Venetian Dinner Day 2

After our excellent Venitian dinner last night, we decided to stay on the island again this evening! 

We started with a classic Venitian dish, Spaghetti al Nero di sepia (spaghetti with cuttlefish cooked in ink)! Even though I am allergic to cephalopods (minor allergic reaction), we wanted to try it! I stayed away from the cuttlefish, but both of us really enjoyed the delicious sauce! It is much better than it looks ;)

 

For our second course we had a Gaffero (?) Pizza... Soft mozzarella slices, fresh basil, olives and sweet cherry tomatoes! So tasty, we forgot to snag a photo before we started!

Of course we had some lovely local wine! Tonight, a red and a white!

To finish? Tiramasu... Why not? (As our waitress said). Definitely a great choice if you're on a good Venetian restaurant (but not a cafe.... No sir... we got multi-coloured sprinkles on our dolce!)

Dinner in Venice

Tonight we stayed late in the beautiful city of Venice! We decided to splurge a little and go for some Venitian cuisine!

The dinner started with some delicious carpaccio (very thinly sliced steak with cheese). This dish seemed to be the Italian version of sushi, and it was excellent!

The prima was a delicious venetian style gnocchi (creamy mushroom sauce and potato dumplings). This was really fantastic, best gnocchi I have ever had! We paired this with the house wine, a Veneto white.

The secondo was the catch of the day, cooked in true Venetian style! The fish was a flounder (turbot) and we were shown the fish before it was prepared, after it was baked, and then finally as a beautiful fillet on your plate. 

The waiter filleting our fish for us!

The fish was baked with olives, potatoes, cherry tomatoes, and some magical delicious sauce!

After this we decided to stay late and get a caffé (for Jason, espresso), a Moscato (for me), and the best Tiramasu I have ever had!

 

We even got serenaded by a guy with an accordion (he actually started with "when the moon hits your eye like a big piiiizzza pie, that's amoreeeeee")

A great evening in a quiet corner of Venice right next to the canal with some amazing food! Definitely worth the splurge!