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    Chat Qui Rit - Egg with asparagus and chicken giblets

    Chat Qui Rit

    3.5(45 reviews)
    42.2 km
    €€

    This wine bar has delicious food and excellent service...Well above five stars. We only had the…read moretagliolini with fresh shaved truffle mushroom and the select cheese sampler. Absolutely brilliant. We will go out of our way to come back here upon returning to this magical city.

    Delicious, inventive, and classy with italian, asian, european and gastronomy. Yes this place is…read morenot a $$ place on yelp, i would say $$$, but worth every penny. Service is fantastic, wine recommendation paired very well after we ordered our meal and service was friendly. We went may 19,2023. Dishes are seasonal and based on available fresh ingredients. We chose this restaurant walking by and looked at the menu displayed outside. No photos on the menu so it's not a tourist trap! You start with a complimentary aperitif of local cuttlefish and a puff. Both very light and refreshing even on a rainy damp day. Appeetizer we picked the egg yolk with asparagus and chicken giblets with brioche. I don't remember the name of it. But it was lovely. Rich and yolky, but not runny and drippy. The chicken giblets were perfectly cooked and paired very well with the scoop of the sauce and yolk. The homemade taglioni with black truffle pasta is worth the 30 minute walk from the train station. My friend and I split the dish and they were so kind to bring 2 plates with half portions! The pasta is so flavorful with the clean and dreamy butter sauce that perfectly complement the oo's and ahh's of the black truffle shaved tableside. I want that flavor to linger for days! The octopus with yellow foie mousse hit the spot as well. Octopus was tender, and then tentacles grilled i think to give it a second texture. Either way, it was delicious. I heard the other table get dessert and was able to ask about the dessert called "idea of tiramisu 2.0" It gets served tableside with espresso freshly poured onto the pastry and it floofs right in front of you. fresh cold mascarpone cheese gets placed on and you need a little bit of everything on the spoon for the perfect bite.

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    Chat Qui Rit - The scallop dish.

    The scallop dish.

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    Ai Mercanti - Housemade bread + olive oil come with the table

    Ai Mercanti

    4.6(36 reviews)
    42.1 km
    €€€

    I found Ai Mercanti on the Michelin guide and noted that it was a 5 minute walk from our hotel. It…read morewas a restaurant I had bookmarked in my mind while we were in Venice. When my husband and I had just gotten back from a day trip to Bologna, we realized we were hungry for a late dinner. Ai Mercanti popped on my mind. I figured that reservations were required, but I took a chance and called the restaurant to see if they could accommodate us for a 9:30pm dinner. They told us to come right on down. Score! This restaurant was a hidden gem. Not only was it off the beaten path, but the food and service were excellent. We had an amazing experience. The servers were the nicest, and they were highly attentive. I overheard multiple waiters speak French fluently, so I thought it was impressive that they were tri-lingual with English, Italian, and French. This was one of the few places in Italy where I felt that the service team actually read the room. They knew when we were ready for the next course or when we wanted to finish dinner, so the pacing of each meal was impeccable and there was no dilly dallying around for the check. Each dish was a banger, and the portions were right-sized. I didn't feel overstuffed after a first, second, and dessert for once. We had the following: - Octopus with agretti (saltwort), grilled new potatoes, parsley oil and amaranth. I loved the simplicity of the flavors. - "Apparently" crispy egg, potato foam, Cantabrian anchovy. This is what a warm hug tastes like. GET THIS. - Cod in a lightly spiced coconut milk, lemongrass and coriander soup. Since Venice was a merchant hub for trading spices, I felt like I tasted more ethnic variety. For example, this was the first "Asian"-inspired dish I had in Italy. The cod was very tender, and the lemongrass coriander soup was a flavor party in my mouth. - Lamb chops, spring onion, curry sauce. The meat was tender. - Panna cotta, merengue, dulce de leche, salty peanuts ice cream. Each bite was a harmony of flavors and worked very well together. The panna cotta had a nice creamy texture. - Crème brûlèe. A beautiful, traditional classic dessert. They do this right.

    (Overall: B) - Very small restaurant located in the interweavings of Venice, that serves…read moretapas-styles elevated small plates. Their menu is conceptually captivating and their food lives up to that standard, which is a pleasant sight. (Oyster: A) - Very fresh oyster, served with an mignonette sauce that adds a contrastive garlicky acidity that really flares up the palette! (Octopus Salad: A) - Lot's going on in this salad, but the guac packs an intense flavor bomb pairs well with the delicate seasonal produce and tender octopus. (Pigeon: C) - Dish looks apart and sounds conceptually interesting, but I don't think the ingredients work well together; given that the pigeon is boney and hard to eat, adding a thick barley gravy simply makes it harder to eat. I was hoping that the flavors could help highlight the beauty of the pigeon rather than dominate it in the case of the kumquat. Food: E Presentation: +1 Price: E Atmosphere: E Service: E Menu: +1 Overall: 4 stars Insta/Yelp/Beli/TikTok: @amei_eats

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    Ai Mercanti - Housemade tiramisu for dessert!

    Housemade tiramisu for dessert!

    Ai Mercanti - Starters: two oysters + a cheese board

    Starters: two oysters + a cheese board

    Ai Mercanti - For dessert, sorbet flavor of the day (strawberry today) and housemade tiramisu

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    For dessert, sorbet flavor of the day (strawberry today) and housemade tiramisu

    Smania Anna - french - Updated June 2026

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