Going medieval @ Excalibur
I’ve been testing restaurants and bars in Targu Mures for the past two weeks and I’ve finally found something remarkable enough to mention. It’s called Excalibur and it’s a medieval-themed restaurant (that’s the sell line). To the owners this implies humongous portions and the possibility to eat without cutlery–use your fingers, dip them in a bowl of water and wipe them on a towel.
We ordered a dish for four people (six of us ate from it) and it weighed more than 11 pounds. As you can see, that included two chickens and a bunch of other types of meat, potatoes, vegetables and two bananas. I don’t know how medieval bananas are, but they certainly added to the feast.
The best part is that drinks and food for 8 people cost a little more than $50. For the amount of food and drinks we ingested that’s cheap even by Romanian standards.
July 31st, 2006 at 1:49 am
Ha ha – it’s either the original OR a copy of Budapest’s Excalibur…
I think it’s a copy – the one in Budapest was not cheap at all, you were provided with a huge cover for your clothes (that I can’t spot in the pics) and I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t use bananas and olives…
July 31st, 2006 at 2:52 am
Given that it’s Targu Mures we’re talking about, you’re most likely right. But it was damn good.
July 31st, 2006 at 2:56 am
The one is Budapest is called Lancelot, actually, but they were all in the same movie…
July 31st, 2006 at 5:06 am
The American version offers a pretty fun show, but I gotta say the Romanian version looks like it has better food and faaaar better prices.
August 1st, 2006 at 1:10 am
oh, jo, you’re right…
August 5th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
Something about those bananas makes me feel dirty.
September 18th, 2006 at 5:38 am
That is a lot of food out there 😉
I think is called an king’s meal, I like their medieval style (swords, axes , and clothing)
Pitty they don’t let you try one of the swords
September 18th, 2006 at 6:55 am
Gotta love this town. :))
September 18th, 2006 at 7:00 am
You can’t take them down… they are really well fixed on the wall;)
Btw Marius, you forgot the shields and mural paintings:)
Anyway… ‘bon apetit’:)
September 21st, 2006 at 1:08 am
The ‘American version’ as Romerican said can be seen in Jim Carrey’s Cable guy comedy also, although the food wasn’t the center of attention:)