Discover Romanian Cuisine - 6-Course Fine Dining & Wine Pairing

The Romanian Wine & Dine Series continues with Chapter 5! Our new guest Chef for October and November 2024 is now confirmed: Bogdan Alexandrescu. Here's just a brief intro:

| best Chef Hotel Restaurants in RO 2023

| graduate from Hautes Etudes du Goût

| graduate from Le Cordon Bleu Paris

| former Executive Chef at Relais & Châteaux

Let us cosy up this coming autumn with reinterpreted Romanian dishes and amazing natural sips. There is also another big update: we‘re changing our location and will be popping our events up at the beautiful SieMatic showroom at Leipziger Platz.

- 3.5-hour event hosted by WSET 3 certified wine expert Ramona Enache-Lorenz and Romanian Chef Bogdan Alexandrescu.

- 6 courses, part of a 8 dishes and bites meal, covering some of the best recipes of Chef Bogdan. The menu has already been planned and will be published shortly before the event;

- 6 Romanian wines paired with the dishes

- 2 different menus: Meat and Vegetarian.

- Where? SieMatic am Leipziger Platz, the beautiful kitchen showroom of SieMatic

- When? 19:30. Please be on time.

- How many seats? 20-seat max. capacity

- IMPORTANT: this event is a Pop-UP and will happen only 6 times. For food allergies/intolerances, please let us know in advance.

This time we are offering Meat and Vegetarian Menu, both priced at 139 EUR.

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Berlin is the city of all cuisines and somehow, Romanian food hasn't made its way yet on the list. We are keen on changing that and bringing at least some of the food we grew up with to the city that has been hosting us since 2017. And as local food is best served with local wine, a selection of Romanian wines will be paired and poured into your glasses with every course.

Romanian cuisine is a mix of so many different cultures that have crossed our borders over the past 2000 years: Romans, Greeks, Turks, Germans, Russians and so much more. On top of that, Romania is a pretty big country with very different dishes and influences and even as a local, you probably never tried every recipe. Even though urban Romania is now focused on meat, fish, and poultry dishes, it has not always been this way. For years, the main source of food in rural areas has been vegetables. In attempting to recreate this as part of our events, we will be exclusively cooking vegetarian.

Romanian wines are not well known despite Romania being Europe's 6th largest wine producer. During our first generation of Pointer events we have already introduced you to the fascinating grape universe we grew up in, home of 14 local grape varieties and attracting winemakers from all around Europe. We will be introducing 4 new grape varieties living their best life in the Moldovan Hills.

Chef Bogdan Alexandrescu, also known as Dexter, has over 12 years of experience in gastronomy and has revolutionized the local and international scene, promoting respect for nature and local and sustainable culinary traditions.

He is part of L'Équipage des Cuisiniers de la mer Ethic Ocean, was Executive Chef at Relais & Châteaux and graduated from the exclusive Advanced Studies in Gastronomy and taste program organized by the University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne & Le Cordon Bleu Paris. In 2023, he was named Romania's Best Hotel Chef.

Recognized in top Parisian gastronomy and lifestyle magazines such as Vogue, Le Figaro, Le Fooding, he has received rave reviews from prestigious culinary critics such as David Lebovitz and Alexander Lobrano.

“(…) telling you the meal I had the other night was one of the best I’ve had all year doesn’t deliver adequate praise for the excellent “neo-nostalgic” Romanian cooking of chef Bogdan Alexandrescu a.k.a. Dexter chef. So instead I’ll only say that this dinner was not only the best non-French meal I’ve had in Paris during the last twelve months, but one of the best ones full stop.” 2019, Alexander Lobrano

Through his contributions to gastronomy, both locally and internationally, Dexter has established himself as one of the most appreciated young Romanian Chefs of the moment."

Ramona Enache-Lorenz founded Pointer in 2014. Her love for wine started in the vineyard of her grandfather. She learned from him how to care for the vines and how to make wine. Spending so much time amongst the wine barrels, Ramona further developed her taste and preferences during her travels and became a WSET Level 3 certified sommelier in 2023.

In Ramona's opinion, Romanian wine has great unlocked potential and deserves to be better known around the world. Romanian food is a topic that has been coming up at almost every meal with international friends for the past 10 years and it is finally time to bring that to Berlin.

In the process of creating the menu and planning the events, we highly value all the ingredients and make sure we use as much as we can from every vegetable or fruit. We are big fans of fixed menus and limited seating because this helps the staff plan the quantities accurately and avoid waste. Whatever is left after the event will be either donated or eaten by us, so stick around in case you haven’t had enough.

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If not for you, maybe a good gift for someone else. Ever wondered what to gift that couple who loves wine, food, and exploring new cuisines? Can't nail it better than with a few tickets to this event!

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Important: You need to be 18+ years old.

Host or Publisher Pointer - Drinking Wine With Style.