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What to do, where to eat, where to drink to make Milanese in Milan – Italian Cuisine

Milan is the most visited city in Italy and in the top ten of Europe. Its charm? Live like a Milanese. Here's where and how, including breakfasts from Instagram, cocktails with a view (passing through the best chops), and the latest 2019

Milan is not a city at first sight, overwhelming. It is a city that you fall in love with slowly, as you explore it below the surface of things. but yet Milan is the most visited Italian city and is the only one in the Top 20 of the most visited in the world (precisely in sixteenth place) of the Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index. In the first ten European cities, in addition to the Lombard capital, there are only Rome and Venice, but in Milan one does not come only for history, art, beauty: one comes to live "as a Milanese".

Economic capital of Italy, of fashion and design, Milan is now also the country's capital of catering. The widest concentration of Michelin stars, up-and-coming chefs, trendy and international-style locals rise up in the shadow of the Madonnina. The new openings follow each other, without stopping, and going out for breakfast at lunchtime for a business lunch is the real lifestyle in the city. Needless to look for the "traditional" cuisine, however, the Old Milan survives only in architecture, and even the risotto with ossobuco serves you young bearded hipster. "Autentico" in Milan means rooftop with a view, brioche to post on Instagram, cocktails and trattorias run by adopted Milanese. We eat well, much better than the times when they cooked grandmothers.

Here is what to do to feel like a Milanese Doc, between unmissable places and new openings.

Breakfast at the bakery

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, even on Instagram. Breakfast in Milan is instagrammabile, handcrafted and strictly done outside the home. There are glories of the past like Marchesi in corso Magenta, Cucchi Pastry, Cova Montenapoleone or Gattullo, where you can breathe the charm of Old Milan. The Pavè pastry shop was born a few years ago and is still one of the most loved, awarded and unquestionably good in the city. A few steps away is a new entry, Gelsomina, beloved by bloggers for her husband (who is Roman, but is now in fashion even in Milan).

Natural wines and urban wines

For aperitif or after dinner, drink natural, macerated, orange or refermented in the bottle. From Enoteca Naturale and Vinor a step away from the Navigli, from Champagne Socialist in the Porta Venezia area. In the Porta Romana area there is wine, and in a glass there is also something to eat from Mater Bistrot. Do you want to try a wine made in Milan, made right in the city? There is Cantina Urbana, which presses, bottles and serves Doc wines from Milan.

Pizza and cocktails

You can't eat pizza in Milan! Dry in via Solferino years ago launched the fashion and since then the cocktails have entered fully into the menus of pizzerias. Dry is always a guarantee, but from Giolina, a new opening, you can eat an excellent pizza from the super cornice, drink the drinks signed by MAG Cafè, and natural wines.

Trattorias (modern)

The old trattorias of typical specialties in Milan are disappointing. Better to choose the new generation offering quality, excellent products and professional cooks. For years the Ratanà has remained one of the valid addresses where to find mondeghili, nervetti and risotto with ossobuco. To sit at the Trattoria Trippa table, which has become an international phenomenon, you need to book in advance, weeks. But to taste something of them, there is the new Fratelli Torcinelli spin-off: fast food dedicated to bomblets and typical Apulian dishes.

Chinese bao and ravioli

The Chinese community in Milan is one of the oldest in Europe and the Milanese chinatown boasts a number of excellent new generation Chinese restaurants. Along via Paolo Sarpi you can stop for ravioli on the go at the Ravioleria Sarpi, in the northern district of Nolo there is the convivial restaurant Le Nove Scodelle or you can go where the Chinese go when they want to eat Chinese well: Mu Dim Sum, Central Station area.

The rib

The cutlet in Milan is a myth in part to be debunked, because it is not so easy to eat it good: high with bone and cooked in clarified butter. The best ones in the center can be found at the Daniel Restaurant in Brera or at the Osteria del Brunello in Corso Garibaldi. To spend little, Da Martino in via Farini, a pizzeria with the cut that made the cutlet its strong point. Far from the center, the cutlets of the Antica Trattoria Il Ronchettino or the Trattoria del Nuovo Macello are highly recommended.

Chef's bistro

Starred experience at a reasonable price? From Cracco in Galleria you can eat a pizza (the one that outraged the social networks) or other classic dishes, cooked by the judge of MasterChef. There is the bistro of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Milan, curated by the 2 Michelin stars Antonio Guida. Giancarlo Perbellini, 2 Michelin stars in Verona, also arrived in Milan, with his Locanda offering excellent value for money, award-winning and rightly so.

Rooftop bar

No doubt, the Ceresio 7 is the most beautiful rooftop bar in Milan. Restaurant and pool bar on the terrace of the historic building of Enel and home of the Dsquared2 group. At the stove, chef Elio Sironi and his contemporary Mediterranean cuisine, at the bar the barman Guglielmo Miriello. News, the small terrace of Clotilde, Brera area, where you can sip cocktails of the world-famous Filippo Sisti and eat the dishes of chef Domenico De La Salandra.

Aperitif on the canals

A must, but the happy hour with tons of buffet pizzas and cheap cocktails is certainly not out of fashion. Here, fortunately, they are also concentrated among the best cocktail bars in Milan: MAG, Rita and Pinch. The Rita's Tiki Room is new, with tiki cocktails and pan-Asian inspired dishes.

The 2019 novelty

Moebius by chef Enrico Croatti is a new, huge 700 square meter tapas bar between Central Station and Republic, spectacular and beautiful. In 2019 also Cracco and Camilla in Duomo was inaugurated, in the spaces of the former Cracco restaurant, with the cocktail format and small kitchen that makes people smile with menus like the Milanese Imbruttito, Influencer and Mammone.

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or how to make children eat fish – Italian Cuisine

Fish cakes are fried fish balls, tasty and fun to eat. You can use cod, but also salmon. Here is the recipe

Have you ever heard of fish cakes? This delicious dish of the British tradition it is one of the most appreciated snacks across the Channel and in the States!

It's about a fish meatball (to choose as you like between what you like or have at home) lightly flattened with le potatoes and the eggs, fried then in the boiling oil. The fish cakes are very good and very easy to prepare, with a lively taste that even the little ones like. It is therefore a great way to make people eat fish also for children, presenting it in a tasty and fun way.

How to prepare fish cakes

Ingredients

300 g of cod fillets (but the salmon or another fish you have at home is fine too)
5 large potatoes
2 eggs
Grated cheese (grana or pecorino)
Garlic
Chives
Chili pepper
Flour
White wine
Extra virgin olive oil, salt, pepper

Method

The first thing to do to prepare tasty fish cakes it's cooking fish. Sauté a clove of garlic in a pan with extra virgin olive oil. Then add the fish, adjust to salt and pepper, blend with a little White wine and let it cook until it becomes soft. At this point put it in a fairly large bowl and mash it with the help of a fork.

Then take the potatoes, peel them, cut them into slices and cook them in the same pan where you cooked the fish, adding a little oil and a little water. Cook them until they become very soft. At this point, drain the water well, mash it well and add it to the bowl with the fish.

Add the beaten eggs, the grated cheese, thechives (alternatively, parsley and basil can go well), chilli (do not overdo it, especially if they have to eat fish cakes even the smallest ones) and mix everything together. When the mixture is homogeneous let it rest for a few hours fridge or freezer to compact it better before frying it.

At this point formed the fish cakes from the dough, must be of the meatballs slightly crushed. Pass them in the flour and dip them in the boiling oil, frying until they are well browned. Dry them and eat them hot, they will be one delight for the palate!

You can accompany fish cakes with one sour sauce or one mayonnaise to make them even tastier.

Franciacorta Festival: where to eat between one cellar and another – Italian Cuisine

Two days – 14 and 15 September – to visit the Franciacorta DOCG wineries and discover an area full of attractions. But it is also a good excuse to taste the local cuisine (but not only) in quality trattorias and restaurants. Here are the best places

It is an appointment awaited by those who love the Franciacorta DOCG, one of Italy's prides of wine. About 30 thousand people are preparing for the festival held in mid-September with a growing success: the 2019 edition takes place on the 14th and 15th and aims to make the territory discover more. In fact, everyone knows the major wineries or has discovered some emerging fashion houses over time, but Franciacorta is definitely more varied and beautiful than we think, between green and monasteries. Hence the choice by the Consortium to go beyond the always pleasant roads of Franciacorta and create 10 different thematic itineraries. From the most adventurous to the one created specifically for wine lovers, the public will have at their disposal a range of proposals according to their needs and their pockets. Each itinerary includes different stages that will touch cellars, restaurants and hotels: a real one tourist package to which the visitor can refer.

Sixty open cellars

It was said of the cellars: about sixty of them will be open and will observe precise opening hours (10-13 and 14-19) and will organize tour prior reservation required by contacting the location directly. The billboard is very rich: scheduled guided tours to abbeys, villages, monasteries, palaces, villas, gardens; but also picnic in the nature is fun activities for the little ones. And it can be an unmissable weekend for the sports: between trekking routes and bike tours, there are so many opportunities to get to know the area up close by practicing healthy outdoor movement. The wine (indeed, the sparkling wine) never like this time will go hand in hand with food: several initiatives are taken care of by chefs and local patrons, linked to individual wineries. But we have carried on, pointing out the places in the green Franciacorta where you can sit in a good mood and get even happier. Cheers.

Dina – Gussago

Alberto Gipponi, from Gubbio, was one of the revelation cooks of 2018. In his original "lair" he continues on the path of a very personal kitchen, influenced by his god Massimo Bottura, which is surprising in terms of aesthetics and taste as in the case of Agretti as spaghetti.

Osteria Quattro Rose – Rovato

Born as a "wine bar with kitchen" and is one of the oldest trattorias in the town, active since 1800. Here wine is a cult object, to be combined with dishes of an eclectic cuisine ranging from wild salmon to Kobe waygu. Lively environment.

Pasticceria Da Roberto – Erbusco

Don't be surprised by the choice. Beyond that this is one of the few Italian patisseries that can boast the Three Cakes of Gambero Rosso, in this skilfully restored farmhouse, you can enjoy a rich card for lunch and a "reinforced" aperitif.

Trattoria Genuisì – Coccaglio

Four small rooms with exposed beams, an enviable position – on the slopes of Mount Orfano – and family hospitality make it a place much loved by the Brescians and not only. Pure, sincere cuisine based on tradition and territory, with generous portions.

Pantry Pani & Vini – Adro

It was a concept, created by Vittorio Fusari, in the times when the term was unknown. Today it remains a very pleasant landing, open from 10am to 11pm, where you can drink an aperitif, "nibble" something or stop for a couple of dishes and almost all of the territory.

Leonefelice Lake View – Erbusco

In spring there was the union of the two Albereta gastronomic spaces: the result is a classy place, always entrusted to the direction of Fabio Abbatista, in the name of a very Italian cuisine. Well-executed classics, a nice proposal on the grill, and some original dishes.

La Filiale – Erbusco

The Master of pizza Franco Pepe immediately hit the mark by opening the second restaurant inside the Albereta: a very welcoming two-storey environment, a targeted proposal among his classics and some new pizzas for Franciacorta. We drink great, Franciacorta DOCG in the first place

Trattoria del Gallo – Rovato

Vaulted ceilings, iron chandeliers, regulation fireplace: there is a pleasant retro atmosphere. And the kitchen follows with a typical, partly revised, tasty dishes: cheese pie with truffled cream, casoncelli, brescian broth tripe, beef with Rovato oil with polenta.

Al Malò Kitchen and Mixing – Rovato

On the street level a lively cocktail bar, upstairs a modern style restaurant. In a few months it has become one of the most interesting places in the area, with a valid mixology, curated by Ludovico Calabria, and the "young" cuisine, curated by the talented Marco Zacchetti.

Nature Restaurant – Erbusco

The chef Marco Acquaroli and the patron Daniele Merola have "spun off" the gourmet space of the Dispensa to transform it into a refined restaurant. The menu is dedicated to the "glocal" cuisine with ample space for the territory, but also valid 360 ° degrees contamination.

From Nadia – Erbusco

For those caught by a sudden desire to sea, amidst the vineyards. An address dear to everyone who loves fish and shellfish that the experienced patronne Nadia Vincenzi has been able to treat well, for decades. Recipes without frills, but tasty and of impeccable raw material.

Due Colombe – Borgonato

The only Michelin star in Franciacorta. Beautiful place, set in an ancient village, that the expert Stefano Cerveni exalts with a contemporary cuisine, with strong references to the Brescia tradition. Great wine cellar, class service.