Italy
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 […]
A rather expensive lunch experience but one worth paying for: Restaurant Pianostrada Laboratorio di Cucina (20. March 2022)
Luckily, I had booked the “Pianostrada Laboratorio di Cucina” in advance since else it’s relatively difficult to score a table as a walk-in. The place is nice but if you’re unlucky you get a relatively small table which makes it hard to put everything on there. Once you’ve placed your order, you get a bit […]
A rather disappointing breakfast experience: Restaurant Atmosfera @ The Regency, Rome, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel (20. March 2022)
When I’m staying at a Marriott hotel, I’m always somehow hoping to get a great breakfast buffet. Unfortunately, that’s not the case at The Regency. However, they have kind of an exhaustive breakfast menu from which you can pick your dishes. Frankly though, the prices are quite steep overall since you’d end up paying more […]
Some delicious dishes and some rather unexciting ones: Restaurant Moma (19. March 2022)
When you walk to the Restaurant Moma you would not expect it to be a Michelin starred restaurant since from the outside the place is relatively small and somewhat ‘hidden’. It turns out though, once you enter and go up the stairs, there is ‘much more restaurant’ than it seems at first. The place is […]
