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Milan, courageous re-openings: Aalto Part of Iyo – Italian Cuisine


Among the restaurants that face the restart with important news there is Aalto Part of Iyo, in the modern Piazza Aalto, adjacent to Piazza Gae Aulenti: a new idea of ​​cuisine, without borders, for a city stretched towards the future

Eight lines that intersect to form a circle, without the limit of the circumference: this is the significant new restaurant logo Aalto Part of Iyo, Which reopened after lockdown with a new idea of ​​kitchen without boundaries and divided on many directions, just like the logo seems to suggest.

In addition to the experience at Sushi Banco IYO Omakase, which has remained unchanged since its inauguration last 2019, the real novelty is in fact the free cuisine of the gastronomic restaurant, which is completely new. The patron Claudio Liu, Chinese of origin and Italian by adoption, already the backbone of the restaurant IYO, the only Japanese starred in Italy, inaugurated a collaboration with the chef, Takeshi Iwai, Japanese, but now in Italy since 2007. The result is a real gastronomic journey through the cultures of different countries, in dishes that celebrate the raw material and the taste without conditioning style, geography or philosophy.

Claudio Liu and Takeshi Iwai

In tasting menu (8 or 5 courses) there is a continuous stimulating swing between Japan and Italy, which applies various Japanese techniques such as fermentation, cooking on charcoals and smoking with local ingredients, creating harmonious and flavorful dishes, surprising and always well balanced. What also conquers is the rituality with which you are invited to taste and the aesthetics of the compositions in the dishes. Do not miss the dialogue with Italian wines and not only thanks to the sommelier Savio Bina the courses are combined with bubbles, white and red, but also with Gin and Sake, tea or other Japanese liqueurs.
The architecture of the restaurant, the furniture and the objects on the table enrich the tasting experience with aesthetic details that are never too screeched and always functional.

Piazza Alvar Aalto / Viale della Liberazione 15 Milan
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In gallery the dishes on the 8-course tasting menu.

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Outdoor dining in Milan, 6 restaurants with terrace or outdoor seating – Italian Cuisine

Outdoor dining in Milan, 6 restaurants with terrace or outdoor seating


Eating outdoors in the city? Mission more than possible, even in Milan. Between panoramic terraces and welcoming dehors, in the city there is no shortage of addresses to enjoy an outdoor lunch or dinner

Of course, there is no sea on the horizon, but the view and atmosphere are not bad. And never as this year do they make us go out to the restaurant with more carefree.

The menus? From the most traditional to the most creative proposals, without forgetting the pleasure of attentive and friendly service.

Originally, dehors in the city center

Can you dream of a plin ravioli dish in an experimentation kitchen? Maybe not always, but you can at the All’Origine restaurant, the creation of young chef Fabio Titone, from Turin with experiences in starred restaurants behind him.

"Only" 26 years old but the awareness that one cannot fly without roots, and then the "origin" is never lost sight of. Bread and pasta are made at home, as our traditional cuisine requires. And this does not prevent, however, from experimenting, from developing the technique, from daring combinations and experimentations, from playing with textures and colors. Beetroot becomes ice cream, butter is flavored with citrus fruits (and accompanies freshly baked hot bread), lavender enriches the semifreddo.

The outdoor area in the city center is a real treat for both lunch and dinner, but be sure to return also in winter because the atmosphere inside is truly enveloping. Tasting menu starting from € 50.

Via Lamarmora 36

Clotilde Brera, the romantic terrace

In Milan there is no sea, but there are terraces. That of Clotilde Brera, who overlooking San Marco square, it really tastes like summer nights, with soft lights and a loving gaze on the city.

The kitchen is that of the chef Domenico Della Salandra: there are the Milanese cutlet and the risotto, but also dishes with a Mediterranean flavor, excellent fish dishes and proposals that do not forget to satisfy the aesthetic pleasure as well. A menu that makes everyone happy, especially those who want to welcome the proposals of matching dishes and cocktails.

For those who love terraces all year round, Clotilde Brera transforms the space into a conservatory illuminated by soft lights. The interior also deserves for its atmosphere and furnishings, with its large bar counter and checkered flooring.

Milanese risotto for € 17, middle courses from € 18.

Piazza San Marco, 6

Giacomo Arengario, terrace on the Duomo

The entrance is that of Museum of the twentieth century, and if you want it to be really special, walk up the spiral climb.

Giacomo Arengario's is not a simple terrace, it is look out to the Duomo with the feeling of being at home, thanks to the always impeccable welcome and that way of being beyond time and fashions.

Better to start with a glass of wine or with a cocktail, whether for lunch or dinner, before consulting the menu. Those who can resist traditional dishes can enjoy one of the magnificent risotto on the menu, such as bergamot, Mazara del Vallo red prawn crudité and Bronte pistachio. Spoiler: keep a place for sweets. First and second courses from € 20.

Via Guglielmo Marconi, 1

The terrace of via Palestro

Hidden from outside eyes, albeit in a very central area. The terrace of via Palestro, in the street of the same name, is inserted inside the building of the Centro Svizzero and overlooks the very green panorama of the Indro Montanelli Gardens.

The "lunch in the garden" effect transforms, in the evening, into the right atmosphere for a candlelit dinner. In the lounge area, space reserved for an aperitif.

The menu changes seasonally and offers one creative and very balanced Mediterranean cuisine, such as homemade ravioli stuffed with Sicilian red prawns, ricotta and spinach with date sauce. Lovers of the genre will not be disappointed with the poché egg, an excellent address for choosing fish dishes. Appetizers and first courses starting from € 14.

Via Palestro, 2

Kitchen Society, creative outdoor area

The atmosphere of the terrace is that of dinners at the sea. Wooden tables and chairs, the simple equipment of when you invite your closest friends, when the highlight is the kitchen.

He, the chef Alex Seveso, baptized the proposal "Italian sushi": the aesthetics and technique are that of the rising sun, the ingredients and flavors are those of the Bel Paese. The result is an experience that is difficult to forget and to compare, as well as difficult to forget (in addition to the flavors) are some perfectly apt names of the dishes. As the Nigiri Rocher: peppered king prawn with grains and pistachio cream which is inspired by the pralining of the well-known chocolate. The risottos rediscover their fusion side, made with non-creamed Japanese rice also in Milan yellow version (with saffron) such as the one with prawns, avocado, peppers and white truffle cream or the one with a mix of salmon, sea bream, tuna and prawns with olives , capers and basil. Nagiri and sashimi from € 14, risottini from € 18.

Via Chizzolini, 2 (corner Piero della Francesca)

Particular Milan

A spacious garden in a large internal courtyard in the Porta Romana area, a rarity in the city that proves to be extremely precious and appreciated. One year after its opening, Particolare Milano is preparing to recreate a real vegetable garden from which to obtain supplies, in line with the philosophy of the kitchen immediately developed by chef Andrea Cutillo, careful in the choice of ingredients from small producers.

Italian cuisine that does not fear fusion cues, but without excess. Like the crispy ravioli with sausage, broccoli and provola, made with rice flour as per Asian tradition. And the encounters between north and south, like the paccheri di Gragnano, Genoese of ossobuco and gremolada.

Zero waste philosophy starting from the aperitif, entirely from restaurants, created from the menu of the day.

6-course freehand tasting menu of the chef with wine pairing for € 60.

Via Tiraboschi, 5

The historic taverns outside Milan that have also resisted the lockdown – Italian Cuisine

The historic taverns outside Milan that have also resisted the lockdown


A trip to the taverns with a long story to tell, even after the Covid-19 emergency

Let's start with a premise: how many times have you asked a friend who lives in Milan for advice on a typical Milanese trattoria in the city center?
And how many times have you been told that in addition to the most famous city restaurants, the best places to jump into the past are just outside the city?
This is because the Lombard capital is surrounded by the countryside, full of ancient farmhouses from which the typical Milanese cuisine we know is born, to live an authentic gastronomic experience.
Over the years many of these farmhouses have also been converted into farmhouses and inns.

Here are two ancient taverns selected with a long and fascinating story to tell.

Antica Osteria il Ronchettino – Gratosoglio

Just outside the center, in the shadow of the skyscrapers of the Milanese suburbs, this ancient 17th-century farmhouse has survived over the years, now renovated with great taste.
A small and pretty internal courtyard acts as a link between several rooms, each of which with a few tables, well spaced from each other, for an intimate atmosphere where you can fully appreciate the great attention to every detail, both in the furnishings and in the dishes served, inspired by the family recipes of the owner Patrizia Meazza today helped by her sons Alessia and Francesco Angelillo.

The first evidence of this inn dates back to 1929, but the name Ronchettino seems to have taken inspiration from the broken base, also called the "ronchetto". Here, in fact, there was already a post station in the seventeenth century where horses were shoeed and legends narrate that even Napoleon stopped here to stay overnight in the early nineteenth century. Subsequently this building became an oven, then a butcher shop and finally a restaurant with an adjoining bowling club, later taken over in the nineties by the Angiolillo family who made it a place of catering and entertainment with music and cabaret shows.

Today the chef Simone Zanon in his menu, written strictly by hand in old school notebooks, offers recipes historically faithful to the Lombard tradition such as the risotto with veal ossobuco and gremolada sauce or the Milanese cutlet both in the cooked elephant ear version in clarified or Imperial butter prepared with a cut that satisfies at least 4 people.

In addition to these proposals, which remain on the menu all year round, seasonally other dishes also alternate, the so-called "outside Milan", perfect for those who want to be amazed. Like spaghetti with grapefruit and bottarga sour butter and artichoke risotto with roasted eel.

Noteworthy is the extensive wine list that prefers Lombard and Piedmontese terroirs, with which you can play letting yourself be guided blindly by Diego Laguzzi, sommelier who enchants for his great experience.

During the summer there is also the possibility of staying outside, in the delightful internal courtyard.

Osteria del Ponte – Trezzano sul Naviglio

On the banks of the Naviglio Grande, which flows from the urban center and continues its course in the Milanese countryside, a building rich in history has survived to the present day. It is said that it was founded in 1380 as a castle and later in the sixteenth century it was converted into a monastery. Some historical texts attest that Ludovico Il Moro passed through here in 1480, who often and willingly would have stayed overnight, while reaching his hunting lands in the Pavese countryside.

Today the former castle has been renovated and set up with a more modern taste, between Provencal and Lo shabby chic, without forgetting its history. The large central courtyard is an outdoor area that is very enjoyable in this summer and for social distancing.

The Milanese cuisine here could only be offered in its purest version. We find the mondeghili (the typical meatballs), the mixed Milanese fried, the Milanese risotto with the wicker and the inevitable elephant ear cutlet.

On some special occasions the tavern can also be reached by boat, which navigates the Naviglio Grande starting from the Darsena in Milan. An alternative and certainly fascinating way for an experience that takes you back in time.

It can be said that today another piece of history has been added to these places that will continue to live here and in all the restaurants that have survived this period of difficulty.

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