Reinvent a life at forty, from hairdressers to chefs, his name is Dino, his Trattoria "La Colonna"
A few nights ago I had dinner in a restaurant in Milan, “The Column“. It does not have a site, rather, the only site who is the real one. What intrigued me. We are so accustomed to travel on line that sometimes we overlook things concrete and tangible… but fortunately, not always.
The dinner prepared by Dino, Chef de The Column, was organized by Francesca Lovatelli Caetani, Editorial Director WebSpotMagazine, e da Ivana Villa of web-spot.it. Hyear attended by more than me, a group of journalists and bloggers. Monica Papagna of a biscottoalgiorno.com, Sara Millett of the-appetite-comes-leggendo.com, Amelia Face freelance fashion designer, and a surprise guest with whom I lovingly discussed during the evening, the reporter Alexander Aleotti, Chairman of the Brera Football.
Just arrived, as is my habit to do to learn about the environment in which they work the people I meet, I poked around a bit for the local. The atmosphere a little 'retro memories of the past have attracted my attention immediately.
An old megaphone, a picture with a dedication in memory of Renato Rascel a dinner them, and a corner wall with a pen writing by the visitors of the Trump local, made me smile. Then, once called to order, I joined the group.
Fell downstairs I found myself in front of the beautiful mise en place prepared by Amelia Face, etiquette expert and lecturer in courses devoted to the preparation of the table. Greetings, chat, and then at the table. Mi was Venuta decisamente fame.
An interesting detail detected upon reading the menu of La Colonna, is that the motion of the plates is already linked to a wine, both as a cost, that for the matching.
After the dinner, appena a potuto, I did sit next to me Dino, lo chef. He had earned my sympathy immediately, since my arrival and offered a glass of wine, a sparkling wine, had not used a well known term to define the sparkling wines that just can not stand.
Dino boy, although the mother had a restaurant, it is directed towards different field. Having left school at ITIS, exercised for a long time the profession of hairdresser for lady.
About ten years ago the turn with the decision to become a chef. By day he sold frozen, and he learned to cook evening working alongside a chef. Then, with the acquisition of the premises that still manages, the fulfillment of a dream. Never think it's late to change your life ...
Trattoria La Colonna in
Via S. Maria alla Porta, 10 – Milan