Lonely Planet told me Central Park was the best splurge in town.

Myself and a German chap who I met on the train from the European Championships both ordered the same thing: Romanian red wine, Romanian pork & beans soup in a bread bowl and Romanian stew with polenta.

Excellent. But we couldn’t finish the meal. The bread bowl itself was bigger than my head.

I enjoyed the restaurant so much I returned the next night again ordering a traditional Romanian pork and beans dish. With pickles, onion and horse radish.