Shopping in a vintage market requires an equally fashionable snack: here's what you eat at the East Market, one of the most anticipated events every month in Milan
East Market is the vintage market the coolest in Milan, a hipster paradise where you can find everything: clothes, shoes, jewels, vinyls, illustrations, objects, handicrafts, but not only. It is a meeting place where to spend time listening to a dj set, drink one beer together with friends, have fun in thevideogames area or just look at a lot of nice things.
What do you eat at the East Market?
In such a context, he could not miss, the most loved: lo street food, Italian and not only. The Food Market it is enriched every month with new trucks and offers some inevitable proposals that we tasted during the last edition. If you plan to make a leap to the next date, be prepared to look forward to some of the best food truck of the East Market. Let's go!
Altamura bread: when simplicity wins
Sometimes there is nothing better than a simple piece of bread, seasoned with a few genuine ingredients. And if the care for raw materials is not lacking, here is something so simple that it can become delicious. At Pantura you can expect a feast of bruschetta to be seasoned with tomatoes, avocado and stracciatella, but you can't help but try the sandwich with octopus grilled, potatoes and vinaigrette. All with bread from Altamura, whose waste is reused to prepare panzanella and bread balls.
Meatballs in all sauces
The Meatball Family was born first of all as a restaurant specialized in meatballs, designed by Diego Abatantuono in 2013. Today, in addition to as many as 3 stores in Milan, the meatballs travel around the city with 4 food trucks. There is something for all tastes and needs: meatballs are waiting for you meat, of fish, of vegetables or even in version sweet. Inevitable the outline of classic and sweet French fries.
The tradition of lampredotto
Lapredotto means conviviality, tradition, family. And so it is also for Lorenzo Nigro, the man behind this food truck. His family has been making lampredotto since 1952: his grandfather Luigi, together with his wife Mara, worked tripe and offal and in the meantime, in a shop, they prepared the sandwich with lampredotto, to be served strictly with salt, pepper, green sauce and spicy.
At the third generation, today it is Lorenzo who brings this street food around, a symbol of Florentine cuisine. Other specialties, such as the Tripe Florentine style, Hamburger is hot dog of Chianina.
The Japanese-Brazilian cuisine
The fascinating encounter between the flavors of Japanese and Brazilian cuisine also makes its way into the street food with Temakinho's truck. With its unmistakable style, colorful and original just like in the restaurant premises, Temakinho offers different specialties: crunchy fries, including the breaded prawns with spicy banana sauce, up to the most popular classics, such as i poke, i roll or i temaki with tuna, salmon and prawns.
Flavors from India
Nura is the first Indian food truck in Italy, which brings together the raw materials from Tuscany and the specialties of the Kerala, in South India. This is demonstrated by the aromas released by his dishes: mint, ginger, coconut, cashew nuts, curry. A kitchen that offers numerous possibilities: in addition to meat and fish, there are various vegan and vegetarian, but also those suitable for gluten intolerant, thanks to the use of rice flour, chickpeas or corn.
The sweet
Those with a sweet tooth will not be able to go home without dessert. At the East Market we have tasted the tiramisu in a jar freshly prepared by Mascherpa, in classic and pistachio versions. The store, first tiramisuteca of Italy, is located in the heart of Milan, in Via Edmondo de Amicis 7: here the tiramisu takes different forms, but the protagonist is a mascarpone cream just like the home-made one (thanks to the pastry chef Giovanna Anoia, who prepares it according to the family recipe).
After doing a nice food truck tour (in the gallery above), you are ready to go shopping again! Click here to discover the next scheduled date.
Tickets can be purchased at the entrance on the day of the event at a cost of € 3. With the entrance ticket the first drink (beer or wine) will be priced at € 2 instead of € 5. Children enter for free up to 14 years.
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