Last Saturday we went out to dinner in Milan with our american friends who were over for just a week. We booked a table at Obika, a restaurant where the menu is all about Mozzarella.
Every dish is based on the creamy, soft, salty, rich cheese made from buffalo milk. We had e few starters to begin with; Grilled pumpkin with supersoft mozzarella, a roll of mozzarella filled with three different fillings and a mix of deep-fried appetizers like rice balls and sage leafs. Mmmm!
Then we all had our main, I had a ravioli filled with ricotta and spinach, about 5 big ravioli cooked al dente, just perfect. We drank a Tuscan red wine with it with 14,5 percent. Heavy, but very very good!
For a desert we had a grand-dessert with torta di pinoli( pine nuts and chocolate cake), tiramisu and greek yoghurt with honey. It was a delicious modern Italian dinner!
Obika has two restaurants in Milan, one in Brera and the other one on the top floor of the rinascente, the biggest shopping-center in Milan, somewhat like Lafayette in Paris.
www.obika.it
On our way to the restaurant we walked through the Galleria which is located next to the Duomo of Milano, a very impressive building!! In the Galleria there are a few of the most beautiful shops in Milan, my favourite...Prada. The winter 2010 collection was displayed in the window and filled up the rest of the boutique. The entourage of such an old/classic Italian shop gives a very rich and chic twist to Prada's modern collections. I think the combinations works great!
I shot some pictures with my Iphone so you can see for yourself...
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How inspiring is your today's blog about Amsterdam. I like your way of writing, it is like your talking directly to me. I can imagine you feel that way about Amsterdam, when you live abroad things you always took for granted suddenly appear to be special. Talking about the cafe which serves the incredible big and warm pieces of apple pie, do you mean 'Winkel' at the corner of the Noordermarkt and the Westerstraat? I was there last Saturday, beautiful weather, the terras was packed. The aged cheese is that what you call 'Old Amsterdam'. How about pindakaas en chocoladehagel, don't you miss those? Love your blog, thanks very much. Marijtje
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