Risotto alla milanese
Rice cooked with saffron and bone marrow, golden in colour. It is often served alone as a first course or with ossobuco.
Milan
What to eat in Milan
- Risotto alla milanese
- Cotoletta alla milanese
- Ossobuco
- Cassoeula
Data checked on October 5, 2026
Cotoletta alla milanese
A veal cutlet on the bone, breaded and fried in butter. It is thick and served with lemon.
Ossobuco
Braised veal shank cooked in wine and stock, usually served with saffron risotto.
Cassoeula
A winter stew of pork and savoy cabbage. You find it on menus in the colder months.
Panettone
The tall, domed sweet bread with candied fruit that Milan is known for. Bakeries sell it in the weeks before Christmas.
Negroni sbagliato
A Negroni with sparkling wine instead of gin, a Milanese aperitivo drink usually taken with a plate of small bites.
Every itinerary on this site keeps a lunch break after 12:30, so there is room for a proper meal in the middle of the day.
What a meal costs
- Meal in an inexpensive restaurant
- €20
- Three courses for two, mid-range restaurant
- €80
- Coffee
- €1.87
Besides the sights
- Aperitivo on the Darsena or in BreraFrom about 18:00 bars set out snacks to go with a drink. It is how many Milanese start the evening.
- An evening at La ScalaThe opera house stages opera and ballet through the season, which opens around 7 December, the feast of Saint Ambrose. Book through the theatre's official site well ahead.
- The antiques market on the Naviglio GrandeOn the last Sunday of each month stalls line the canal with furniture, books, prints and jewellery.
- A late night at the Museo del NovecentoOn Thursdays the museum stays open until 22:30, so you can see the Duomo lit from the windows.
- A football match at San SiroTram 16 runs from Santa Maria delle Grazie to the Stadio San Siro, where AC Milan and Inter play, so check the fixture list.