Where do Milanese go for Italian food?

Me and Peppe spent 4 months in Milan and in a very short time became some sort of experts of the city’s restaurant scene.

What about seafood in Milan? Here is our Milanese food special with 7 Italian seafood and meat restaurants!

Why eat seafood in Milan? After all, it’s far away from the sea. In fact, a lot of the seafood caught in different parts of Italy is shipped directly to Milan, which has the largest seafood market in Italy. The reason is that Milanese are not only wealthy, but also very happy to spend on good food!

The restaurant, Langosteria, on Via Savona 10, is so well-reviewed by diners that many call it the first seafood restaurant in Milan. Seafood feast sashimi platter, lobster pasta, grilled king crab... The whole seafood heaven! When I went to the restaurant for the first time, Peppe specially talked with the waiter. The original owner owned a fleet in Puglia region, and the fresh seafood caught was directly supplied to his restaurant, which ensured the high quality from the source.

If you don't know what to order for sashimi, you can choose the seafood platter, but this one is also a surprisingly large plate: a variety of oysters, shrimp and conch, as well as scallops, sea urchins, red shrimp and langoustine. The emphasis is on fresh quality, 40 euros per person, and a mouth full of seafood. (above, for one person, one langoustine and one red shrimp sashimi each.)

Seafood soup is also a good starter:

- Scampi arrosto e gazpacho: Scampi arrosto e gazpacho, a popular dish for us in the summer season, is a fresh and appetizing dish.

- Baccalà Mantecato: fish balls with marinated cod meat and creamy soup/sauce. It is delicious with excellent meat quality and gravy.

- Linguine con aragosta e pomodoro confit: lobster pasta, half a lobster has been shelled and the meat is big and plump. The sauce is also a highlight, especially the one made with tomato oil. When the fork goes into the mouth, it's the long-sought lobster pasta. Compared to the price and level of some domestic/German pasta, the 35 euro lobster pasta here makes us want to cry.

In addition to lobster pasta, other seafood pasta dishes are also worth a try:

-sea urchin pasta, fresh and delicious, but lobster pasta is better! Sea urchins are still the bast as sashimi, or plain rice/rice dishes, when they are sweet and fresh.

- clam, squid and mullet pasta: both clams and squid are cooked at a high level, tender and fresh.

For a hearty meal that doesn't care about the price, consider grilled seafood:

- grilled king crab feet with artichoke flakes: great taste and texture, but it's a small quantity, and the price of 45 euros makes me feel sore.

The average price per person without drinks is around 80 euros. No dessert is recommended, being it not so special, so I'd rather save my dessert money and invest in seafood!

Highly recommended to reserve in advance by phone. The house was incredibly full, both times in the middle of the week, and the table reserved at 7 or 8 o 'clock was only available for two hours because there was another group of guests behind.

In addition to Langosteria's own shop in Via Savona 10, there are nearby Langosteria Bistrot and the Langosteria Cafe next to Milan cathedral. However, they are not as good as the original restaurant.

This Sardinian style seafood restaurant is a popular restaurant in Milan. Even the oversized dining space may require waiting time without reservation.

Reason? The quality of seafood is very good, although looses in comparison with Langosteria, but the price is a third cheaper: can be said to be a very affordable seafood restaurant.

- raw cold dishes can be combined on their own. Who only wants sea urchins can order 6, 3 euros per serving. One was not as fresh as the others, with some sweetness and some saltiness.

- clam soup: in fact, the soup is a little, but plenty of clams in it. Each clam is full and fresh and tender, and almost no sand inside. 16 euros a serving, a big plate of clams.

- lobster noodles are available with aragosta and astice, both of which are lobster. Sometimes astice is translated as homarus. As for the difference, I ordered both versions and noticed that the aragosta's meat was firmer and better to eat. Astice's body parts are also tight, and the meat inside the large pincers is like bread crab. The tomato sauce is sour on one side and sweet and sour on the other. The price is 25 euros each, which is a real bargain. But as I've written before, Langosteria is the top choice in terms of sauce flavor and meat preparation, and it costs 10 euros more.

Reservations are available at www.thefork.com

Affordable seafood cuisine: Trattoria del Pescatore

The restaurant was recommended by a Milanese foodie friend. Itis an inexpensive seafood restaurant owned by a Sardininan

-oysters: big ones. Salty and then sweet. Good quality.

-scampi e gamberi crudi: 2 raw shrimps, red gambero rosso and Scampi, from Mazara del Vallo, are fishy near the head (a little disappointing), and the rest is ok.

-saute di vongole: clam chowder, one big bowl, just 2 little sandy ones. Tender meat, pverall is very fresh.

-astice alla catalana: lobster salad, lobster with shell, cut up, picked out, big chunks of lobster meat, firm meat. Served with Onions and tomatoes, the salad is perfect for a warm seafood dish. A whole lobster on a plate. Instead of ordering lobster pasta, which requires two people to start with.

After eating, the restaurant will dig up a small piece of cheese to help the diners digest the food, adding a glass of Sardinian liqueur to each person. The price is a real bargain, 22 euros a lobster pasta for 2 people. A whole lobster salad? 38.

What? Snacks +2 courses + dessert + a glass of wine + water + coffee after lunch + service charge are all included for 55 euro per seat?

What? One Michelin star?

Right! What about Michelin lunch?

In Milan, the upper floor of EATALY, where we often went, houses a michelin-starred restaurant that features seafood. Monday-friday (non-holiday) lunch packages are a bit of a cry for the people, and it feels like going to a "tourist" restaurant near some of the attractions. It is ok for 50 euros for two seafood dishes and a glass of wine.

No matter it is a parsley sauce risotto with mussels, or my seafood and bean soup, it is delicious and the seafood is well handled, especially the fish.

For the second course, grilled octopus with pumpkin sauce is very tasty, and the sole with asparagus is also interesting.

Careful with dessert, the weight is not small.

It was good overall, but I had to wait a little while to order because the restaurant was full. Lunch set menu changes weekly, currently 55 euro per person. (the price was 47 euros when I went in March, but it's gone up now and may keep growing)

(reservation required)

Alice is not the only Michelin star restaurant I went in Milan.

During the Spring Festival, Hu Gang, the chef in residence of yongyi ting, a one-star Michelin restaurant in Shanghai, flew to Milan specially to produce four Chinese dishes with Antonio Guida, the chef of Seta, a two-star Michelin restaurant here.

Mandarin Bar & Bistrot. Meow students eat very satisfied, so think the level of Seta is worth having money friends to try.

Another, Tokuyoushi, might be more interesting to Europeans, featuring Italian dishes with Japanese touch. For me, the initial creative ideas are not worth the discomfort of the later meat dishes.

Trippa

how can interiors taste so good?

If ordering the offal set at a German restaurant in Berlin was a novelty, the offal was delicious enough to fly to Milan. To be honest, all kinds of internal organs cooked by Italians are basically convincing.

The restaurant was very busy. At first, I didn't make an appointment, but later I was informed that one group had been cancelled.

-trippa fritta: Fried Trippa, this is so delicious, the crispy oil smell, the texture of Trippa Fritta in your mouth, top!

-trippa di baccalà: this salted cod has a strange mouthfeel. It's soft and sticky. If tripe is the usual offal dish, this is the most special one.

Risotto con aceto de Jerez e Lardo: the sour taste makes the whole risotto with pork fat not too greasy. The fat taste is not too heavy, because even I could eat the whole plate.

-turcineddi: remember lungs and liver? Peppe says this dish is very delicious, but for me the taste is too strong. After all I don't even eat mutton, let alone a sheep interiors.

Polpo: the octopus is so tender. The amount is too much. Three pieces! Served with artichokes and mashed potatoes, the sauce is salty and the octopus is slightly oily, but the mashed potatoes are delicious. The heart can not help Shouting "potato country Germany, please learn."

-tiramisu: the texture is kind of whipped cream. It's light, and the cookies are soaked in coffee, and the bottom layer is covered with crispy cookies. Originally agreed with Peppe to split half half, finally because it is too delicious, he got only a bite. It melts in your mouth, and they do it nice and creamy without getting greasy.

-cheesecake: it's pretty good, too, but not as good as tiramisu.

In terms of price, appetizer + first course + second main course + dessert, about 40 euros/person without drinks, it still feels very affordable.

Advance phone /whatsapp booking is recommended.

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Traditional mountain food: La Taverna Della Trisa

I went with friends, because they had eaten some ice cream before and their appetite was limited that night. The menu is all in Italian, but a cool waitress can explain everything in English.

Lasagna: friends with a thin appetite picked this one. This lasagna, gluten-free dough, will taste a lot worse, and the taste of all vegetarian is not so good. But really, the taste of the vegetarian lasagna is pretty mediocre until now. In Germany, when you eat a lot of lasagna, you add a lot of spices to enhance the flavor.

- fish asparagus risotto: the overall flavor is delicious, creamy with citric acid and creamy risotto. It was also asparagus season, a very seasonal Italian dish.

- grilled veal with beef liver kebabs: it was dry at first, but it turned out to be the liver in the bread. Potato milk flavor, very delicious (Shouting again "potato country, Germany, please learn!" ).

The price for two courses will be between 30 and 40 euros per person without drinks.

Reservations are available at www.thefork.com

The supermarket at EATALY, near Garibaldi station, was the most visited by us during our time in Milan. The products sold in the supermarket are not the ordinary products. Even for pasta and risotto, there are some surprising niche brands. On the ground floor, there is bread made of natural fermented flour and sliced pizza.

The fresh section upstairs serves high-quality meat and seafood, as well as all kinds of cheese and ham. The top wine section is dazzling. At any rate, the few meals of seafood, sausage and risotto cooked in the small kitchen of our Milan apartment came from EATALY.

Each floor of the supermarket has a combination of open restaurants and snack bars that allow you to sit down and have a drink. I had lunch with my friends at the big gourmet corner on the 1st floor.

You need to ask the waiter about the pasta of the day. When I went to order the seafood pasta of the day with my friends, it was the Sardinian seafood pasta Fregola (long and small), which was very delicious. My friends were full of praise.

The basic pasta, mozzarella with buffalo milk, is a nice, thick, slightly sweet sauce that costs 10 euros a serving.

The food corner doesn’t accept reservations, but the space is large enough that diners don't drag their feet.

Tips to eat Italian:

When ordering in an Italian restaurant, the menu is often arranged in a four-course order. First, Antipasti: cold dishes, platters of cheese and ham, little snacks. First course (Primi) : various pasta, risotto, soup, polenta, etc. Secondi: the main dish that is meat or seafood can also feature a vegetarian option. It is followed by Dolci, which can be served with the appropriate dessert wine, and finished with coffee and/or liqueur.

"Coperto"

When you check out at an Italian restaurant, you will see the word "coperto" on the bill. It can be interpreted as compulsory tip, which means cost of table service or service. Usually around 2 euro per person, but in some fine dining restaurants, coperto goes up to 5 euro per person.