Venissa Osteria, Mazzorbo

​Second time on this small island in the Venetian lagoon, exactly one year after my unforgettable lunch at the Restaurant Venissa. 
This time I had the pleasure of trying the more informal version next door, the contemporary Venissa Osteria.
It is an equally pleasant and well-groomed place, surrounded by greenery, flowers and vineyards, where you will appreciate above all the tranquility that distinguishes the island of Mazzorbo.
 
You can choose a menu 'The host thinks about it' with a selection of the best plates from the kitchen based on the catch and vegetables collected in the native gardens. The added value? All pastas are homemade and the menu includes a few dishes to work with raw materials, always fresh and of high quality.
Choosing to order à la carte instead you will have various possibilities.

​Among the appetizers I recommend the two dishes that I preferred among all.
Crispy sardines in raspberry saor with Tropea onion: it slightly lacked only he sour part, not incisive the raspberry saor but they were fried in a wonderful way.
Tartare of grey mullet, red turnip, green apple and mar butler oil: a riot of balance between crunchiness-softness and sweetness-acidity between the fish and the slices of green apple.

​Among the first dishes, the shells with artichoke cream and fish saucewere delicious: I would have preferred just some more artichokes, almost absent in many bites.
 
Among the seconds I tried dormouse, smoked corn cream, zucchini in scapece, coriander oil, polenta chips: again slightly lacking the acidic component of the zucchini and prevails a little too much the flavor of smoked, among all the dish that convinced me less.

Among the sweets, overall pleasant, I tried Tiramisu with ice cream but my advice falls on the cottage cheese cake, peas and honey.

​Attentive and kind service, the guys in the room are very present and good at guiding you in choosing the right wine to match the menu.
Overall, I highly recommend the experience but the Venissa Restaurant left me a wonderful memory and there is where I will try to return on my next visit to the Venissa Estate.