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The Taste of Transylvania gastronomic and cultural festival, which already has a strong tradition in Transylvania, will be held in Hungary for the first time. It will be hosted by the Transylvania Regional Unit of the Skanzen in Szentendre in March.
At the three-day festival, leading chefs from Transylvania and Hungary, as well as Transylvanian cooks, will present the region's diverse gastronomic and cultural heritage. In addition to culinary experiences, concerts, book launches, film screenings and family programs will enrich the event, which will be held between March 27 and 29, said Adorján Trucza, founder and director of Taste of Transylvania, at the event's press conference in Budapest.
As he recalled, the festival has been held since 2022 among the slopes of the Borospatak open-air museum. The festival's "flagship" will remain Gyimes, but they will bring over from there as much as possible, noted Trucza Adorján.
Enjoy the five major cuisines at Taste of Transylvania festival
The main organizer said that their goal is to organize the largest Transylvanian-themed event in Hungary in 2026, showing the diversity of Transylvania through the five major Transylvanian cuisines (Hungarian, Saxon, Romanian, Armenian and Jewish).
Trucza Adorján highlighted the Örömfőzde among the Taste of Transylvania venues, where Transylvanian housewives will prepare traditional dishes, while Michelin-starred chefs will create contemporary dishes from the same ingredients.
He added that a total of 45 programs are being prepared, including film and book presentations, concerts, and children's programs, while 25 restaurants and confectioneries will offer their dishes, and many small Transylvanian producers will also bring their products to the festival's gastro market.
Adorján Trucza spoke of Ilonka Rozália, a housewife from Máréfalvi known as Mama Róza, as one of her gastronomic role models, and a regular participant in the Taste of Transylvania festivals.
Her recipe is used to make the Máréfalvi lepény, a delicacy that originally started as a Saxon dish and then spread throughout Székelyföld, which is prepared differently in every village in Transylvania. Aunt Róza's version can of course be tasted at the festival, and in the meantime, as a kind of taster, on Friday and Saturday at the Vineta bar in Budapest, the organizers said.
Source: MTI.hu
Photo: Taste of Transylvania Facebook page
