Italy
A nice place for lunch close to Venice airport: Restaurant All’Ombra del Gabbiano (11. February 2024)
It wasn’t entirely easy to find a good restaurant close to Venice airport, which was open on a Sunday, but eventually, I stumbled over All’Ombra del Gabbiano, which is located on the mainland, but still in the city of Venice. Once you’re seated, you get a bit of ‘smoked salmon’ as an amuse bouche, which […]
A non-touristic, authentic Venetian restaurant experience: Restaurant La Loggia Bistrò Venezia (10. February 2024)
Given we were a larger group, the restaurant kept open just for us, which was quite lovely, because we had all the attention and focus of the place. The lunch started with an impressive combination of a “tartare di manzo” with a “sandwich di tartare di scampi, chutney di mango e tabasco, crème fraîche and […]
An amazing find in the middle of nowhere, but definitely worth visiting: Restaurant AB Osteria Contemporanea (9. February 2024)
Sometimes, you stumble into an amazing place – the AB Osteria Contemporanea is exactly this! I was the only customer for lunch, which provided me with an amazing experience. It started with “grissini” (coperto: EUR 8.00), which was lovely, … … and some bread, which went perfectly with their olive oil and some sea salt. […]
Theoretically amazing, if it wasn’t for the ‘hair incident’: Restaurant Ratanà (3. April 2022)
The Ratanà showed up on my research list a couple of times when I checked out new places for Milan. So, I decided to give it a try. The “Five-Courses Tasting Menu” (EUR 60.00) with the “Wine Pairing 5 Glasses” (EUR 40.00) makes for a great combination for lunch, and it definitely started great with […]
A truly amazing experience worth visiting – the ‘Discovery’ restaurant of The World’s 50 Best: Restaurant Contraste (2. April 2022)
I had booked the Contraste after I had googled a couple of places to be visited when in Milan and this place showed up a couple of times and its chef, Matias Perdomo, seemed to be able to surprise guests with delicious new combinations. Only later that night when already seated, I realised that the […]
When you’re pushed to leave but they let you in late: Restaurant LùBar (2. April 2022)
I have mixed feelings about this place. On the hand, it’s actually a super nice place and the food is quite good. On the other side, they are pushy when it comes to seating times. While I get that since they note it clearly when booking, I would expect them to make sure the table […]
A breakfast not worth paying for: Restaurant AC Lounge @ AC Hotel Milan (2. April 2022)
Since Milan has hotel prices which kind of keep blowing my mind, I decided to give the AC Hotel Milan a try (and we’re still talking about 185.00 EUR per night and breakfast is not even included). They charge you a lovely EUR 13.00 for breakfast – which doesn’t seem right looking at the room […]
A delicious journey through Italy with limited (28) seats: Restaurant 28 Posti (1. April 2022)
There was no online availability for the evening, so luckily, I was able to call and book a table. The “Tasting Menu (8 courses)” (EUR 85.00) was the dinner of choice which started with three small bites, i.e., “red radish with fennel Greek cream”, “macaroon with anchovies butter” and “deacon with cabbage powder”. And it […]
