Non there is doubt is Milan the capital of foreign cuisine in Italy. Just look at the statistics: in Italy there are 15 thousand foreign companies in the food sector and 2 thousand are in Milan, 20% of Milanese restaurants; In Rome they are 10% and in Turin 5%. In addition, a Milanese out of three ethnic eating at least 15 times a year. It is an ancient phenomenon which, however, has exploded in the last 20-30 years. Until the 70s, Etnic meant almost exclusively Chinese and via Paolo Sarpi. There was some rare Japanese, a couple of Hispanic, but they were limited phenomena.
Today there is everything, at all levels and of all kitchens, even if the East is the master. Here is a selection:
Il Vizio – Milan, via Ulrico Hoepli 6, Tel. 02.8051231 – https://www.ristoranteilvizio.it/locations/milano/
In the heart of Milan, between the Cathedral and the Scala, a chic living room, with a beautiful window open on the lively road. It is vice: an elegant environment that interprets a mix of cultural contaminations that “generate” a place with a sober, warm and welcoming style.
But the uniqueness of vice lies in the dual proposal, made to satisfy the tastes of those who love Japanese cuisine and those who do not want to give up the classic Italian cuisine. Taro Shimosaka, Japanese for many years in Italy, assisted by Marco Gargaglia, offer a sushi that highlights the Italianness of his raw materials. With the same attention, the Italian menu is proposed, with fresh and genuine dishes, proposed in an elegant and contemporary form.
Among the dishes we remember the splendid oysters, the Bluefin tuna, a red tuna tartare with Yuzu Ponzu; East Meets West, a carpaccio di capaccio of Hokkaido and Mazara red shrimp; And then the cod tortelloni or the Fassona gnocchi and to return to Asia, the poke chirashi: rice, tuna, salmon, branzina, avocado and mango. Excellent service. Cost on 80 €
The vice, Milan – Via Ulrico Hoepli 6
Tel. 02.8051231
https://www.ristoranteilvizio.it/locations/milano/
View Live Restaurant
A new star was born in the Milanese catering; But it has “ancient” origins. It is View Live Reastaurant, the brand new restaurant by Roberto Okabe, located in an elegant building, in the Lodi Corso area. The room is beautiful, elegant and original, with a pleasant and “engaging” lighting and the choice, for the furnishings, of extremely valuable materials, such as brass or walnut wood, deliberately processed in a simple way to obtain an effect of Perfect imperfection. The cuisine of different suggestions and cultures, which is expressed, for example, in the encounter between elements such as Patanegra and Wasabi, Yuzu and Besciamella, but also with innovative reinterpretations of some must -haves of oriental cuisine, is original, appetizing and curious. Like Sashimi and Gyoza, Rolls, Urumaki and Gunkan.
Among the dishes: “Magnolia”, a fire salmon carpaccio with pineapple mojito sauce, mint and shiso, grated daikon, ponzu and sesame sauce, and again with “Leo, Gratin & Vinci”, uramaki composed of a salmon tartare , tempura of asparagus and crab gratin with flying fish eggs, and end with the black cod Damn with potatoes, chives and parsley, served on the ground of Taggiasca olives and caramelized onions. Do not miss the “overlooking” chef’s table on open cuisine, where chefs interact with diners in the live preparation of the dishes and dishes, in an engaging dinner show.
The service is excellent and smiling. About 100 euros.
View Live Restaurant, Milan – Via San Gerolamo Emiliani, 2
Tel. 02 4547 1143
www.viewretastaurant.it
Kanton
Hidden in a corner of Capriate (30 minutes from Milan), a very pleasant Chinese high cuisine restaurant; Where the Chinese, with Bergamo accent, welcome in a nice and friendly way. The local, modern and essential, is furnished with great taste: well -set tables, wooden decorations that recall a Buddhist temple, globes of crystals on the ceiling. The cuisine is of traditional Chinese inspiration, with typical flavors, modernizing classical recipes and with the intention of maintaining the original flavor of the ingredients. Among the dishes to try: the prawn disc, two very thin layers of pasta with prawns, ginger and spring onion; rice spaghettini, egg and crab pulp; fried lotus flowers in sweet and sour sauce; Angus entrecote with a mix of powder spices; And the fantastic pechinese duck cannot be missing in special evenings. Many of the ingredients, difficult to find in Italy, arrive directly from China. The presentation of the dishes is admirable. Cozy service. Excellent wine list. About 65 euros
Kanton – Capriate San Gervasio (BG), via Antonio Gramsci, 17
Tel.: 02 9096 2671
http://www.kantonrestaurant.it/
Hatsune Zushi at Ronin Milan
The legendary Tokyo Hatsune Sushi opens on the second floor of House of Ronin 浪人
An electric moon continues to shine in the sky of Milan. After the extraordinary success of pop-ups in Ronin Shokunin, Maestro Katsu Nakaji returns to Milan and opens his first permanent restaurant outside Japan: Hatsune Zushi at Ronin Milan.
Hatsune – Spring sound – is the name of the historic restaurant located in the Nakaji family building, in Tokyo, in the Ota district. In the Chef Nakaji family, the title of Shokunin has been handed down for four generations – there are only seven great sushi masters in the world, a title that passes from father to son, after years and years of training.
From Hatsune Zushi Tokyo, the master Katsu Nakaji gives sophisticated, unique and unrepeatable Umakase experiences, thanks to extraordinary ingredients and ancient techniques perfected with time and practice, as owned to a true, large, Shokunin.
Since January the same, unmistakable, wonder finds a permanent house in via Vittorio Alfieri 17, in the intimate and exclusive Omokase room on the second floor of House of Ronin 浪人. A place suspended over time, where ten diners per duty will be transported to a dreamlike world every evening, thanks to an unforgettable gastronomic path to discover the clearest and most authentic flavors of Japanese cuisine.
In the Chinatown of 2150 that never sleeps, Maestro Nakaji opens the doors to a new era of taste and culture, where to let go of a journey between the East and the West, between the here and elsewhere.
Costp: 160 euros for the Omokase menu, drinks excluded.
Hatsune Zushi at RoninMilan – Via Vittorio Alfieri 17
Tel. 0289367101
https://www.houseofronin.it/
Mu dim sum
In via Fabio Filzi, far from China Town in the spirit and service, in an area of Milan in decisive growth, there is this Chinese restaurant that stands out from the average for the quality of the environment, service and kitchen.
In a large well -amenous room, with large windows, well -distant and well -set tables, they taste traditional dishes of the Cantonese tradition as, in fact, the dim sums, distant relatives, more in the appearance than in substance, of our ravioli: among those Coured with steam, there are the Har Gao, stuffed with shrimp, the shao never, with egg pasta, chicken, mushrooms and prawns or crescent in the woods, with mushroom filling and truffle. And then an excellent tripe of beef, pork pipes, beef with truffle scent or smoked lobster with pink pepper, on a beat of crab, dried shrimp and carrots. The choice of tea is very vast and the wine list is good. About 55 euros.
Mu dim sumMilan – Via Aminto Caretto, 3
Tel. 338 358 2658
https://www.murestaurants.com/it/mu-dimsum
Mitu
From the extreme East we pass “to the extreme West”, we go to Colombia; Entering the place you immediately feel in another world; The furniture with the vertical garden of plants and straw lamps, the furnishings of the Colombian crafts, the carnival masks, give the feeling of being in another world, at the limits of the forest.
Among the dishes, which favor exotic ingredients and fruit and vegetables, there are the Cevics, the Tapas, the Grenodilla, the Tiger and Anacardi leche.
The tone is that of a refined and well -kept place; Moreover, the team at the “base” of the restaurant is respectable: Ivan Cordoba, the patron, is a “great” of the Colombian national team; The consultant for the menu is Olivero Clavijo, of the famous Chato di Bogota, the chef The excellent José Narbona Rodriguez. Here you can breathe the air of a “warm”, bright and “tasty” land. On 60 euros.
Mitù, Milan – Via Panfilo Castaldi, 28
Tel. 02 4940 4925
https://www.instagram.com/mitu.restaurant/
Pacific
In the “trendy” area of S. Marco, Pacific is the result of an international managerial culture. And you see it and feel it both in the kitchen and in furnishing and customers.
The cuisine is the Peruviano-Nikkey that offers dishes such as Ceviche in various variations: of sea bass, salmon and then the Tiraditos, the traditional cause, chpe and the DIM SUM. For some weeks Pacific has also been open for lunch and offers some dish of Italian cuisine at an extremely affordable price.
The furniture is of international but very welcoming taste in its relative simplicity. Pacific is divided into a series of rooms that allow to maintain privacy and intimacy; For a few months there has been a beautiful outdoor area, florit and very well illuminated. The clientele is young, lively, worldly, perfectly in tone with the spirit of the place. They spend around 60 euros.
PacificMilan – Via Moscova, 29
Tel.: 02 87244 737
https://wearepacificio.it/