Radicchio Rosso In Ravenna

23/03/2025: We had lunch in the restaurant so we cannot review the rooms

11/03/2025: The smell of salt, the sea breeze, the "white hills", the horizon that promises a lot of news, the flamingos that stand up with only one leg, the quiet of the world. . It is precisely here that this evening we had the pleasure of dining, in the heart of the Cervia Salt Pan Park, the smallest and most northern salt pan in Italy (in via Madonna della neve 15). The place: "Acervum" takes its name from "Acervus" or "pile" and in addition to being a restaurant it is also an inn - it has five rooms for lodging - and a shop - you can buy their products directly. The restaurant, on the other hand, is a splendid country villa with giant windows surrounded by a breathtaking landscape where you can experience history, savor culture and immerse yourself in nature. Inside we find an elegant, refined and quiet environment that follows a very precise line in the preparations: the use of sweet Cervia salt, each course is characterized by this grain of salt capable of enchanting and seducing even the most demanding palates. We took: 😋 Entrée: • Fried gnocco with sweet Cervia salt and mortadella: thanks to this small entrée we were able to enter the heart of the restaurant, we savored the flavor and sweetness of these small grains of salt that transformed the gnocco into something phenomenal. Good, special, decisive. Appetizer: • Roasted octopus with cream of potatoes and chives: perfectly cooked octopus, the crust wrapped the tender fish that used as a shoe in this cream of potatoes created a perfect balance. • Palette of the Salina: this enormous cutting board cheered up first the sight and then the stomach. Every single course was characterized by the use of Cervia sweet salt. - fried passatelli on mascarpone cream and bacon: wow. The crunchy passatelli that dived into the mascarpone with this flaked bacon was something perfect. Excellent combination. - fried piadina on chickpea hummus: it didn't excite us much. - potato croquette with ham: really large and dry crunchy on the outside with a heart full of mashed potatoes, velvety and sweet with a few splashes of flavor given by the ham. - pecorino cheese with sweet salt honey: good. - meatballs in sauce: yum, small and delicate, they reminded us of Sunday lunch at grandma's. - soffiotti with mortadella: soft and with a generous filling, a shame because they lacked that extra touch of magic in the dough. First course: • Cuttlefish ink lasagna with marinara sauce: seven completely black layers that were divinely combined with this marinara sauce that was very reminiscent of the flavor of risotto. The only shame was that the fish on the surface, having been reheated in the oven, were a little dry. Second courses: • Fritto di Paranza: perhaps the most disappointing dish, good, not very greasy, tasty but there was something unconvincing, perhaps the frozen calamari? • Grilled fish according to the catch: Sea bream, sole, cuttlefish and prawns: good, slightly au gratin but fresh. Desserts: • Rum Cubaney 18 years, Orange with salt, cookies and squares of chocolate with salt: a journey around salt and sweetness, special and exciting. • Semifreddo with Squacquerone, blackthorn jam and salt crumble: we were thinking of something more particular, undoubtedly not bad but a little more elaboration would have made the dish worthy of its ingredients. Here the sweet salt of Cervia is the undisputed protagonist of this place, a place that makes you feel at home without neglecting elegance, a place made of a few courses that still manages to satisfy all customers. We had a good time, we ate very well and we took a journey around this grain of salt that releases a sweet and salty taste at the same time. The details, especially the smallest ones, the ones that no one ever sees are the ones that really make the difference - after all, even a grain is enough to form a pile.