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U Barba Osteria Genovese

U Barba Osteria Genovese

Via Pier Candido Decembrio, 33, Milan, Italy, Mailand

Caffè • Gelato • Italiano • Da Asporto


"Simply a spectacle in every sense! Last night my family and I spent a very pleasant evening dining in this Ligurian tavern which pleasantly impressed us from every point of view. The location is very nice, furnished with good taste, combining typical tavern furnishings with the elegance and style of other more contemporary works. Very pleasant are the exposed bricks that surround the walls on which various works are hung that recall the Genoese spirit: singers, football faith... all integrated with beautiful, wooden, restored tables with a huge one that stands out in the entrance room and which it is reserved for conviviality where guests who don 't know each other, even from different families, can dine side by side. The offer is obviously Ligurian in nature and my family and I chose from their very interesting menu a double Ligurian appetizer to share which was made up of various delicacies: vegetable pie, simple farinata with pesto, cheese focaccia, stuffed anchovies , cod frisceu and a fantastic Russian salad that my partner, an expert on the subject, did not hesitate to compare to that of her mother... I think that for a restaurateur this is the best compliment he can receive! We then continued with 4 different dishes: I enjoyed some excellent and abundant testaroli with pesto, my partner some potato ravioli with sea bass, cherry tomatoes and olives, my youngest son some pansoti with walnut sauce and the eldest a plate of stewed octopus. All dishes were widely promoted and appreciated. To continue, while the rest of the family dedicated themselves to desserts, I instead lingered on another course: a fantastic Ligurian rabbit with roast potatoes. The dish was truly exceptional in both quality and preparation. The service was impeccable both from the waitresses and from the kind and friendly owner who spoke with us several times. In each of my reviews I always try to leave some ideas only from a constructive perspective and in this case I allow myself to suggest only two which can obviously also leave the time they find : . The first is linked to the glasses: I understand the desire to recreate an environment as close as possible to the old taverns of the past, but just as modern antiques have been introduced into the furnishings, I believe that a nice glass to be able to taste the wine is not suitable in the slightest in conflict with the rest of the more traditional mise en place. The only gain would be the pleasure the customer would have in tasting the wine. Our companion for the evening was an excellent 2022 Pigato Superiore Baletta from Enrico Dario. The second is purely background, or rather background: Liguria offers a vastness of singer-songwriters that few regions can boast, De Andrè, Fossati, Paoli, Tenco, Lauzi...rightly celebrated also in the wall images. Well, I would say that the playlist in the background can easily already be made, without having to go beyond the region. Congratulations again and see you soon!"

Wicky's Innovative Japanese Cuisine

Wicky's Innovative Japanese Cuisine

Corso Italia, 6, Milan, Italy, Mailand

Sushi • Asiatico • Da Asporto • Giappoense


"PREMISE: I don 't think I 've ever been so disappointed by a fine dining experience. LOCAL: The restaurant is reminiscent of a classic Japanese restaurant, with careful but still dark lighting, with two rooms that differ in that only the second has an open kitchen to admire the chefs. The tables, without tablecloths, do not remind me that I am having a fine dining experience rather than an all-you-can-eat dinner and, very seriously, the large wall of the first room (the one opposite the bar) was a veil unique of dust. SERVICE: The service is another of the sore points of the whole experience: literally a rush to make us finish dinner as soon as possible, they took away the dish and the next one magically appeared. We are welcomed and we notice that not only do they not ask us if we want to put our coats in the wardrobe, but we are the only ones who have them with us behind the chairs: we therefore ask for the kindness of being able to put them there. The wine list has proposals with significant economic value, but it seems there is no one present who can accompany the customer in the choice. Do you want some wine? Which one do you want? All as if ordering a €50 or €300 wine makes no difference to them or that it is relative depending on what you will eat. To end on a high note, at dessert time, literally while they are serving it to you, they ask you if they can already bring you the coffee, as if to say hey if you hurry up we can close early tonight (it was 10pm, not midnight) . FOOD: We took the Omakase Momiji menu based on fish: €120 Here comes the final disappointment: I think the concept of Innovative Japanese Cuisine could have been valid 10 years earlier at the opening. Carpaccio 5 Continents: I don 't doubt the quality of the fish (salmon, tuna, amberjack), which however was impossible to perceive thanks to the predominant sauce which made every bite identical. Amberjack Sheep: probably the best dish, unusual, amberjack carpaccio with the addition of pecorino, a nice combination. Egg: an egg cooked at a low temperature (on the site they call it soft-boiled, but it isn 't), with a fairly bland taste. Tuna carpaccio: good. Sushi Kan: a selection of nigiri, which had nothing innovative in taste, but you could feel the quality of the raw material... except obviously in those on which the trio of carpaccio sauce had already been put which also in this case covered All. The one with the prawn is the best. Sea bass: very delicate, but invigorated by the sauce placed on the bottom of the dish. Adding 2 courgette wafers on top which certainly didn 't add flavor to the dish. Salmon Teriyaki: here I think it was the most unfortunate moment for the palate...a salmon totally covered by the flavor of the teriyaki. Served with 3 steamed counted vegetables. Miquit: I would define it as a classic, chocolate mousse with raspberry. Good. DRINK: A bottle of Pouilly Fumè: €65. I didn 't like not having a glacette from which to draw, but always having to wait for the waiter to realize that the glass was empty and go to the counter to take our bottle from the glacette which also contained the bottles of other customers. I COUNT: Total €305 CONCLUSION: Did I eat badly? No. The overall vote confirms it. But objectively, if we talk about fine dining and fine dining costs, there must be consistency between what is offered in terms of overall experience and what you are asked to pay. Dinner was also offered to me, so I don 't make it a problem of how much I spent , but really of what I got in relation to the value of what the bill was. It is precisely one of those cases in which understanding the restaurateur for the cost of raw materials, rent, management is not possible, because it is all terribly disproportionate between the overall experience and the dinner bill."