The Rare Garden garden

RARE
GARDEN

Menu

Poale-n brâu baking in the wood-fired oven
Chapter 2 of 4

Bucovina la Masă

Among the Obcine hills

A journey through the flavours of Bucovina, from the smoke of farmhouse hearths to the scent of its forests and plum orchards.

  1. 1.
    Starters

    Smoked slănină from Sadova

    A selection of smoked pork fatback, served with mustard jelly, marinated onion, paprika and bread fresh from the oven.

    38 lei250 g
  2. 2.
    Starters

    Aubergine roasted over embers

    Aubergine roasted over embers, with cheese, dried tomatoes and spring onion: smoky and fresh.

    36 lei350 g
  3. 3.
    Soups

    Porcini borș

    Traditional sour soup with wild porcini, vegetables, sour cream and fresh herbs.

    28 lei450 g
  4. 4.
    Soups

    Bean soup in a bread bowl

    Bean soup with smoked meat and red onion.

    34 lei500 g
  5. 5.
    Soups

    Ciocnească soup

    Smoked trout soup with wild mushrooms, finished with sour cream.

    30 lei450 g
  6. 6.
    Main courses

    Nest of 5 Bucovina sarmale

    Five traditional sarmale in a nest of cabbage, served with polenta and sour cream.

    54 lei550 g
  7. 7.
    Main courses

    Bucovina rabbit in sour cream sauce, with potato dumplings browned in butter

    Tender rabbit cooked slowly in a velvety sour cream sauce with garlic and aromatic herbs, served with potato dumplings browned in butter and fresh herbs.

    62 lei450 g
  8. 8.
    Main courses

    Duck from Plum Valley

    Browned duck leg with spinach mashed potatoes and a sauce of smoked plums and pălincă (fruit brandy).

    68 lei450 g
  9. 9.
    Desserts

    Poale-n brâu

    Traditional Bucovina pastries filled with sweet cheese and raisins, browned in the oven.

    26 lei
  10. 10.
    Desserts

    Cozonac in a butter crust

    Generous slices of traditional cozonac (Romanian sweet bread), browned in butter to a crisp golden crust, served warm with a velvety vanilla and salted caramel sauce.

    24 lei250 g
The journey, in four chapters
  1. 1. The Gates of Bucovina
  2. 2. Among the Obcine hillsnow
  3. 3. Down the Suceava valley, to Putnacoming up
  4. 4. Under Rarău, in the Dorna country

Starters

Romanian spreads platter

43 lei300 g

eggplant salad with red onion, white bean dip with caramelized onion, eggplant zacuscă

Piperchi

35 lei250 g

an Aromanian bake of tomatoes, peppers, aged sheep's cheese and egg

Pitligeani

35 lei250 g

Aromanian eggplant stew with tomatoes and garlic, served with buffalo-milk cheese

Panko chicken croquettes

45 lei250 g / 50 g

with salsa verde

Cheese and dill dumplings

46 lei250 g

in rich Tohani sour cream with wild thyme oil

Porcini and truffle cream

43 lei250 g

on toasted bread, baked under Horezu cheese

Turkey salad

48 lei300 g

soy-marinated turkey breast, mixed leaves, avocado, pomegranate, Parmesan, croutons and seeds

Anchovy and roe platter

56 lei450 g

anchovies, carp roe, pike roe and breaded mussels

Carp roe salad

25 lei100 g

Pike roe salad

39 lei100 g

Soups

Lipovan fish soup

30 lei400 g

soured with vinegar

Sturgeon storceag

40 lei400 g

a traditional Romanian fish soup

Rooster borș

30 lei400 g

a sour Romanian soup made with rooster

Signature dishes

Oven-roasted beef

74 lei450 g

with truffle mashed potatoes and wild mushroom sauce

Beef cheek

74 lei350 g

with roast potatoes and demi-glace

Porcini and honey mushroom stew

68 lei400 g

with Mangalitsa sausage and fried polenta filled with burduf cheese from Bran

Mangalitsa pork chop

69 lei250 g

with potato gratin and bacon sauce

Rabbit, slow-cooked in a clay pot

62 lei400 g

Turkey breast, interwar style

58 lei380 g

grilled turkey breast with griddled vegetables and roasted pepper sauce

Confit duck leg

65 lei150 / 100 / 50 g

with pumpkin purée and cranberry sauce

Confit duck gizzards

65 lei150 / 100 g

with creamy cracked wheat, burduf sheep's cheese and cultured sour cream

Transylvanian veal goulash

62 lei400 g

cooked in a cauldron, with potato dumplings

Fish & seafood

Carp, fried or grilled

54 lei300 g

Grilled trout

55 lei450 g

Breaded zander fillet

51 lei300 g

Grilled sturgeon

90 lei300 g

Grilled sea bream or sea bass

67 lei500 g

Fried Black Sea anchovies

42 lei300 g

with garlic sauce

Danube carp saramură

65 lei500 g

the classic Romanian fish in brine, with polenta

Sea bream fillets in saffron sauce

68 lei400 g

with smoked cherry tomatoes and fresh spinach

Mediterranean sea bass

69 lei450 g

with olives, cherry tomatoes, capers and garlic

Seafood cioppino

80 lei400 g

a stew of mussels, shrimp and squid in tomato and basil sauce

Shrimp in butter sauce

70 lei300 g

with zucchini and basil

Shrimp saganaki

69 lei300 g

in tomato and basil sauce with feta

Tagliatelle with shrimp and zucchini

55 lei300 g

in a Parmesan and basil sauce

Squid stuffed with feta and shrimp

68 lei500 g

in tomato sauce with Kalamata olives

Black Sea mussels

60 lei500 / 100 g

in tomato and basil sauce, with fries

Fish platter for 2-3

190 lei1200 g

carp, sea bream, trout, anchovies, polenta and garlic sauce

Seafood platter for 2-3

190 lei1000 g

shrimp, squid stuffed with feta and shrimp, mussels in the shell, breaded mussels and squid tentacles

Grilled seafood platter

75 lei500 g

mussels in the shell, shrimp and grilled squid

Sides & salads

New potatoes with garlic and thyme

19 lei200 g

Fries

16 lei200 g

Grilled vegetables

20 lei200 g

Polenta

8 lei200 g

Salads

Pickles

16 lei150 g

vinegar-pickled cucumbers or mixed pickles

Green salad

12 lei150 g

Summer salad

19 lei200 g

tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and onion

Extras

Garlic sauce (mujdei)

5 lei

Lipovan sauce

6 lei

Homemade bread basket

5 lei

4 slices

Toasted bread basket

6 lei

Desserts

Cheesecake

26 lei200 g

made with Lăptăreasa din Tohani cottage cheese, with Cămara Moțului milk jam

Apple in puff pastry

25 lei250 g

with caramel sauce

Alivenci

24 lei250 g

a traditional cornmeal cake, with sour cream and jam

Artisanal ice cream selection

25 lei250 g

Kids

Chicken schnitzel with mashed potatoes

35 lei250 g

Pasta with tomato sauce

32 lei250 g

Polenta with cheese and sour cream

32 lei250 g

Drinks

Coffee & tea

Espresso

12 lei30 ml

Decaf espresso

14 lei40 ml

Double espresso

16 lei80 ml

Espresso macchiato

14 lei40 ml

Cappuccino

17 lei200 ml

Caffè latte

17 lei200 ml

Tea Forte hot tea

17 lei

Citrus Mint, Jasmine Green, Raspberry Nectar, Rooibos

Hot chocolate

16 lei200 ml

Soft drinks

Still or sparkling water

12 lei0,33 l

Still or sparkling water

20 lei0,75 l

Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite

14 lei0,25 l

Cappy juice

14 lei

orange, peach, apple

Schweppes

14 lei

tonic or pink tonic

Mint lemonade

25 lei0,35 l

lemon, Dobrogea honey or sugar, still or sparkling water

Lemonade with Din Inima Țării natural syrup

26 lei0,35 l

rose; ginger and lemon; blackberry; raspberry; lavender

Fresh orange juice

25 lei0,30 l

Tea Forte iced tea

23 lei

Beer

On draught

Tuborg

17 lei0,4 l

Bucur

22 lei0,4 l

Bottled

Tuborg

17 lei0,33 l

Carlsberg

20 lei0,33 l

Tuborg 0

17 lei0,33 l

alcohol-free

Bucur

20 lei0,35 l

Bucur Dark

22 lei0,35 l

Cocktails

330 ml

Aperol Spritz

37 lei

Aperol, prosecco, soda, orange

Hugo

37 lei

prosecco, elderflower syrup, mint, lime

Summer gin

40 lei

Whitley Neill raspberry gin, pink tonic, red berries, rosemary

Gin & tonic

35 lei

Beefeater gin, tonic, lemon

Mojito

37 lei

Bacardi rum, brown sugar, lime, soda

Margarita

37 lei

tequila, triple sec, lime juice

Amaretto Sour

40 lei

amaretto, lemon juice, sugar syrup, orange zest, natural foam

Cuba Libre

35 lei

Captain Morgan Spiced rum, Pepsi, lime

Long Island Iced Tea

40 lei

rum, gin, vodka, tequila, triple sec, lime juice, Pepsi

Campari Orange, Soda or Tonic

35 lei

Campari with orange juice, soda or tonic

Vodka & juice

35 lei

Finlandia vodka with apple or orange juice

Spirits & liqueurs

40 ml

Pălincă from Bran

Plum pălincă

25 lei

40%

Quince pălincă

26 lei

40%

Plum țuică

20 lei

40%

Sour cherry liqueur (vișinată)

20 lei

30%

Whisky

The Glenlivet 12 YO

30 lei

single malt

Glenfiddich 12 YO

36 lei

single malt

Johnnie Walker Red Label

20 lei

Jameson

20 lei

Jack Daniel's Old No. 7

26 lei

Four Roses Bourbon

23 lei

Vodka, gin, tequila

Absolut

20 lei

40%

Beluga

40 lei

40%

Beefeater

20 lei

40%

Tanqueray

25 lei

43.1%

Whitley Neill

26 lei

raspberry or quince, 43%

Olmeca Silver

20 lei

35%

Cognac, brandy, rum

Brâncoveanu VS

25 lei

40%

Brâncoveanu XO

33 lei

40%

Miorița VSOP

20 lei

40%

Rémy Martin VSOP

38 lei

40%

Martell VSOP

38 lei

40%

Havana Club 3 YO

20 lei

40%

Havana Club 7 YO

23 lei

40%

Bumbu

30 lei

40%

Bitters & liqueurs

Aperol

20 lei

11%

Campari

20 lei

25%

Disaronno Amaretto

20 lei

28%

Baileys

20 lei

17%

Jägermeister

20 lei

35%

Vecchio Amaro del Capo

20 lei

Wine by the glass

White blend

25 lei

1000 de Chipuri · dry · 12.8%

Rosé Pinot Noir

25 lei

1000 de Chipuri · dry · 13.5%

Merlot

25 lei

1000 de Chipuri · dry · 15.5%

Frescobaldi Rèmole Toscana

23 lei

white, rosé or red · 12.5%

Prosecco Serena 1881

25 lei150 ml

extra dry

White wine

750 ml bottle

White blend

120 lei

Crama 1000 de Chipuri · dry · 12.8%

Tămâioasă Românească

140 lei

Crama 1000 de Chipuri · dry · 12.5%

Iordache Fetească Albă

140 lei

Crama 1000 de Chipuri · dry · 13%

Avincis Crâmpoșie Selecționată

145 lei

Crama Avincis · dry · 12%

Princeps Caii de la Letea Aligoté

140 lei

Sarica Niculițel · dry · 12%

Diamond Junior Zghihară

145 lei

Domeniile Averești · dry · 14.5%

Rusalca Albă

145 lei

Crama Oprișor · blend · dry · 13%

Nedeea Alb

110 lei

Crama Vinarte · Romanian varieties · dry · 12.5%

Avenue Alb de Sâmburești Fetească Regală

120 lei

Crama Vinarte · dry · 12.5%

Mitroi Exclusive Chardonnay

130 lei

Domeniile Mitroi · dry · 13%

Bravoure Sauvignon Blanc & Pinot Grigio

120 lei

Château Cristi · dry · 13%

Bacanta Special Edition Șarbă

145 lei

Crama Gîrboiu · dry · 12.5%

Purcari Nocturne Chardonnay

140 lei

Crama Purcari · dry · 13.5%

Implicit Sauvignon Blanc

120 lei

Crama Recaș · dry · 13%

Alira Sauvignon Blanc

135 lei

Crama Alira · 12.5%

Grand Reserve Tămâioasă Românească

115 lei

Beciul Domnesc · sweet · 12%

Miguel Torres Viña Esmeralda

120 lei

Spain · Muscat and Gewürztraminer · dry · 11.5%

Rosé wine

750 ml bottle

Rosé Pinot Noir

120 lei

Crama 1000 de Chipuri · dry · 13.5%

Diamond Junior Busuioacă de Averești

135 lei

Domeniile Averești · dry · 13.5%

Avincis Cuvée Alexis

140 lei

Crama Avincis · dry

Bacanta Busuioacă de Bohotin

145 lei

Crama Gîrboiu · dry · 12%

Jiana Rosé Premium

127 lei

Crama Oprișor · dry · 13%

Princeps Caii de la Letea Rosé

140 lei

Sarica Niculițel · dry · 13%

Mitroi Exclusive Cabernet Sauvignon

120 lei

Domeniile Mitroi · dry · 12%

Nedeea Rosé

100 lei

Crama Vinarte · dry · 12.5%

Bravoure Rosé Malbec

120 lei

Château Cristi · dry · 13.5%

Purcari Nocturne Rosé

140 lei

Crama Purcari · 13.5%

Implicit Rosé

120 lei

Crama Recaș · dry · 13%

Grand Reserve Rosé Cabernet Sauvignon

115 lei

Château Cristi

Alira Rosé

135 lei

Crama Alira · 13.5%

Miguel Torres Viña Esmeralda Rosé

125 lei

Spain · 12.5%

Red wine

750 ml bottle

Merlot

120 lei

Crama 1000 de Chipuri · dry · 15.5%

Shiraz

135 lei

Crama 1000 de Chipuri · dry · 15.5%

67 Cuvée Merlot

140 lei

Domeniile Mitroi · dry · 14%

Dargaica Roșie

170 lei

Crama Oprișor · blend · 14.5%

Princeps Caii de la Letea Quintessence

140 lei

Sarica Niculițel · dry · 14%

Nedeea Roșu

110 lei

Crama Vinarte · blend · dry · 13%

Avincis Negru de Drăgășani

165 lei

Crama Avincis · 14.5%

Bacanta Fetească Neagră

160 lei

Crama Gîrboiu · 15%

Diamond Junior Fetească Neagră de Averești

140 lei

Domeniile Averești

Bravoure Cabernet Sauvignon, Fetească Neagră, Shiraz

120 lei

Château Cristi · dry · 13.5%

Alira Cuvée Red

135 lei

Crama Alira · 13.5%

Grand Reserve Fetească Neagră

115 lei

14%

San Marzano Talò Primitivo di Manduria DOP

150 lei

Italy · dry · 14%

Sparkling wine

Carassia Blanc de Blancs Brut

175 lei750 ml

Crama Carastelec · 12%

Carassia Rosé Brut

165 lei750 ml

Crama Carastelec

Castell d'Or Cava Brut

120 lei750 ml

Prosecco Serena 1881

125 lei750 ml

extra dry

Rare Forestour guesthouse in BranTinda BranuluiRomanian food, Obor market
Also from us

Rare Forest

A guesthouse at the forest's edge in Bran, with a pool, sauna and hot tub. Three hours from Bucharest.

Also from us

Tinda Branului

Romanian food from the Bran area, at Gust Obor food hall in Obor market.

RARE
GARDEN

Chapter 2 of 4

Bucovina la Masă10

Food

Starters10Soups3Signature dishes9Fish & seafood18Sides & salads11Desserts4Kids3

Drinks

Coffee & tea8Soft drinks9Beer7Cocktails11Spirits & liqueurs30Wine by the glass5White wine17Rosé wine14Red wine13Sparkling wine4