Ho Chi Minh once worked here...let's check out this old Milanese classic for lunch.
Bresaola for antipasti...YUH-MEE!
Melanzana for antipasti...also YUH-MEE!
Ossobuco with risotto alla Milanese...quite possibly a perfect plate of grub--stupendo!
The gringo loved his ossobuco and risotto...yes-indeedy-dee!
We are extremely happy in our cozy corner of della Pesa...grazie mille!
Antica Trattoria della Pesa has been serving grub here in Milan since the 1880s...it's gotta be good...let's check it out.
This place is soothing, chill, efficient and full of Milanese folks...we appear to be the only gringos here...love it!
We have a reservation and arrive on time...we are seated in a cozy corner as requested, and we are good-to-go.
We get busy with Prosecco and fizzy water...the Prosecco is dry and delicious--lovely.
Next we do our antipasti...bresaola--air-dried salted beef, very tasty...
...and a melanzana--warm, juicy and delectable eggplant concoction...perfect start.
The main dish of this joint is a combo of ossobuco and risotto alla Milanese...I do this, and it is extremely delicious...super-tender meat, gooey unctuous bone marrow and wonderful risotto prepared in the Milanese style with saffron--as close to a perfect plate of food as you can get...really good.
We wash this whole meal down with a solid bottle of Barolo. . .mmm, aaaahh!
This place feels very grounded--this sooths us...it's been here well over 140 years...there is a plaque outside that reminds everyone that Ho Chi Minh worked here while he was making his way around the world learning the ways of humanity...all in preparation for becoming the father of modern Viet Nam...quite a legacy--saluti!
It feels real good here in della Pesa. . .I highly recommend this joint...definitely come here for lunch or dinner if you ever find yourself in Milan. . .you will love it--I gar-ron-taaaayy!
On to our next lunch...
...it's lovely out there.
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