Venice, the world-famous tourist city, is a city of water that attracts many people. The canals and alleys that go around the island are labyrinths. While walking through such a unique townscape, gourmet food unique to Venice is indispensable. In addition to the local cuisine surrounded by the sea and the dishes that make use of seafood, we will introduce 5 local dishes that cannot be tasted in other Italian regions.
- Ink as a sauce! Specialty “squid ink spaghetti”:
Squid ink spaghetti is indispensable when it comes to pasta that represents Venice. It uses squid ink as a sauce and is entwined with spaghetti. When ordering at a restaurant, it is transmitted by “spaghetti nero”.
The noodles are black and a little surprising, but the noodles have the umami of squid and squid ink, making them easy to eat.
The squid ink spaghetti of “Trattoria da Minmo” is soft and soft, and the saltiness of the squid ink sauce is not too spicy, so you can enjoy it from the beginning to the end.
The official Italian name for squid ink spaghetti is spaghetti Nero di Seppie. Seppie means squid, Nero means black, and as the name suggests, it is pitch black. There is also black spaghetti made by kneading ink, but since the photo is of the type with ink, check with a mirror to see if the mouth is black after eating.
- In combination with the famous polenta! “Venetian style of veal liver”:
A famous meat dish that is eaten in Venice, the city of water, while there are many seafood dishes. That’s the Venetian style of the “Fegato alla Veneziana” calf liver. The veal liver has no fishy odor and goes well with the sweetness of the well-fried candy-colored onions.
This dish is always accompanied by Veneto’s specialty polenta. Polenta is a kneaded corn flour that has a texture similar to mashed potatoes. You can eat it as it is, bake it as shown in the picture, and it is one of the indispensable local dishes in Venice, where Venice is located. It is loved by the locals so much that it is lonely without polenta.
The squid ink spaghetti and veal liver Venetian style are served on the lunch set menu at Trattoria da Minmo.
Trattoria da Minmo is in a very easy-to-understand location as it is close to Trenitalia’s Santa Lucia train station, about an 8-minute walk and facing Rio Terra San Leonardo.
What makes me happy is that I can arrive without getting lost just by crossing one bridge. This is very helpful in Venice, where there are many bridges, alleys and canals.
Basic information on Trattoria da Minmo
- Address: Rio Tera S. Leonardo, 1372, 30121 Venezia VE
- Phone: + 39-041-718015
- Business hours: 12: 00-22: 00
- Don’t forget another ink dish, “squid ink risotto”!:
Another squid ink dish I would like you to try is “squid ink risotto”. Enjoy a flavorful risotto with the squid flavor trapped inside! The hardness of the risotto rice is a finish that leaves a little core.
In addition to squid, shrimp may be topped on the risotto depending on the shop.
- Dried cod paste “Baccara Mantecato”:
Dried cod, one of the ingredients widely used in Italy. In Venice, Baccala mantecato alla veneziana, which is made by boiling dried cod into a paste, is famous. It is made by boiling salted and dried cod with milk and then stirring it to make a paste. Place it on sliced bread and serve as crostini. Crostini is one of the appetizers and is a dish in which ingredients are placed on a small slice of toasted bread.
Bacalhau means dried cod, and mante cart means kneaded and kneaded.
Barcaro, a restaurant in Venice, is almost always prepared. Barcaro is like an izakaya where you can easily drink a glass, and it is a pleasure unique to Venice to go around Barcaro with a glass of wine and side dishes.
- A classic in Venice! “Sarde in Saor”:
Sarde in saor is a classic Venice appetizer. Fried sardines, onions, raisins and pine nuts pickled in sweet vinegar. Sarde means sardine in Italian and Saor means taste in the Venetian dialect.
Sarde in Saor is said to have been used as a preserved food for long trips during the Age of Discovery, and onions, which are often used, supplemented vitamin C deficiency and prevented scurvy. It’s a local dish that is typical of the shipping kingdom of Venice.
The squid ink risotto, Baccara mante cart, and Sarde in Saor in the photos introduced are available at La Colombina below. Please also see the related memo.
Basic information on La Colombina
- Address: Cannaregio, 1828,30131 Venezia
- Phone number: + 39-041-522-2616
- Business hours: 12: 30-14: 30, 19: 00-22: 00
It is recommended that the wines you drink while enjoying the local cuisine of Venice are also combined in the same Veneto province. Veneto’s specialty wine, Soave, is popular and reasonably priced as it has a refreshing and refreshing taste and can be drunk casually. It is a white wine that you should definitely drink with local cuisine.
When you’re full, start walking again! In Venice, where there are many canals on the island, you can travel by water taxi or on foot. Walking is perfect for post-meal exercise.
- Local cuisine that colors Venice:
How was the 5 indispensable dishes in Venice? Because it is surrounded by the sea, there are many dishes that make use of seafood, and all of them are standard dishes, and all of them have a high probability of encountering them.