A New Gourmet Rooftop Restaurant in Milan

A New Rooftop Restaurant in Milan?

While out with my camera around Christmas in central Milan last year, I spotted what looked like a new rooftop restaurant, bar, club or whatever, right next to the entrance to the elegant Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade.I have investigated and have discovered that the structure is a gourmet … [Read more...]

Prosecco in Venice

What a great way to pass one's, ahem, 45th birthday - in Venice with lots of Prosecco, good food in good restaurants, and great company too.  Even the weather was kind and the great spirit kept the rain at bay too!  I like Venice an awful lot.One of the great advantages of living in Italy is … [Read more...]

Expensive Milan

Dear Milan

My post on the sky high bill which a couple of Japanese tourists received after dining at  Rome's Il Passetto restaurant has attracted some attention.  The Italian press has also been hunting for other similar stories too, and has found a couple of other supposedly extreme bills.This time … [Read more...]

Coda di Rospo in Il Quadrifoglio

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We're pretty lucky really. There are quite a few interesting restaurants dotted around the area of Milan in which we live.Indeed, there is an excellent little restaurant literally two minutes walk from our house.  We live in the Paolo Sarpi area of Milan, which is close to the Hotels Hermitage … [Read more...]

Eat like a God in the Aligia Restaurant, Vrasi

According to my Italy expert, Gaetano Salvo, 'si mangia da Deo' - 'you eat like a God' (rough translation from Italian), or rather 'the food is wonderful' in the Aligia Restaurant (map link), down in Vrasi. Vrasi, by the way, is about half way between Salerno and Catanzaro in south Italy, and a … [Read more...]