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so here we are in milan, the fashion and industrial powerhouse of italy. i ve only been to milan a few times and always in passing. i ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these just to keep up with the rhythm of the city, but do the hard-working milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. that s delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh my god, that s so beautiful. perfecto . this is the land of rice and polenta. -polenta in the ancient time, it was like the bread. -people from south of italy call us polentoni . [tucci] there i ....
Password. oh i love that idea. so it s like the old speakeasys. absolutely like old speakeasys. but legal. yes. maybe, i don t know. maybe? tess has been given the password for a secret bar just behind the cathedral. it s just here. this is it. this is it? and the password is the name of the witch once believed to be the protector of this neighbourhood. oh, i thought he was going to say no. arima. are you sure this is the right place? i, i yes it is. yeah? yeah. : hi. oh hello. buono sera. thank you. this place is so hip it makes me want to be 20 again. wow. you like it. wow. yeah i love it..or 40 or ....
tess: so you eat and you are more hungry so you eat again. every time you order a drink you get this? it s fantastic, yes. yeah. no, it s amazing. it s amazing. a lot of milanese take their work so seriously that they hardly stop for lunch. no wonder they need an aperitivo at the end of their day. luckily this led to a revolutionary milanese invention we re all grateful for - the happy hour. milan is very famous also for the secret bars yeah? and. i love it because it s like in the movies because to enter you have to have a password. oh i love that idea. so it s like the old speakeasys. absolutely like old speakeasys. but legal. yes. [laughs] maybe, i don t know. maybe? [laughs] tess has been given the password for a secret bar just behind the cathedral. tess: it s just here. this is it. tucci: this is it? and the password is the name of the witch once believed to be the protector of this neighbourhood. ....
it s fantastic, yes. yeah. no, it s amazing. it s amazing. a lot of milanese take their work so seriously that they hardly stop for lunch. no wonder they need an aperitivo at the end of their day. luckily this led to a revolutionary milanese invention we re all grateful for - the happy hour. milan is very famous also for the secret bars yeah? and. i love it because it s like in the movies because to enter you have to have a password. oh i love that idea. so it s like the old speakeasys. absolutely like old speakeasys. but legal. yes. [laughs] maybe, i don t know. maybe? [laughs] tess has been given the password for a secret bar just behind the cathedral. tess: it s just here. this is it. tucci: this is it? and the password is the name of the witch once believed to be the protector of this neighbourhood. tucci: oh, i thought he was going to say no. arima. are you sure this is the right place? i, i yes it is. ....
campari, it s main ingredient is made here in milan. great, thank you. thank you so much. clears. salud. salud. here, you have aperitivo with a drink and you can eat. yeah. and you go back home and you don t have to cook. oh, thank you. oh, so there s the food. so you eat, and you are more hungry, so you eat again. every time you order a drink you get this? it s fantastic. yeah, no, it s amazing. it s amazing. a lot of milanese take their work so seriously that they hardly stop for lunch. no wonder they need an aperitivo at the end of their day. luckily this led to a revolutionary milanese invention we re all grateful for - the happy hour. milan is very famous also for the secret bars. yeah? and i love it because it s like in the movies because to enter, you have to have a password. oh, i love that idea. so it s like the old speakeasys. absolutely like old speakeasys. ....