
Castelo Sforzesco – Milão, Itália

Between Spain & Portugal, Madrid & Lisboa…


O restaurante e pizzaria Da Cecco foi uma descoberta, das melhores que fizémos em Milão (senão a melhor) porque não sei se conseguiríamos chegar até ele sem a ajuda do simpático recepcionista do nosso hotel. É daqueles restaurantes muito apreciado pelos locais afastado das zonas turísticas e com a genuina cozinha italiana num espaço simples sem grande atenção á decoração.
The restaurant and pizzeria Da Cecco was a discovery, of the best we’ve done in Milan (if not better) because I do not know if we could get to it without the help of the friendly receptionist of our hotel. It is one of those restaurants much appreciated by those local away from the tourist areas and with the genuine Italian cuisine in a simple area without much attention to the decor.






















In the area you see that most restaurants are of “horno the leña” (wooden oven) with specialties like goat, lamb and suckling pig. While we waited our friends ordered the “picadillo de matanza” (pork) with potatoes and egg and also a chicken “ajillo” with roasted peppers. Everything was fine.
Then came the main dish that was the roast lamb, excellent quality (and I’m not the biggest admirer of lamb). Do not know how but some of us still had room for dessert, I ordered a chocolate volcano which unfortunately came a little done which means that while opening it did not had the melted chocolate and missed something that would cut the intense flavor, maybe a cream or a scoop of ice cream. With coffee came cakes from the region.






In the end the bill was a bit painful, it was the most expensive restaurants where I ate and I believe it was our responsibility mostly on the starters that were not cheap. Lunch started at three in the afternoon and we only went out at six.
Upon leaving we noticed the great amount of photos of famous people who passed through there, including members of the royal family as King Juan Carlos and Prince Felipe.





Não há nada de extraordinário ou diferente neste Inverno, chuva, vento, neve e frio são o que normalmente nos toca nesta temporada. Se há algo que o diferencia é o número de fins de semana onde estas quatro coisas se juntam e obrigam-nos a ficar em casa até que dizes: basta! Há já alguns tempos que vamos visitar Castelos e desta vez com o tema de uma Caça ao Tesouro para o mais pequeno conseguimos que ele largasse os jogos (como a Wii) para estar entusiasmado com uma actividade fora mesmo que a chuva, o frio e a neve fossem nossos companheiros de viagem. E desta vez não é que o tesouro estava escondido no Castelo de Turégano?
There is nothing extraordinary or different in this winter, rain, wind, snow and cold are what would normally be the weather in this season. If there is something that sets it apart is the number of weekends where these four things come together and force us to stay home until you say: enough! For some of them we have gone to visit castles and this time with the theme of a Treasure Hunt for the little one we could get him off the games (like the Wii) to be enthusiastic about an activity outside despite the fact that the rain, the cold and snow were our traveling companions. And who would have told that the treasure was hidden in Castle Turégano?














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