Writing on shisha craft, Japanese cuisine, and the small details that make an evening worth slowing down for. Updated occasionally — when something is worth saying.

A two-day itinerary written for travellers who plan their trip around the table. Coffee, lunch, dinner, late drinks — Old Town, Floreasca and the in-between.

From the early-dinner option to a long lounge evening. When to book, where to go, what to expect on December 31.

What makes a lounge feel premium, which neighbourhoods to choose, and how to build a complete evening with shisha, food and atmosphere.

How to pick a good lounge in Bucharest's Old Town: reservations, menu, atmosphere — and a simple evening plan.

Where to find a good hookah in Bucharest, how to choose, and what separates a premium evening from an ordinary one.

A relaxed evening plan in Bucharest: Old Town, dinner, cocktails, lounge and shisha — without bouncing between venues.

For travellers who want more than a pub crawl: lounges, cocktail bars and slower evenings with proper atmosphere.

Why food matters in a shisha lounge, what to order for sharing, and where to combine the whole evening in one place.

When dinner, drinks and shisha happen in the same place, the evening just flows. How to choose a proper shisha restaurant.

Visiting Romania and wondering about shisha? Practical notes on terminology, where to go, and what to expect.

Birthdays, reunions, work dinners — how to plan a group dinner with shisha in Bucharest that actually works.

Not a hookah-bar overview. A grown-up explanation of what shisha actually is, where the practice comes from, and what separates a careful bowl from a bad one.

The two families that organise every shisha menu in the world, and how to pick the side of the line that fits your evening.

A short, opinionated taxonomy of the sushi menu — what each one is, when to order it, and the rules to politely break.