Yesterday I had an appointment in Milan regarding my work experience at Trussardi which will really push me forward towards my goal of working in the fashion industry, so anyway, that's confirmed and will be later on this month! So I thought that since first impressions in the fashion industry always matter, I thought that I needed to look the part.
Dress : Fa Yuen Street (Mong Kok)
Shoes : Steve Madden
Bag : Zara
Belt : Gucci (very old, was my mum's!)
I must add that walking around Milan in heels was quite a difficult task due to the grates in the floor, the rocky roads and what made it worse was that my shoes had very very thin heels so it was easier for them to be stuck in some cracks. Thank god I brought flats! Not to mention that the hot sun sort of melted the pavements and so if I stood on the pavements in the sun for too long I started making dents and holes in it!!!
After the quick appointment, we decided to relax in Milan, do some shopping (enjoy the sales!), and most importantly, have a good old panzerotto at the best place for them in town, Luini! (
Official website here)
Right in the town's centre, almost next to the duomo (via santa radegonda, 16) Luini's panzerotti is one of the town's main attractions for a quick, cheap snack or lunch. Often with a queue outside the door, the panzerotti here is worth waiting for and is considered the best in Milan!
You may be wondering, so what is this panzerotti that I keep going on about? Well, it is just bread with filling which is either fried or baked. The classic panzerotti (the one I got) is fried with boiling tomato sauce and mozarella cheese inside.
They have many other different flavours, I remember trying one with zucchini..and something else (I don't remember now!).
Afterwards we decided to go visit the Duomo.
I have been to the Duomo many times, however my mum had never been inside since everytime she went to Milan she was wearing spaghetti straps or something similar and therefore was never allowed in (this also happened when we went to the Vatican City)
Then it was time for some good, old shopping, in order to take advantage of the sales. We decided to go to La Rinascente, which is a department store which mainly sells clothes and perfumes/cosmetics as well as furniture. They are mainly more high-end and expensive, however due to the sales many things were on discount and much more affordable. For example on the 2nd floor, is the floor which sells bags. We bought a Chloe leather bag for half price! Then on the 5th floor, I found heaven.....
I have to admit, shoes are one of my vices. I absolutely LOVE shoes. And here in front of me, a whole room filled with shoes, mainly with heels (which I love). Here you can find YSL, Lanvin, Mcqueen, Ferragamo, Chloe, Burberry and many other designer brands amongst the crowd of mainly Kurt Geiger or Carvela shoes.
I ended up buying these KG by Kurt Geiger shoes since I really wanted a new pair of wedge sandals and this was the only pair which I did not complain about the heel being too low and also which my mum did not complain about the heel being too high. So I guess this was a good choice!
So then that night we drove back to Genova, as we're staying there at the moment where my Grandma and Aunt live, and we go to a restaurant called Manuelina (
official website here) which is close to Genova in a place called Recco. Recco is very famous for it's focaccia al formaggio (cheese focaccia), and this restaurant has apparently the best focaccia al formaggio ever. According to my dad people come all the way from Milan just to have a taste of this restaurant's delicacies. Furthermore, this was also, according to my dad, the first restaurant I went to as a baby.
We started off with the famous focaccia al formaggio. I must say, my dad was right in how it was the best as it was also crispy, which most focaccia al formaggio isn't, even if it should be, so this was really really good, however also very filling!
An assortment of raw fish and shrimp.
And tiny grilled octopuses with a squid ink sauce and potato puree.
My dad was also talking to the proprietor, and telling her about how it was my first restaurant, and so she gave me this plate as a present and a memorabilia. It was so nice and sweet of her :)
