Expensive Milan

My post on the sky high bill which a couple of Japanese tourists received after dining at  Rome’s Il Passetto restaurant has attracted some attention.  The Italian press has also been hunting for other similar stories too, and has found a couple of other supposedly extreme bills.

This time though, the stratospheric bills were not, supposedly, rip offs, but simply higher than average prices.  The city concerned this time was not Rome, and those finding themselves at the sharp end of bills made to make your eyes water were not tourists either, they were Italians, even if one of them was a Miami resident.

Case number one concerns a rather high laundry bill, whereas the other knee wobbling bill which may have brought a quiet night out in Milan to a rather bitter-sweet end, concerns the La Malmaison restaurant .

Let’s kick off with just how much it can cost you to avail yourself of washing and ironing services in Milan.

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Coda di Rospo in Il Quadrifoglio

We’re pretty lucky really. There are quite a few interesting restaurants dotted around the area of Milan in which we live.

Indeed, there is an excellent little restaurant literally two minutes walk from our house.  We live in the Paolo Sarpi area of Milan, which is close to the Hotels Hermitage and Townhouse 12.

This little place, for it is not big, goes by the name of Il Quadrifoglio, and we’ve been there several times now.  In fact, it was my other half’s birthday on Saturday and we went there to celebrate. Read more

Eat like a God in the Aligia Restaurant, Vrasi

According to my Italy expert, Gaetano Salvo, ’si mangia da Deo’ – ‘you eat like a God’ (rough translation from Italian), or rather ‘the food is wonderful’ in the Aligia Restaurant (map link), down in Vrasi. Vrasi, by the way, is about half way between Salerno and Catanzaro in south Italy, and a little inland from a place called Diamante, as you will see if you click on the link above.

When someone like Gaetano, who has excellent taste in food and wine I might add, praises a restaurant, then it’s worth checking out.

If you find yourself in that neck of the woods, try it, and do let me know how well you ate – especially if you come out feeling all powerful.

I’ve asked Gaetano for some more information on Aligia Restaurant’s menu, and when he sends it to me, I’ll post it here.

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