Il Cantico Dei Sapori - Milano

We thought the menu looked good and it was conveniently close to our hotel and it was better than expected. Fresh pasta made in house, fabulous food all round and lovely staff.

We were recommended this place by Milanese friends. I have to say that we like light cuisine and are usually more fans of south italian food, and we’re vegetarian, so please read this with that in mind. The restaurant is adorable, with view on the kitchen! Small menu so very good sign, but not many vegetarian options, so we ordered what we could althought none of the options contained very seasonal products. Service is impeccable and very professionnal. We sat alone that night and had the whole team for ourselves. People seemed to have deserted that part of the city unusual for a saturday night, maybe it was because of Easter. Unfortunately the food wasn’t at all what we expected. Bruschette were fine, then the grilled veggies (around 6 euro for basically 6 slices of eggplant, zuchetti and potato) tasted like nothing and were watery, and then the funghi porcini! They seemed to come straight out of water, absolutely no taste, bad texture, moss was still on and tasted like jelly, they were just cut into half and trown a few minutes under a grill, not even enough to heat them up! I felt so bad for such a wonderful product but did not eat it. Pasta (truffle and porcini again, only veggie options on the menu) were fade and heavy. Pasta itself was good, but the dish wasn’t. With a cooking crew cooking just for us, I cannot understand what happened that night. After paying we went straight to another restaurant where we had wonderful simple tomato pasta. Service again was very good. The waiter felt extremely bad and did not make us pay the funghi, which we very much appreciated. Maybe they are good at meat, but as an umbrian restaurant, I would expect at least the truffle and funghi to be good. Alltogether: we hit the wrong night, or please change your basic ingredients to ones that are seasonal, and maybe change the cook.

Great dinner, great service, delicious food! Appetizer with local bruschetta and tartare followed by duck and pheasant!

Great lunch at a fixed price, of high quality, kindness on top. all very good in its simplicity. wine at the glass of excellent level, excellent coffee. He deserves it.

I was with my husband at lunch in the week at the beginning of January. intimate and quiet place. food of excellent quality (most of the Umbrian origins) and cooked with care and impacted with care (some dishes made by them as fresh pasta and crescia.) courteous staff and available to customer requests and to advise. the prices a little high, but justified by the quality and origin of the foods. We will return for more special occasions!