Milan gastronomy
Are rice and cheese your favorite foods? If the answer is “yes,” Milan is a city designed especially for you. Traditional Milanese cooking is made based on simple dishes, but delicious. Moreover, Milan’s passion for fashion extends to the table: the city is full of restaurants serving the latest culinary trends. Find a restaurant where you can spend a pleasant evening in an intimate atmosphere with impeccable service and the best food is not difficult in Milan.
The Italian food tends to be deeply regional. Each city has its own signature and its ingredients. Still, Milan has been influenced by the influx of workers from the industrial boom, which has influences from Sicily and Tuscany. Still, the Milanese have their own distinctive flavor.
Unlike in other regions of Italy, in Lombardy prefer to receive a custom in northern Europe when it comes to cooking: use butter instead of oil, which gives a special flavor to your dishes. The famous style of the Milanese “, typical of this city, is based on a coating of egg and grated cheese and bread and butter to saute all this.
His most popular dish is the Rissotto, usually cooked with meat. The pasta is very popular too. Normally prepares baked or stuffed with meat or cheese. The Milanese have a weakness for cheese, which often served in puddings, desserts or puddings. Another specialty is the very popular Osso Buco, almost always accompanied by Rissotto. The meat is very common among the menus, especially beef and pork. They also tend to eat fish, particularly trout and pike that are caught in the many lakes of northern Italy. Do not forget to try the “cassouela”, a dish made with various poor parts of pork and tail, ribs, skin, feet and ears, cooked with green cabbage and other vegetables.
Finally, the Panettone is a sweet bread with raisins, lemon and anise, come from the Milan area, but consumed throughout the country. This is the typical Christmas cake, but there is nothing to prevent the tourists eat dessert at any other time of year. Another is the typical dessert Torta di tagliatelle, a sweet cake made of egg and almond paste.
The pizza is very popular in the city. The pizzas are prepared at a wood-fired oven, giving them a delicious smoky flavor. Some of these restaurants have paper tablecloths (typical in the region) and for the painting with pencils they give you and drawing you entertained while waiting for your pizza.
Want to try the taste of traditional food in one of his Milanese Tratoria? Take a flight to Italy and rent apartments in Milan for the best accommodation. If you’re thinking of visiting the city, do not forget to try their delicious food.
