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Saturday, 12 December 2026

Ignat Traditions and Winter Feast

Name of the day in Romanian: Tradiții de Ignat și Festin de Iarnă

  • Pomana porcului, cooked live in the cauldron
  • Pork rind, cracklings, brawn and homemade caltaboș
  • Ciorbă de potroace (giblet sour soup)

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On 12 December, for Ignat, pomana porcului (pork fried in lard) is cooked live in the cauldron. Also on the table: pork rind, cracklings, homemade brawn, caltaboș (offal-and-rice sausage) and liver sausage, fresh hand-chopped sausages, and ciorbă de potroace (giblet sour soup). When you arrive, we welcome you with hot țuică or mulled wine, on the house.

From 12:30, with live music, at Restaurant Ceaun, Str. Maica Domnului nr. 54, Bucharest.

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Themed menu

The great Ignat starter

  • Șorici fraged și friptTender roasted pork rindSprinkled with salt.
  • Jumări aurii și crocanteGolden, crispy pork cracklingsRendered down in pork lard, served with red onion and hearth-baked bread.
  • Tobă, caltaboș și leber de casăHomemade brawn, offal-and-rice sausage and liver sausageMade to old recipes, cooked in an aromatic broth with spices.

Hot dishes

  • Pomana porcului la ceaunPork feast from the cauldronCooked live, the star of the day: juicy pieces of pork neck, belly and leg, seared over a high heat in lard, deglazed with a splash of white wine and crushed garlic, served hot straight from the cauldron.
  • Cârnați proaspeți tăiați la bardăFresh hand-chopped sausagesPork sausages strongly seasoned with savory, garlic and paprika, browned in the pan until juicy.

Soup of the day

  • Ciorbă de potroaceGiblet sour soupPiping hot, slightly sour and thickened with sour cream, perfect for reviving the palate.

Sides, sauces and pickles

  • Mămăligă la ceaunPolenta from the cauldron
  • Mujdei de usturoi de casăHomemade garlic sauceCreamy, or pounded with water and salt.
  • Festin de murături țărăneștiA feast of country-style picklesPickled green tomatoes, pickled red peppers, cucumbers or finely chopped sauerkraut with paprika and oil.

Dessert and welcome drinks

  • Plăcintă de casă cu dovleacHomemade pumpkin pieTender, golden pastry sheets, generously filled with baked pumpkin flavoured with cinnamon and walnuts, sprinkled with vanilla sugar.
  • Țuică fiartă cu piper sau vin fiert cu scorțișoarăHot plum brandy with pepper or mulled wine with cinnamonPoured on arrival, on the house, to whet the appetite and warm up the atmosphere.

Pomana porcului and sausages, any day

Dishes from our regular menu, which you can also order outside the themed day. Full menu

Other events at Ceaun

They all start at 12:30, with live music. Full programme

  1. Moldavian Feast at Ceaun

    Ospăț Moldovenesc la Ceaun

  2. Pastramă and Warm Polenta Day

    Ziua Pastramei și a Mămăligii Calde

  3. Transylvanian Dishes and Flavours

    Bucate și Gusturi Ardelenești

  4. The Great Romanian Celebration of 1 December

    Marea Sărbătoare Românească de 1 Decembrie

Ignat Traditions and Winter FeastSaturday, 12 December, from 12:30

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