Cuisine Crush: Irish Pub & Restaurant Pizzico in Constanta, Romania

IRISH PUB 

Next to the Black Sea, Constanța is a great mix of cultures and history. After arrival and the quick shopping at city centre, in the evening we hit at cosy relaxing Irish Pub in the neighbourhood alongside Tomis Boulevard. 

With a spacious brownish tiled building, adorned with plants and a beautiful terrace near the Black Sea, Irish Pub is great for family, friends and business meetings alike. The entrance is an enlarged wooden Irish bar, the alcohol choices are vary, the dim light of the interior design as if from Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince setting; the whole tone of the bar and pub brighten up at the terrace in the mood of pastel brick together with a huge greenery bonsai tree. The waiters (definitely the clone of Rupert Friend!) escorts us to the window seats, recommends Romanian red wines and beer, gently places the intriguing lemon squeezer and table wears. 

Instead of mussels, my seafood plate is sea bass fillet with sweet corn puree, artichoke, edamame beans served with Saffron wine sauce. Usually not the fan of the any products of puree, while the first dinner in Romania changes my traditional opinion. The sweet corn puree is not plain, nor too dense, but with a slight sweet taste with tongue buds. The grilled sea bass fillets is crispy of the skin, only a few drops of fresh lemon is enhancing the whole flavor of the fresh salty touch. Unto with light pink ceramic plate, the pale yellow sweet corn puree in the decoration of light green edamame beans and the grey sea bass fillet completes a cute and tasty look. 

RESTAURANT PIZZICO

A rainy cloudy day, after the deep research at History and Archeological Museum of Constanța, the opposite of in Ovid Square, Pizzico Restaurant is a bouquet of syringes. With an organic kitchen where everything fresh is remodeling gourmet to the extent of papillos with cultural fantasies, the vintage newspaper design of the menu catches our attention. Among various burgers and pizzas list, the seafood is still the most attractive option, therefore, grilled octopus & squid served with sour cream sauce, 350 grams in total, treated in a off-white ceramic plate, a perfect softness to chew effortlessly at mouth, alongside with rather a bit plain green salad, in total the late lunch makes a chilly day warm and fulfilled. 

While enjoying the window view, I accidentally run down a pinkish candle by taking my cardigan off, I am terribly embarrassed but relieved after the Nepalese waiter keeps telling me there is no worry at all. After the lovely dining moments, the waiter is curious about my life and work in Helsinki, hoping one day he could work in Brussels and visiting the Nordic territories. I wish him all the best, again, the tiny mistake to confess: I even forget to ask his name. 

IRISH PUB 

RESTAURANT PIZZICO