Life in the Living Museum
The Paolo Sarpi area of central Milan has become somewhat overrun by wholesale clothing outlets run by Chinese companies and the situation has caused problems for local residents.Now, after lots of umming and aahing, the Milanese authorities have decided that the only way to overcome the unwelcome … [Read more...]
We keep on returning to this cute new little restaurant in Via Paolo Sarpi in Milan. It has only quite recently opened around these parts in Milan. It's easy to see why we keep on finding ourselves going to this restaurant - it's charming and the food is highly original for pizza and pasta fuelled … [Read more...]
It was pizza night tonight, although it was not the standard Italian type pizza, but the 'pizza al trancio', which is the 'deep pan' version of the traditionally thin pizza. There are two pizzerias near us that do this type of pizza. One is Da Giuliano which is located at the Corso Sempione end of … [Read more...]
Anti-Chinese feeling in my area of Milan appears to be running a little higher than usual. Someone seems to be getting some kind of warped pleasure out of scribbling 'Cinesi merda' ('Chinese shit' is the translation) on the walls alongside Chinese run businesses in Via Paolo Sarpi and its immediate … [Read more...]
Back in May 2005, I wrote this post about the silent invasion by Chinese businesses of the area of Milan which is on my doorstep. Well, I have to say that things have changed, or rather evolved, quite considerably since I last wrote about this subject. There are still quite a number of shops selling … [Read more...]
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