Bele (Milano)

[honkman]

It looks like rushed service is a new trend in Milan as we had it a second night in a row, this time at Bele https://www.beleristorante.com/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=business_maps&utm_campaign=link%20site This time we actually started discussing it with the server and he mentioned that they immediately fire a new course when they just brought out the previous one to have little breaks - we made it clear that wasn’t a great concept and made a less than good meal. Everybody in the restaurant got dish after dish without significant breaks. Hopefully that will soon change outside of Milano when we will explore other parts. The food was partially good and had some interesting combinations but especially the second courses where underwhelming with the chicken breast (with just some apricots) and the red drum (which sounded good as a concept but was less than it’s sum).
Based on the atrocious service again a restaurant we wouldn’t recommend.

Bread

Pears, figs, grana, curry

Beef tartare, stracciatella, ‘nduja, friggitelli

Tagliolini, zucchini, cardamom, mint

Green gazpacho, salmon, cucumbers, pickled onions

Risotto, tamarind, pine nuts, rhubarb

Red drum, watermelon, campari, bergamot

Veal eye round, eggplant, almonds, capers, lemon

Chicken breast, apricots, tarragon, coriander seeds

Hazelnuts, raspberry, chocolate

Apricots, lavender, rosemary, buckwheat

[JenKalb (Jennifer Kalb)]

Food made for novelty and the camera, not for the palate. Too bad about the loss of service mentality-did they have multiple evening seatings, too?

[honkman]

No, they also don’t have different seatings but turn over tables throughout the night.
Some of the dishes were actually very good, e.g. beef tartare, pears/figs/grana, the risotto flavor combination was unique and very good - unfortunately the new service attitude/approach destroys the good food impression

[byarvin (Brian Yarvin)]

Italy is rapidly splitting into the touristed and the non-touristed. To me, the touristed places are becoming more and more hellacious and the non-touristed more welcoming - if not more desperate.

This year, it’s getting worse. 90% of Italy is crying for you while Como (for example) is so crowded that locals miss most of their dental appointments because the traffic on the roads is so clogged that busses take hours to cover a few kilometers.

My answer? Please! Pretty please! Forget those places and see the rest of the country. It will be happy to see (and serve) you.