Friday, April 4, 2014

Il Pescetto...a new sea breeze has just reached Milano!

As you walk into this place you will immediately smell the sea breeze...
fresh fish cooked on the spot, simple tables coloured in white and light blue, orange lamps hanging from the ceiling and fishermen nets hanging on the walls: Il Pescetto is a great new spot in Milano!


Arm yourself with patience because you'll have to stand in a queue to order your meal, but the kind Staff will make your wait more pleasant by offering you a glass of prosecco. And at the end, as soon as you'll stand in front of the fish counter, you'll feel totally rewarded for the wait!

Instagram photo by Claudia Avanzi

Tuna and salmon tartares to be enjoyed raw, cuttlefish, octopus, scallops, shrimps, lobster and many more wonderfully fresh options, all to be chosen and cooked at your taste, deep-fried, grilled or pan fried!
Enjoy your dinner with no rush, maybe accompanying your fish with a good bottle of white wine at a price that is more than affordable.

Before leaving, don't forget to clear the table!! The very kind waiters will "chase you" to remind you that it's a custom of this place to remove your dishes and glasses from your table....but if it's the first time you visit the place you will be forgiven with a smile.
....and if this helps keeping the prices as low as they are, along with the great quality of fish, we are sure it you'll be more than happy to do it!

A great oasis of pleasure in the heart of Milan....now you just have to go and try it!



If you love raw fish, try the tune tartare, it's just divine!!
While if you'd rather go for the cooked ones, one of the specialties of the place are
the scallops cooked in a pan with garlic, oil and chilli

Instagram photo by Claudia Avanzi


Instagram photo by Claudia Avanzi



Il Pescetto
Via Alessandro Volta, 9
20100 Milano
Tel: 02-36754184

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Don Juan, los placeres de la carne

Credits: Claudia Avanzi

Finding a good piece of meat in Milano, a city that offers an amazing range of opportunities in terms of food, is not as easy as you might think: there are just a few places where you are guaranteed to eat a good steak, always. Don Juan is for sure one of these!


Credits: Claudia Avanzi
For many years an institution in the milanese scene, Don Juan represents (together with its younger brother Don Juanito - same menu with a more cozy atmosphere) the traditionally best known Argentine restaurant in town!

Despite having gone through moments of greater appeal, where finding a table was almost a mission impossible, Don Juan still keeps up its reputation in Milano offering the great classics of the Argentine cuisine, among which you will find the empanadas, bife de lomo o de chorizo and more different cuts of meat, in addition to a very good wine list, with a very interesting selection of (not only) Argentine wines.

Some years ago I would have definitively suggested it for a Romantic Date, but now it seems more appropriate for a dinner with friends, but watch out!! Only friends with no budget constraints!!
Credits: Claudia Avanzi




Try the fillet brochette, the best quality-price ratio:
three mignon fillets, with a price even lower than that of a traditional fillet!




Credits: Claudia Avanzi


DON JUAN
Via Altaguardia, 2  20135 Milano
02 5843 0805
http://www.ristorantedonjuan.com/