymore (something about some E-s banned in the EU)
@@mangoteeth1290 i mean, se gasesc dar nu exista daca nimeni nu mai stie de ele....sunt foarte proaste, erau bune pe vremuri pentru ca nu aveam acess la altceva dar se vede ca sunt ieftine de la prima gustare..
@@tiagomota4734de fapt sun unele viva rolls si sunt mai umplute si mai bune ca viva simple patrate. Sunt chiar scumpe la gust pt mine, sunt ca cerealele umplute cu cioco sau capsuni. Sunt f bune Si se gasesc la chioscurile mici cel mai des
All of these are very good and tasty , I’m from Romania and I like these but they contain a lot of calories . I’m glad that you tried them and that you like some of them very much (Pufuleti , Halvita , Halva cu susan, Joe ). I love my country .❤🇷🇴
I'd highly suggest you to try KFC once in Romania, we have a particular sauce unique to our country called Glenn Sauce (Garlic sauce), and we are big fans of Crispy Strips, which I found it surprising not every country sells those either. The sauce will surely surprise you (and you can also purchase it separately from supermarkets like Kaufland, Carrefour, Lidl, with KFC Branding on it in a bottle).
Not only the sauce îs different, I tried KFC în USA and I had a shock: the taste was not the same! In Romania is better taste 😂, for me and my family at least.
I love how I can make out what 90 percent of the words in the video mean even though our languages come from two very different language families. And also, we LOVE halva here! Love from RS! ❤
As a Romanian, I am so glad you enjoyed your time in Romania and the snacks you tried so far❤🍀 And yes, we lovee the rum flavor so much that most of the time you will find the flavoring in the chocolate bars or products. Congratulations on your pronunciation, mostly spot on! 💎 Also regarding the part where you asked if Romanians eat the end of a cozonac, yes we do! Actually, we have a saying "If you eat the end part from a cozonac or any bread, then your mother-in-law will love you and accept you easier in the family" 😂😂
Absolutely love the cozonac end in milk 😍. And yes homemade, warm fresh out of the oven is absolutely amazing. It's more a traditional holiday kind of thing. So usually at Christmas time they're everywhere, fresh. So glad you guys are trying Romanian snacks and like some of them. Makes me feel so proud 🤗
I've seen lots of foreigners try out ROM chocolate, however none of them actually anjoyed it, I am so glad you guys actually like it❤️. It really is our pride and joy and I really can't understand how people don't like it, there's so many versions of it😩
Yeah.. is pretty oId. But nowadays with so many brands making the Eugenia ..some tend to taste better than others. When I was a kid I don't remember having as many brands with Eugenia like we have today. 😁 But I was rarely a big fan of Eugenia with cocoa cream (even if I am to try the cocoa version ..IateIy I tend to prefer the CROCO brand. Is my favorite so far and for the cocoa version). My personal preference is rather the ones with lemon cream or vanilla. I think they are improved like that (but that's my own preference). 😁
Guys you have an amaizing energy, when i SEE how you apreciates our country I almost cry, cause I love my country but most of the romanians doesn’t see that thing for good reason, but you have to be optimistic. You are great. You have to come back at the footbal game Dinamo- Fcsb on 25 November.
🙌🏻 You guys know your romanian words! Awesome! I was very impressed! The Tortizzi has an image with the actualy tortizzi Snack dipped in yogurt actualy. Not hummus or cream chesse. This type of Snack goes very well with yogurt, kefir . I need to try them with sour cream. Cozonac is the best ! Turta dulce as well ! The rom chocolate is awesome !!!! Ivana is spot on with the pronunciations 👏🏻🙌🏻
Reached a level of anxiety I did not expect from this video while watching Ivana point that knife down while slicing the cozonac @ 12:30😱 Thanks for the great video, always happy to see you here!
Magura was my grandma's favourite... brings up lots of memories. My absolute fav are Turta Dulce and Toortitzi.. followed by Joe original .. and yeah, that's the best one out of all flavours so good choice
Hello guys 👋 glad to see that you enjoyed the Romanian snacks 🤗 we do love rum extract in our desserts , chocolate and rum is the best combination 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤👌💜The Halva is made with sunflower seeds , and the turtă dulce it's actually ginger bread cookies 😊 We don't have Lays ketchup chips in U.S but few months ago I ordered some from Amazon and they were interesting 😊 I prefer salted kettle chips but my kiddos liked it a lot.
Poiana means the clearing (area in the forest with no trees) so there are many locations with the term in their name, Poiana Brasov is just one of them.
Cozonac is Easter bread ... ;) Chio isn't Romanian brand ... it's German (just googled it lol) Chio was the first German potato chips brand, originally created in 1962 by the Von Opel Family in Hofgut Petersau. The name Chio is taken from the first letters of the family members: Carlo, Heinz and Irmgard von Opel. :D Fun fact: "7 days" are Greek products and most of them are made in Bulgaria :D All my life I tought that "7 days" is bulgarian brand :(
@@unicornns5695 That's because it was bought by Mondelez, the giant company that also sells Oreo, Milka, Toblerone, etc... Many national brands all over the world are bought by these giant companies and sold worldwide.
* cracks knuckles * here we go... ROM chocolate, yes it's yummy, it's been around for what seems like forever, the small bar is still the best of them all (of all the assortments they came up with, I mean). Pufuleti, are corn puffs, you can find them flavored too, either from Gusto or Lotto or.. Star (these ones come with peanut flavor, cheese, ketchup and umm... pizza I think... you can find them as a mixt in a bag, they really make the beer go down smoothly when you watch tv). But you gotta admit the "bland" ones make for a great palate cleanser, especially if you had something really sweet. Also, don't know if you have it in the mix yet ( I'm writing as I go, with the video LOL) , but if you're gonna try another childhood snack, it's gotta be what we called "Eugenia"... that's a oblong oval...ish cookie sandwich, white "biscuit" and chocolate filling; now, I've tried pretty much all of them, and came to the conclusion that the brand that's closest to the vintage version, is Croco. Halvita is Nougat with peanuts sandwiched between 2 wafers, or sometimes in a wafer cone ( that's the version we grew up with). Halva is a compound made of (well, more popularly) sunflower seeds,but it can also be found made from sesame seeds, and it comes in 2 main versions: cocoa and vanilla, the cocoa one is better, because it's not as rich...? Can't exactly describe it, all I know is when I was little we used to buy a big block (1kg) of halva and I ate so much, I got sick. Now I'm glad we can find it in small packaging, the ideal one being 200-400g...? My favorite is "Hanu Boieresc", a store brand ( Penny Market). JOE, is not what it was back in the 90's ( mainly because I'm pretty sure it wasn't owned by Nestlé)... it's got a different flavor now, and again, the ones that come closest to the original, are store brands (from Lidl and Penny), the new one is not bad, but the old one had a certain creaminess to the filling and it was more milk chocolaty, if that makes sense. Also the wafer itself was slightly crunchier, but in a crumbly kinda way, not like you're chewing on a tree bark. The covrigi? The best of the best ones in that variety, were "covrigi de Buzau" you could buy them 5-10, tied with a piece of yarn and they were crunchy and yummy and fresh out the oven, with a dusting of salt (excuse me while I'm drooling at a memory), but they now industrialized them and they became what you tasted. I was never tempted to try Toortitzi, so if you like them, enjoy. Cozonac ( aka brioche or babka), I recommend next time to get from a patisserie, or one of those kiosks that sell bread, you'll get a more authentic version of it, that's not coming straight from the hands of a grannie, that is; the Boromir version is too spongy, imo. They do make some other great sweets, if you wanna check their online store. Turta dulce is classic ginger bread with vanilla sugar glaze, but can be found in several varieties, one of them being the version you tried in Serbia. Magura is still good, but try Kinder Delice and see the difference. UGH Poiana used to be so yummy in the version with peanuts or plain milk chocolate, Primola, is great if you buy Papi (it's got that milk cream filling), but for me, nothing beats Fin Carré from Lidl (cheap and yum and melts in your mouth) and Roshen, the bubbly one... yeah. The best ketchup chips I ever had, came from Lay's and then went away, so now I tend to stick to the classic salt chips, cause you can taste the fried potato really well. But then again, Chio is not my favorite brand for chips, but for microwave popcorn... especially the butter one. The 7Days croissant, it's good, but at the price it has now, it's better to get an actual croissant from the ovens at the supermarket or from a patisserie, at least you'll get it fresh and filled with Finetti or Nutella. Sorry this comment turned into a novel. Enjoy your stay and your munchies.
Ești minunat sau minunată oricine ai fi. Ai pus suflet cum ai dezvoltat și lămurit fiecare dulce în parte. Iubire și respect de la IAȘI! Proud of you and our România!
As a romanian im happy to see americans tryng our snacks and i can say that "pufuleti" does not have a flavor but theres a company named "star" i think its russian and they make "pufuleti" with diferent flavors like cheese and peanuts Hope you have a good time in romania!
Well as a romanian i never liked Rom chocolate, but everyone with its taste. I heard the new owner changed the Rom name with Usa and put the american flag on it 😅 got a serious backlash from romanian people and changed it back lol 😂 Great snacks you picked and awesome video. Definitely Romania has some good snacks but many of them nowadays are full of aditives and sus ingredients, they keep the traditional snacks but changes the labels to more unhealthy.
In case you haven't already, try Pufuleți covered in powdered milk (lapte praf)😉. There are 2 brands that I know of, Martino and Buggy. Those are tastier of course, ans slightly sweet. The regular pufuleți are just cornflour, salt, oil, so for someone used to stronger flavors, they don't taste like much. But I love them nevertheless, they've been around since forever, a cheap and quite healthy snack 😀
try turta dulce with tea ... and yes.. it`s gingerbread :)) also.. from tortizzi brand.. they also have soocitzi , you should try them.. they are like sticks...andddd try chec from alka brand, you will love it
I think that besides pufuleti and pufarine the Eugenia biscuits are the most representative. We have Eugenia since my mom was a kid. Aslo try Polar ice cream.
there a re better brands than Magura, nowadays, like 7zile, San Fabio, Kinder Delice... I think LaFesta came up with some similar stuff too, and Ülker and Eti too.
As a Romanian this video is a winner of my appreciation because 1, they know soo much about our country, 2, they respect the country unlike other dumb Americans who have no idea what Romania even is.
Turta dulce means sweet gingerbread, halva it s made of roasted ground sunflower seeds instead of sesame. It may include other ingredients, such as nuts, cocoa powder, or vanilla. Great video , i loved it !! thank you for spreading the knowledge of romanian sweets . I followed you from Cristi and Ralu , Backpackyourlife and others romanian travel vloggers
Oh, oh, please also try DOTS. It's a cottage cheese filled chocolate bar. absolutely lovely! Try the milk chocolate version, but also the original if you like dark chocolate
Great video guys maybe next trip to romania you will visite cantacuzino castle ( where filmed wednesday from family adams series of netflix) or have a ride with mocanita train with steam
Try to dip the pufuleti in greek yogurt ... u can even find pufuleti with stron cheese flavor and i highly recommend you to try them with yougurt !)))))
hello, i am romanian trust me you tried the best snacks out there! Tortitzzi are the best snacks (atleast for me) and its nice to see this video! stay well!
I love the fact that you shared the same snacks....a strong sign of connection between 2 of you...i saw other foreign couples making videos about trying Romanian snacks but not eating same one..
I like how out of all of them, u doubted Toortitzi being romanian, while it is probably one of the most romanian snacks there, alongside the Rom bar, the Covrigi, and the cozonac.
Actually my description of pufuleti, as a Romanian, would be dehidrated mamaliga, or puffiy-crispy mamaliga :)). Yes, they're made of corn and, yes, they are almost tasteless. I never buy them, but when my niece has a bag in the park, I find myself unable to stop putting them into my mouth. My reccomendation of a sweet snack would be salam de biscuiti (crackers salami), if possible the ones in a baloney size, not what you find in the local supermarket. It's not salami, of course, but they sure look like one. And, again, 80% of the recepies are with rum essence :).
it's better known as "sweet salami" and I think even the English enjoy it. I did see 2 British lads from a channel, making the same recipe we have, and then they made Lamington, aka "Tavalita" and I couldn't believe my eyes LOL.
Pufuleti is corn with salt … this was made before the 90s fresh and sold, we actually eat as snacks popcorn fresh made, before the 90s, also the grandma was making fresh donuts and placinta with salty cheese, also clatite that are French pancakes with homemade marmalade, rom is really traditional also. Before the 90 we were doing everything in the house even the chocolate, so we don’t have so many unhealthy snacks, almost everything that you can buy now is from the west. Halva is a paste made from sunflower seeds. Thank you for the videos , much appreciated ❤
When making desserts at home in Romania, at least during my childhood, we had three primary "flavors". One was to use cocoa, and lots of it. Not chocolate, cocoa. - Second and third are rum and vanilla extract respectively. Tiny little vials of rum extract you can find at every corner store, you put like two or three drops of it in any cake or cozonac or pudding or biscuit salami.
How are you guys? My wife it's one of your follower also me now because we look almost toghether to your videos! So if you like and you'll be in Bucharest will be a pleasure to meet you at our home! So let us know if you want to take a lunch with us homemade!
Try pufuleti with cheese flavor .The flavor is pretty strong,. They're really good as well! Greetings from Romania !😁 And I know the brand Boromir, and watched all three of the LOTR movies so many times...BUT I NEVER ONCE LINKED THE TWO TOGETHER I- BTW, people directed you really well in choosing that brand of cozonac, because it is the most famous in the country. Their cozonaci are top tier!!!
Pufuleți may be simpler ..but they are less unhealthy than compared to Cheetos or the cheese balls thingy that Ivana talked about in the video. But I recommend ,,pufuleți'' made rather with sunflower oil ..not those made with palm oil (cuz the palm oil is worse than sunflower oil, Palm oil ..unheaIthy oil to cook with). Since we have more than 1 brand of pufuleți în Romania you will find some with palm oil and others with sunflower oil (but lately I feel like there are more with palm oil than with sunflower oil) 😄 Last time I eated pufuleți was from the brand ,,Croco'' (with the cartoony crocodile on the bag) and that version uses sunflower oil for pufuleți.
Love to Romania from Serbia!
Stay well & healthy.
Love from here too!
We love your to,more love and healthy for our Serbian broather☺️🤗🥰
Love to Serbia from Romania 🇷🇴 😍
Romanians love Serbians to, respect!
Try magura its amazing the cocoa one is the best. Also 7 days with champagne is the best too
Ivana's pronunciation of Romanian words is almost spot on. Big up, sis! Also, btw, "poiana" is a common noun and it means "glade".
I always translated it as "meadow", but it's pretty much the same thing.
@@m0t0b33 meadow = pajiste. Orice poiana este si pajiste, dar nu orice pajiste este si poiana intrucat cea din urma este mereu inconjurata de padure. ^.^
@@VicentiuBusuioc m-am uitat si eu la explicatii, dar daca traduci poienita in engleza, unul din primele rezultate e "meadow". La fel de bine putea sa fie si "clearing". Dar "glade" e o pajiste in apropiere de apa, deci hai sa nu despicam firul in patru, dat fiind faptul ca e vorba de un loc unde paste vaca, de unde provine laptele pt ciocolata in tema (acolo era premisa in primele reclame😆. Daca vor sa traduca sau sa faca studiu de caz si analiza morfo-sintactica, au si ei tehnologie cu dictionare 😁
That cozonac you eat is not good at all
The one we make at home is much better. That is awful
@@IM-rv3yfCe ciudat!
These snacks from Romania look amazing! I want to try them! 🇷🇸❤️🇷🇴my brothers
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Drop a PO Box. We'll take care of the rest.
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Bukvalno 90% ovih grickalica imas kod nas u radnjama
@@naivaWTF Gde bre? Ja video samo 7 days i Chio čips, koji su Grčki i Nemački...
7 Days croissant is from Greek actually, but its very popular everywhere in Balkan. Im from Serbia and i remember 20 years ago going on a trip with my school and only kids with more money could afford to bring bags of mini 7 Days xD I also remember eating Chipicao croissant (same thing you ate just with stickers for kids lol) and i ate it almost every day for a snack in school, along small apple juice... Ahhh... It was poverty era over here, but still engraving nostalgic feelings :D Its also still kinda similar tho, we aint that much better now.
Chipicao😂❤ I remember that I am from Romania!
Right, Chipita company that makes 7 days. They are extremely popular here in Romania and we love it. great stuff. Cheer from Romania
Right. I'm from Romania. When I was young, I was poor, too, and it was a joy when I could afford to buy a croissant Seven days. Still enjoy it every now and then. 😊
Same story with my childhood here in Romania.
@@hintzuYeah, my mom and aunt workedin the chipita company and they used to bring us every 2 weeks from work some boxes of 7 days.They(company) also gave them some blue tshirts with their logo on it(4 work).the only bad thing was that they didnt know when they started&ended work..:(
If you come by Romania in the Christmas or Passover time you need to try my mom's cozonac. That Boromir commercial stuff has nothing to do with home-made cozonac.
Turta dulce is gingerbread.
Exactly the best cozonac is the home made one! I was about to comment the same thing 😂
Yeah, and it doesn't need to be home made, there are small bakeries that make a much better cozonac than the Boromir and the rest of the pre packaged stuff
Easter , not Passover. Passover is the Jewish Easter.
Mama daaa
boromir is the best cozonac
@@glittergirl19022 Indeed, Boromir is the closest you can get to traditional cozonac.
Toortittzi is indeed romanian. Alka is a romanian company.
Turta dulce is the romanian gingerbread
And yes we love rum😂 in our dessert in our glass everywhere
Alka is based in Romania, but it is actually owned by Turkish people.
There's no ginger so you can't call it gingerbread. Whole eastern europe from Poland to Russia has this stuff "pierniki"
Nothing to do with gingerbread, bre
@@isissophieandandreeaEvrei, nu turci.
@@JulioAbel90it's exactly what is called gingerbread in English. Just because they call it gingerbread doesn't mean it contains the plant ginger. Ginger also means delicate in English.
Toortittzi best to dip in hummus or fasole batuta
As a romanian, Im so glad our snacks are getting attention :D Love from Romania!❤❤
Eu cred că nu le-au ales pe cele mai bune
oricum se așteptau la ceva pe când de fapt și-au cumpărat altceva
@@elizabobis8346sunt Asa multi care sunt ft buns Si eu au asked alea mai asa
In English, the R in 'romanian' is capitalized, just so you know.
@@Spiritismo_ I know, I was just too lazy to make it a capital
I am a romanian too. love from Romania
One of the best combinations is to eat pufuleți after eating chocolate. It enhances their taste. You were lucky to do this in the video.
Rum and almond flavour are probably the cheapest to fake out. That is why they became so widely used during the communist era, when all the imported goods were scarce.. Everything was, either rum flavoured, either almond flavoured. The „Eugenia” biscuit could be found everywhere and it was the cheapest. But, it was quite different from the one today. The biscuit was as hard as a rock slab due to the lack of raising agents. The filling was almost as hard. Only the flavour was somehow similar.
"Turtă dulce” is gingerbread. "Turtă" is actually a flat, round type of bread made of unleavened dough of wheat or corn. This brings us to "Toortitzi", which is a transliteration of the word "turtiți", meaning "flattened" (plural form).
"Halva" is a popular dessert throughout the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Middle East, and all the way to India. Usually is made from sesame seeds, but we, Romanians, due to the total scarcity of the imported goods during the communist era, had to replace the sesame seeds with sunflower seeds. The sunflower halva remained popular today and this is what you ate (for instance I had never got a chance to taste the real sesame halva until the foll of the communist regime).
nice info
The communism never felled ,its a trick , the people that died in 89 died in vain ,believe me or not its your call, we might seem to have more freedom , but it's an illusion , we still bow to the same country that rule us from the shadows and dry us out of our resources,and investments , isn't weird that we get millions of euro for infrastructure , but we got like 100 km of highway in 30 years? Maybe less, And no one knows where the money dissapeared?
There are also pufuleti with a chocolate coating - I first found out about them in the 2010s when I got some free samples - I don't exactly remember when. The chocolate coated pufuleti were kind of horrible - the chocolate was very waxy and the combination of tastes and textures was odd, but I did eat the whole pack. And I can definitely second that rum flavored desserts (especially the older ones) are super popular - even when it comes to home-made ones, 90% of the time if a cake has chocolate, it definitely also has some run flavoring in it.
Thanks for your videos, have a good time!
Thank you too
There are also "covrigei cu vin" which are pretzels made with wine, and they are amazing.
Yes. Grand Papa pretzels are amazing. One of the best snacks. I think the red wine ones are better than the white wine ones.
I was hoping you would show the Viva sweet snacks! If you have had “Krave” cereal before, it is very similar to that, but SO much better - so addictive! They have chocolate, vanilla, etc. but my favourites are alune (hazelnut) and capsuni (strawberry). They are a MUST try!!! You’ll be hooked!!!
I was wondering why i dont find those Viva here in Spain (we have here all kinds of romanian products) ,untill last year when i've been to Romania,to find out they don't make that product anymore (something about some E-s banned in the EU)
Pernitele Viva? Se mai gasesc?
@@m0t0b33dap, se gasesc, mai ales la hypermarketuri; si eu am impresia ca o perioada au disparut 😂
@@mangoteeth1290 i mean, se gasesc dar nu exista daca nimeni nu mai stie de ele....sunt foarte proaste, erau bune pe vremuri pentru ca nu aveam acess la altceva dar se vede ca sunt ieftine de la prima gustare..
@@tiagomota4734de fapt sun unele viva rolls si sunt mai umplute si mai bune ca viva simple patrate. Sunt chiar scumpe la gust pt mine, sunt ca cerealele umplute cu cioco sau capsuni.
Sunt f bune
Si se gasesc la chioscurile mici cel mai des
All of these are very good and tasty , I’m from Romania and I like these but they contain a lot of calories . I’m glad that you tried them and that you like some of them very much (Pufuleti , Halvita , Halva cu susan, Joe ). I love my country .❤🇷🇴
Ayy im frome Romania 2
România este casa mea dar îmi place și engelza
chiar sunt uimit de video smr
I'd highly suggest you to try KFC once in Romania, we have a particular sauce unique to our country called Glenn Sauce (Garlic sauce), and we are big fans of Crispy Strips, which I found it surprising not every country sells those either. The sauce will surely surprise you (and you can also purchase it separately from supermarkets like Kaufland, Carrefour, Lidl, with KFC Branding on it in a bottle).
I never knew the garlic sauce is unique to romania??? today I learned
@@devil89_3 we have garlic sauce to protect us from vampires 🏰🧛🏻
Not only the sauce îs different, I tried KFC în USA and I had a shock: the taste was not the same! In Romania is better taste 😂, for me and my family at least.
first time i hear the garlic sauce is unique to romania
I love kfc in romania i always get the garlic sauce and 5 crispy strips with fries they are so good they should defenetly try them
I love how I can make out what 90 percent of the words in the video mean even though our languages come from two very different language families. And also, we LOVE halva here! Love from RS! ❤
Finally a foreigner that doesnt flinch at the rum extract! Most people just flinch a lot at the taste like their taking a shot.
As a Romanian, I am so glad you enjoyed your time in Romania and the snacks you tried so far❤🍀 And yes, we lovee the rum flavor so much that most of the time you will find the flavoring in the chocolate bars or products. Congratulations on your pronunciation, mostly spot on! 💎 Also regarding the part where you asked if Romanians eat the end of a cozonac, yes we do! Actually, we have a saying "If you eat the end part from a cozonac or any bread, then your mother-in-law will love you and accept you easier in the family" 😂😂
omgg yall just brought me some memories from my childhood! As a romanian,I used to eat some of those daily. Thanks for trying them!
OMG this is the first time I ever saw a TH-camr trying Romanian snacks and I really like your videos you deserve a new sub❤
Glad to see you like our snacks :D some of them are not the same as before but some are still great ^^
Absolutely love the cozonac end in milk 😍. And yes homemade, warm fresh out of the oven is absolutely amazing. It's more a traditional holiday kind of thing. So usually at Christmas time they're everywhere, fresh. So glad you guys are trying Romanian snacks and like some of them. Makes me feel so proud 🤗
I’m so happy you tried our snacks! Love from Romania❤
YOU ARE AMAZING ADORABLE ❤ !!!!
Thank you for this beautiful video !
From Romania with love ❤️ !!!
Wow... I didn't know is 7 days from Romania, best thing ever ! Best snack from best people from earth.. Greetings from the Serb neighbor ❤
It's not, I believe it's made by a Greek company. "Magic" Croissant it's Romanian (and way better, in my humble opinion) if you ever want to try!
Magic is way better indeed
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7 days is not from Romania, but very popular here.
7Days is greek, Chipicao and Magic was romanian.
As a romanian i am happy to SEE someone else to SEE that eat our food😊
I've seen lots of foreigners try out ROM chocolate, however none of them actually anjoyed it, I am so glad you guys actually like it❤️. It really is our pride and joy and I really can't understand how people don't like it, there's so many versions of it😩
Eugenia is really specific romanian snack, the oldest one.
Yeah.. is pretty oId. But nowadays with so many brands making the Eugenia ..some tend to taste better than others.
When I was a kid I don't remember having as many brands with Eugenia like we have today. 😁 But I was rarely a big fan of Eugenia with cocoa cream (even if I am to try the cocoa version ..IateIy I tend to prefer the CROCO brand. Is my favorite so far and for the cocoa version). My personal preference is rather the ones with lemon cream or vanilla. I think they are improved like that (but that's my own preference). 😁
I have tried chocolate covered Poofoleti and my friend has tried strawberry Poofoleti . Very good!
you can find many of the Romanian snacks at the Romanian store in Scarborough it's called ABC Euro Delicatessen, on 6 Lebovic Ave❤
Guys you have an amaizing energy, when i SEE how you apreciates our country I almost cry, cause I love my country but most of the romanians doesn’t see that thing for good reason, but you have to be optimistic. You are great. You have to come back at the footbal game Dinamo- Fcsb on 25 November.
Happy to see that you guys enjoyed the snacks from our country, 😊
Thank you for supporting Romania! Good luck in the future 😊❤️
The one you said it s like gingerbread, it s indeed gingerbread :)
Appreciate the video some of the more unknown romanian brand snacks are pretty hard to find in supermarkets.
🙌🏻 You guys know your romanian words! Awesome! I was very impressed!
The Tortizzi has an image with the actualy tortizzi Snack dipped in yogurt actualy. Not hummus or cream chesse. This type of Snack goes very well with yogurt, kefir . I need to try them with sour cream.
Cozonac is the best ! Turta dulce as well ! The rom chocolate is awesome !!!! Ivana is spot on with the pronunciations 👏🏻🙌🏻
Multumim❤❤❤ pentru că susțineți romania❤❤❤ sunt un roman bun😊
OMG tysm for do a vid with My country! 🤩🤩🤩🤩❤❤
Reached a level of anxiety I did not expect from this video while watching Ivana point that knife down while slicing the cozonac @ 12:30😱
Thanks for the great video, always happy to see you here!
Magura was my grandma's favourite... brings up lots of memories.
My absolute fav are Turta Dulce and Toortitzi.. followed by Joe original .. and yeah, that's the best one out of all flavours so good choice
Hello guys 👋 glad to see that you enjoyed the Romanian snacks 🤗 we do love rum extract in our desserts , chocolate and rum is the best combination 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤👌💜The Halva is made with sunflower seeds , and the turtă dulce it's actually ginger bread cookies 😊
We don't have Lays ketchup chips in U.S but few months ago I ordered some from Amazon and they were interesting 😊 I prefer salted kettle chips but my kiddos liked it a lot.
Poiana means the clearing (area in the forest with no trees) so there are many locations with the term in their name, Poiana Brasov is just one of them.
Cozonac is Easter bread ... ;) Chio isn't Romanian brand ... it's German (just googled it lol)
Chio was the first German potato chips brand, originally created in 1962 by the Von Opel Family in Hofgut Petersau. The name Chio is taken from the first letters of the family members: Carlo, Heinz and Irmgard von Opel. :D
Fun fact: "7 days" are Greek products and most of them are made in Bulgaria :D All my life I tought that "7 days" is bulgarian brand :(
"7 days" croissant...also can find it in malaysia
In Serbia too ❤
@@unicornns5695 That's because it was bought by Mondelez, the giant company that also sells Oreo, Milka, Toblerone, etc... Many national brands all over the world are bought by these giant companies and sold worldwide.
In greece too
You guys are adorable, so natural. Big like for you!
* cracks knuckles * here we go... ROM chocolate, yes it's yummy, it's been around for what seems like forever, the small bar is still the best of them all (of all the assortments they came up with, I mean). Pufuleti, are corn puffs, you can find them flavored too, either from Gusto or Lotto or.. Star (these ones come with peanut flavor, cheese, ketchup and umm... pizza I think... you can find them as a mixt in a bag, they really make the beer go down smoothly when you watch tv). But you gotta admit the "bland" ones make for a great palate cleanser, especially if you had something really sweet. Also, don't know if you have it in the mix yet ( I'm writing as I go, with the video LOL) , but if you're gonna try another childhood snack, it's gotta be what we called "Eugenia"... that's a oblong oval...ish cookie sandwich, white "biscuit" and chocolate filling; now, I've tried pretty much all of them, and came to the conclusion that the brand that's closest to the vintage version, is Croco. Halvita is Nougat with peanuts sandwiched between 2 wafers, or sometimes in a wafer cone ( that's the version we grew up with). Halva is a compound made of (well, more popularly) sunflower seeds,but it can also be found made from sesame seeds, and it comes in 2 main versions: cocoa and vanilla, the cocoa one is better, because it's not as rich...? Can't exactly describe it, all I know is when I was little we used to buy a big block (1kg) of halva and I ate so much, I got sick. Now I'm glad we can find it in small packaging, the ideal one being 200-400g...? My favorite is "Hanu Boieresc", a store brand ( Penny Market). JOE, is not what it was back in the 90's ( mainly because I'm pretty sure it wasn't owned by Nestlé)... it's got a different flavor now, and again, the ones that come closest to the original, are store brands (from Lidl and Penny), the new one is not bad, but the old one had a certain creaminess to the filling and it was more milk chocolaty, if that makes sense. Also the wafer itself was slightly crunchier, but in a crumbly kinda way, not like you're chewing on a tree bark. The covrigi? The best of the best ones in that variety, were "covrigi de Buzau" you could buy them 5-10, tied with a piece of yarn and they were crunchy and yummy and fresh out the oven, with a dusting of salt (excuse me while I'm drooling at a memory), but they now industrialized them and they became what you tasted. I was never tempted to try Toortitzi, so if you like them, enjoy. Cozonac ( aka brioche or babka), I recommend next time to get from a patisserie, or one of those kiosks that sell bread, you'll get a more authentic version of it, that's not coming straight from the hands of a grannie, that is; the Boromir version is too spongy, imo. They do make some other great sweets, if you wanna check their online store. Turta dulce is classic ginger bread with vanilla sugar glaze, but can be found in several varieties, one of them being the version you tried in Serbia. Magura is still good, but try Kinder Delice and see the difference. UGH Poiana used to be so yummy in the version with peanuts or plain milk chocolate, Primola, is great if you buy Papi (it's got that milk cream filling), but for me, nothing beats Fin Carré from Lidl (cheap and yum and melts in your mouth) and Roshen, the bubbly one... yeah. The best ketchup chips I ever had, came from Lay's and then went away, so now I tend to stick to the classic salt chips, cause you can taste the fried potato really well. But then again, Chio is not my favorite brand for chips, but for microwave popcorn... especially the butter one. The 7Days croissant, it's good, but at the price it has now, it's better to get an actual croissant from the ovens at the supermarket or from a patisserie, at least you'll get it fresh and filled with Finetti or Nutella. Sorry this comment turned into a novel. Enjoy your stay and your munchies.
Longest comment I've ever read on a TH-cam video. And I'm absolutely glad I did😊
Ești minunat sau minunată oricine ai fi. Ai pus suflet cum ai dezvoltat și lămurit fiecare dulce în parte. Iubire și respect de la IAȘI! Proud of you and our România!
@@ankarianka9213 pai ori suntem mancaciosi, ori nu mai suntem, nu? 😁
As a romanian im happy to see americans tryng our snacks and i can say that "pufuleti" does not have a flavor but theres a company named "star" i think its russian and they make "pufuleti" with diferent flavors like cheese and peanuts
Hope you have a good time in romania!
Well as a romanian i never liked Rom chocolate, but everyone with its taste. I heard the new owner changed the Rom name with Usa and put the american flag on it 😅 got a serious backlash from romanian people and changed it back lol 😂
Great snacks you picked and awesome video. Definitely Romania has some good snacks but many of them nowadays are full of aditives and sus ingredients, they keep the traditional snacks but changes the labels to more unhealthy.
N a schimbat nimic, era un prank de 1 aprilie
In case you haven't already, try Pufuleți covered in powdered milk (lapte praf)😉. There are 2 brands that I know of, Martino and Buggy. Those are tastier of course, ans slightly sweet. The regular pufuleți are just cornflour, salt, oil, so for someone used to stronger flavors, they don't taste like much. But I love them nevertheless, they've been around since forever, a cheap and quite healthy snack 😀
There are also Pufuleți covered with chocolate 🙂
Pufuleți is also a good healthy snack for babies.
try turta dulce with tea ... and yes.. it`s gingerbread :)) also.. from tortizzi brand.. they also have soocitzi , you should try them.. they are like sticks...andddd try chec from alka brand, you will love it
I like how you pronounce it in Romanian! You are adorable! Peace and LoVe ❤
Nice sharing very good perfect
I think that besides pufuleti and pufarine the Eugenia biscuits are the most representative. We have Eugenia since my mom was a kid.
Aslo try Polar ice cream.
I'm happy that you tasted some of my childhood snacks❤ love from Romania guys🇷🇴
I’m a Romanian, this brought so much nostalgia to me!
9:01 covrigi pentru bere is so good with or w/o beer
Proud to be Romanian, I recommand all of them
i'm from romania too! its really beatiful outside
Great review! I thoroughly enjoyed it.
16:47 Ivana's least favorite one most probably was Magura coconut cookie 🙂. The cocoa one is better tho.
there a re better brands than Magura, nowadays, like 7zile, San Fabio, Kinder Delice... I think LaFesta came up with some similar stuff too, and Ülker and Eti too.
Hey Steve! come in Laval once you’re in Canada! We have romanian grocery stores over here!!
As a romanian im super happy that u tried these :)
Also Africana chocolate is popular maybe you try it in part 2.
Im glad i live in Romania and i can say that Romanians do really like those snacks🇷🇴🇷🇴 i can Tell that Dacia was the first name of Romania🇷🇴🇷🇴
Sunt si eu din romania si sunt mandru
As a Romanian this video is a winner of my appreciation because 1, they know soo much about our country, 2, they respect the country unlike other dumb Americans who have no idea what Romania even is.
Thanks for trying our country's snacks!
Super ! You have to do more other same videos. Best regards!
Congratulations! Mrs Ivana speak verry well în Romanian. 😊
Turta dulce means sweet gingerbread, halva it s made of roasted ground sunflower seeds instead of sesame. It may include other ingredients, such as nuts, cocoa powder, or vanilla. Great video , i loved it !! thank you for spreading the knowledge of romanian sweets . I followed you from Cristi and Ralu , Backpackyourlife and others romanian travel vloggers
Oh, oh, please also try DOTS. It's a cottage cheese filled chocolate bar. absolutely lovely! Try the milk chocolate version, but also the original if you like dark chocolate
Great video guys maybe next trip to romania you will visite cantacuzino castle ( where filmed wednesday from family adams series of netflix) or have a ride with mocanita train with steam
FINALLY YOU GUYS TRYED OUR SNACKS I LIVE THERE!
Try to dip the pufuleti in greek yogurt ... u can even find pufuleti with stron cheese flavor and i highly recommend you to try them with yougurt !)))))
hello, i am romanian trust me you tried the best snacks out there! Tortitzzi are the best snacks (atleast for me) and its nice to see this video!
stay well!
I'm from Romania and it's a honor to my country for you to try our candy's:)
I love the fact that you shared the same snacks....a strong sign of connection between 2 of you...i saw other foreign couples making videos about trying Romanian snacks but not eating same one..
SALUT! (HELLO)
As a romanian this makes me soooooooooooo happy!
If you want a flavoured version of pufuleti you should try pufuleti from the brand lotto, the cheese version
I like how out of all of them, u doubted Toortitzi being romanian, while it is probably one of the most romanian snacks there, alongside the Rom bar, the Covrigi, and the cozonac.
Actually my description of pufuleti, as a Romanian, would be dehidrated mamaliga, or puffiy-crispy mamaliga :)). Yes, they're made of corn and, yes, they are almost tasteless. I never buy them, but when my niece has a bag in the park, I find myself unable to stop putting them into my mouth. My reccomendation of a sweet snack would be salam de biscuiti (crackers salami), if possible the ones in a baloney size, not what you find in the local supermarket. It's not salami, of course, but they sure look like one. And, again, 80% of the recepies are with rum essence :).
it's better known as "sweet salami" and I think even the English enjoy it. I did see 2 British lads from a channel, making the same recipe we have, and then they made Lamington, aka "Tavalita" and I couldn't believe my eyes LOL.
As a romanian i am so proud
im from romania but africana chocolate is so good you will need to try
I AM A ROMANIAN!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 TYSM FOR DOING THIS!!!🇷🇴❤️🇨🇦
Pufuleti is corn with salt … this was made before the 90s fresh and sold, we actually eat as snacks popcorn fresh made, before the 90s, also the grandma was making fresh donuts and placinta with salty cheese, also clatite that are French pancakes with homemade marmalade, rom is really traditional also. Before the 90 we were doing everything in the house even the chocolate, so we don’t have so many unhealthy snacks, almost everything that you can buy now is from the west. Halva is a paste made from sunflower seeds. Thank you for the videos , much appreciated ❤
When making desserts at home in Romania, at least during my childhood, we had three primary "flavors".
One was to use cocoa, and lots of it. Not chocolate, cocoa. - Second and third are rum and vanilla extract respectively.
Tiny little vials of rum extract you can find at every corner store, you put like two or three drops of it in any cake or cozonac or pudding or biscuit salami.
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Just started playing the video. I'm sure it's gonna be a proverbial mouth-full.
Plessee try them version of Kentucky Fried Chicken there!!!
Good one. As suggestions I can recommend Alka Wafers & products, Viva Snacks and Heidi Chocolate plus Kandia products as well. 😉
Isn't Heidi by Kandia? Haven't found it in a while, so I could be wrong, but I think it was the same main brand.
@@m0t0b33 from what I know, no.
Love from Romania!🫶🏻❤🇷🇴
Pufuleti is mămăliga in the form of a snack 😂. Only in Romania. ❤ edit: all over Europe. 😊
There are made in Spain too (also the romanian brands too,like the Gusto they tried) in spanish they call them gusanitos (little worms)😁
ehh nu chiar mamaliga e mai mult snacks de malai
I think the romanian fans are very happy that you tasted our food!
im used to some of these snacks since i actually live in romania so i could tell u more abt them since i eat some of these like everyday
Pufuketi you can buy in Canada too
i would reccomend any type of grisine and fripsy
1:03 you said them totally opposite.. but I still love you guys because you clearly love Romania👍👍
Proud someone did this with Romania
seeing other enjoying our romanian sweets its like im proud of what romania made ( also try the other flavours too :)
Try pufuleti with cheese flavor .The flavor is pretty strong,. They're really good as well! Greetings from Romania !😁
And I know the brand Boromir, and watched all three of the LOTR movies so many times...BUT I NEVER ONCE LINKED THE TWO TOGETHER I-
BTW, people directed you really well in choosing that brand of cozonac, because it is the most famous in the country. Their cozonaci are top tier!!!
Bravoo! Multumim!! 🎉🎉
Pufuleți may be simpler ..but they are less unhealthy than compared to Cheetos or the cheese balls thingy that Ivana talked about in the video.
But I recommend ,,pufuleți'' made rather with sunflower oil ..not those made with palm oil (cuz the palm oil is worse than sunflower oil, Palm oil ..unheaIthy oil to cook with). Since we have more than 1 brand of pufuleți în Romania you will find some with palm oil and others with sunflower oil (but lately I feel like there are more with palm oil than with sunflower oil) 😄 Last time I eated pufuleți was from the brand ,,Croco'' (with the cartoony crocodile on the bag) and that version uses sunflower oil for pufuleți.
true, but they also have the consistency of packing peanuts LOL. Croco has great Eugenia type cookies though.
Halvita is nuga but halva is made from a hole sunflower seeds with flour and sugar.
I am romanian this was so fun to see people try our snaks