16/08/2024: Chronicle of an evening full of misfortune and heat
My girlfriend and I had dinner at the Venissa Restaurant a few evenings ago. It was a voucher that I had given her some time before. The bad luck starts a few hours before sitting down at the table, I must have eaten something in a cicchetteria for lunch that made me sick and I start to feel stomach cramps. I remain optimistic, I take a buscopan and decide to try the starry experience anyway also because for various reasons we would have struggled to arrange another date. The atmosphere is elegant but not suffocating, many smiles that put you at ease, making the context comfortable like few others. But alas, after the third course the pangs in my stomach return and I manage to hold on just for the next dish, the superstar: the blue crab. Luckily because it helps me understand the philosophy of Venissa: using a despised, detested, infesting product and transforming it into a prince of the table, protagonist of one of the best dishes I've ever tasted in my life. For me, dinner ends here, I explain the situation and ask that no more dishes come out of the kitchen for me. And, it seems incredible, my experience at Venissa still manages to improve: I am promptly offered a herbal tea and in rotation all the dining room staff come to check on my condition. I don't have time to feel embarrassed because I see a deep empathy in their eyes and I have the opportunity to taste the most important ingredient of Venissa last: human warmth. I have been able to try other starred restaurants but there is a philosophy behind this restaurant that is impressive: the care for raw materials, the attention to using waste, the use of creativity. But the thing that is priceless is the human warmth of the whole team that can be felt in the room and which, inevitably, translates into the dishes. Furthermore, the positive thing is that I have an excuse to return and that the voucher was so appreciated by my girlfriend that I have bonuses for the months to come. Thanks Venissa!
15/08/2024: Absolute level experience.
At Osteria Contemporanea we chose the 4-course tasting option with a wine subscription.
From the starter to the main course it was an explosive crescendo and the dessert represented an excellent conclusion. Original and well paired wines. The place is magnificent, the vegetable garden in front is a real feast for the eyes. Particular note of merit for the service, very attentive and able to easily put us at ease. Thank you, we will definitely be back
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