Thread: In search of Venice/Treviso advice, also agroturismo recommendations in Venice area

More detailed reports soon: but, in Treviso, I ate at: El Sestin, which is at Viale Burchiellati 48-31100 TREVISO, tel 0422 544 877 http://www.elsestin.com/ At El Sestin we had four different antipasti - the baccala mantecato was quite good, as were the sarde in saor - sardines w/ pickled onions. The salsiccette and soppressa were nice as well. I had the pasta amatriciana for my main course, and it was good, but my other dining companions had...

Im assuming you are talking about plotkin, not the slowfood osteria guide? Plotkin is a huge heavy book - I always copy the relevant pages from this and similar books, dbl sided to avoid the nuisance of carrying them on trips. The slowfood recommendations is geared to moderately priced restaurants. If you cant find the Osterie book, its not impossible to go onto their website and read reviews if you can figure out how to register and login. I...

For visiting food markets, any day is better than Sundays. Most markets are opened Mondays and there will be enough going on to enjoy them. Given your schedule, Tuesday morning would be the only day to visit the Rialto (the amazing pescheria is closed Sunday and Mondays). The Rialto market is a must even if you buy nothing. Besides the amazing variety of seafood, produce etc, there is the setting, the history, the bustle, the shops and wine...

I will be here until the end of this Sat... what am I missing?? I went to Ristorante Galli in Roncade last night. Amazing food. We had a great meal there (Pigeon soup, fish egg pasta, which reminded me of Japanese cod roe pasta, grilled pheasant dish were all outstanding.

Trattoria Antiche Carampane specializes in seafood so may be a little above the budget but, importantly for Venice, I found it great value for money. Spanking fresh fish, the soft shell crabs brought alive and kicking to the table looked amazing. my blog http://salvos.co.uk/diary/blog/index.... has a review of this and another couple of good places in Venice. Buon viaggio.

Might be worth adding, hope you don't take it amiss, that in Italy, persimmons are called "cachi"