🍝 Short of episode 15 of @BitesofItaly, in which we take you into the heart of Venetian food culture — from legendary cicchetti and meatballs to meat-focused classics in one of the city’s coziest dining spots.
🦑 First, we stop at Alla Vedova restaurant, famous for its crispy polpette (meatballs) and old-school Venetian pasta like scampi spaghetti and squid ink bavette.
🥩 Then we head to La Bitta, restaurant, where seafood is off the menu — but rich meat and vegetable dishes take center stage. Think smoked carpaccio, creamy polenta, and the classic Venetian-style liver with sweet Chioggia onions.
🎨 And yes — we tell the story behind carpaccio: a dish invented right here in Venice in the 1950s, in Venice at Harry’s Bar, named after Renaissance painter Vittore Carpaccio.
✨ These two restaurants show two sides of Venice. Join us for the flavors, stay for the stories.
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