The Chevermeto restaurant likes to keep things traditional: every evening they roast a whole lamb over a fire to prepare “chevere”, the dish that gives the restaurant its name. But that’s not all! You can learn to learn to dance to traditional Bulgarian music and sing folk songs, whilst enjoying typical dishes, like the Yovanova Salad; a delicious recipe, invented – they say – by the Voivodi, the ancient 8th century Slavic tribes that wondered through the Balkans. This salad is made of baked peppers, strained milk with garlic and sprinkled with crushed walnuts, and is the perfect starter to begin a mouth-watering feast in this beautiful restaurant in Sofia.
However, if you really want to go Bulgarian, you also have the option to get married at the Chevermeto in a traditional wedding: the bride is “stolen” by the groom’s family and friends, her hair is plated by the younger girls and she is then made to wear a red veil. At the same time, the groom is shaved by a notable person of the community and has to prove himself to his future wife by performing feats of daring which allow him to claim her as his own and take her home. Weddings in Bulgaria are rich is symbolism and sacred in their traditions, with the aim to ensure a successful and fertile marriage. Towards the end, the bride walks towards a big copper bucket with a red flower and a white flower inside, and gives it a hard kick; the flower that goes the furthest indicates the sex of the first child: white for a boy and red for a girl.
While we’re on the marriage topic; before you say “yes”, remember that in Bulgaria everything is topsy-turvy and nodding you head actually means no!!
Rumor has it that during the Ottoman Empire, the Bulgarians were trained to switch head shaking and nodding to confuse the enemy, but the habit never changed and, to date, yes still means no!
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