The "Moldova" restaurant situated in Brooklyn, New York, is the first traditional Romanian restaurant in New York and was opened by Radu Panfil, a Bessarabia who emigrated to the United States in 2005, nytimes.com website informs, quoted by Mediafax.
The restaurant opened in July 2012, is a tribute to the Balkans gastronomy: hearty soups, smoked and fresh fish, grilled and braised meats and meat stuffed cabbage rolls. They also cook corn porridge served with homemade sausages on the side or peas and onions, according to the New York
Radu Panfil the restaurant owner aged 35, emigrated from Chişinău to the United States in 2005. At first he was a waiter in several restaurants in New York, then manager. He set up the restaurant in an effort to create a special place for his community members to meet in New York, but also for lovers of good food.
“From the beginning, it was set that it is going to be the place where people from our country get together, to feel that they are at home, not to forget the customs and traditions from our country — and the smell of hot mamaliga, Radu Panfil stated for the NY Times”.
And since it proved a good idea, Radu Panfil opened a sister restaurant last August in Philadelphia, and his expansion plans are growing, the publication adds.