Do you like cheese and rice? If so, Milan is the perfect city for you. The typical Milanese dishes are simple but delicious. Milan is the city of fashion, and that extends to the dinner table: there you’ll find many incredible restaurants where you can taste the newest foodie trends. In fact, it is easy to find a restaurant where you can spend a pleasant moment, in a friendly atmosphere, with impeccable service and a delicious food.

Italian cuisine is extremely regional: each region cooks its own recipes. Milan, however, has been influenced by the massive influx of the industrial boom workers, so it has influences from both Sicily and Tuscany. However, it has it own identity mark.

Lombardy, unlike many other Italy regions, used to cook with butter instead of oil, which gives a unique flavour to their dishes. This custom is inherited from northern Europe. Who doesn’t know Alla Milanese-style cooking? It means that the food is usually dipped in egg and breadcrumbs mixed with grated Parmesan then sautéed in butter.

The most consumed dish in Milan is Rissotto, often made with meat. Pasta is very popular too and it is usually baked or stuffed with cheese or meat. Milan’s people love cheese and they add it to almost every meal (for example in puddings, creams, pizzas, pasta or some desserts). Meat is very common on many menus, especially pork and veal, as the osso buco, a delicious meat dish always accompanied by rice.

Pero entre sus comidas habituales tampoco falta el pescado, como el lucio y la trucha, típicos de los lagos del norte del país. Por último, la “cassouela” es otro plato típico, hecho de las zonas más pobres del cerdo como la cola, las costillas, la piel, los pies y las orejas, cocido con repollo verde y otros vegetales.

Another popular speciality is osso buco, always accompanied by risotto. They usually eat fish too, particularly trout and pike, straight from the many lakes in northern Italy. Don’t forget to taste the “cassouela”, an extremely filling dish made with various parts of pork meat (tail, ribs, rind, feet and ears) cooked with green cabbage and other vegetables.

On the other hand, the Panettone is the most consumed dessert in Milan. It is a sweet type of bread with raisins, citron, and anise enjoyed throughout Italy. It is a Christmas cake, but tourists eat it all the year long. Another typical dessert is the Torta di tagliatelle, a sweet cake made from egg pasta and almonds.

As an Italian city it is, it has lots of pizzerias. They are usually cooked in wood-fired ovens, giving them a delicious smoked taste. Some of these pizzerias have traditional paper tablecloths and provide you with pencils to amuse yourself while waiting for your pizza.

Now that you know what’s going on in Milan’s kitchens, travel to Italy and rent apartments in Milan. Discover the best meals in their traditional trattoria and enjoy!