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We booked a Junior Suite and got a Deluxe Junior Suite. The price difference is noticeable, it´s 500 € + tax per night. I didn´t see a Junior Suite, but I´m not sure if this difference is justified.
Floor plan

Our room had a small entrance.

The room was big enough and stylish.



We had a view to the back of the hotel.

The bathroom was also stylish.



While the room was fine and the furniture had high quality, I can´t say I felt in love with it. If I consider at the moment they sell this room for 1.850,00 € + taxes I think it´s a little too much.

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The SPA is located in the basement. The entrance has style.



The windowsless pool is dark, but again has style.




There is also a gym





I think for a city-SPA it´s quite nice.

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Of course we had to eat at Seta, the Michelin 2 star restaurant of the Mandarin. When I booked the table the Chef´s table showed availability and out of a mood I booked it.
The entrance

The Chef´s table is located in the kitchen which means you can watch the chefs, but it also means you sit in a kitchen. GF liked the pictures of the restaurant´s interior and was not amused to sit in the rather unelegant kitchen. So it was our first and last Chef´s table experience, just for this reason.



Small bites and bread


Watermelon with nectarine


Interesting and nice start
Green gazpacho with marinated beetroot with Campari and pink pepper ice cream


I liked it and found it fresh, GF wasn´t impressed
Langoustine green tempura with mussels and soy marinated grapefruit


Good
Roasted blue lobster with “Loazzolo” zabaglione, leek and Matcha tea


A creative and very tasty dish
Seasnails on a mash



This dish was a kind of game changer. I didn´t really listen to the explanation and thought it were mushrooms. When I ate them I thought they tasted strange, GF thought the same. After we ate it GF found out it were really sea snails, what she found very disgusting. I can´t say I really enjoyed it.
Risotto with raspberry and herbs cream


This was the best risotto I ate for a long time, absolutely delicious.
Conchiglie” pasta with aubergine, black garlic and tandoori


Enjoyable
Red wine glazed eel and rosemary sauce


GF was not amused as she told them in advance she don´t like eel and sea urchin. Normally it comes with fois gras, at least they skipped this. I found it OK, but surely not my favorite dish.
I can´t really say what this was, but I think some mackarel.


It was OK
What looks like a dessert was a sea urchin cream with some fruity foam


You can imagine what GF said.....
I can´t excatly say what the dessert was.





But I remember I liked it.
Petit fours




I generally enjoyed the dinner but must say Chef´s table is not really my cup of tea. Food wise some dished were great, some dishes may have been tecinally good, but they weren´t my cup of tea. We paid 230,00 € per person which means a huge surcharge for the Chef´s table, a surcharge I wouldn´t pay again.
I wanted to eat a second time at the restaurant, but GF contradicted.

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Breakfast was served at the Bar.

We choosed to eat in the courtyard.


There was a good buffet were you could help yourself


I found it very good. You could also order dishes.







What we got was of very high quality, the best breakfast on this trip. I was very satisfied.

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Great looking breakfast. That is not good about the restaurant not honoring requests. I am surprised they did not replace the eel and sea urchin dishes immediately with other options.

Pausanias

That breakfast looks like the best meal of your entire trip! Elegant surroundings, too.

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We didn´t complain, I ate it. I better never ask how they do the risotto for example. I guess many risottos on vegetarian menus are done with chicken or beef stock......

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Perhaps not the best meal on the trip, but definitively the best breakfast after a while. From tomorrow I´m back in Italy, hope to get some good breakfast again.

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First a short visit to San Marco

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Castello Sforza is a castle from the 15th century.




At the castello are 9 museums which can be seen on one tour.

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The museum is located near the Mandarin.

The museum has different departments.

Dominating are paintings, they jave some fine works.















Another focus: The room of clocks



Glassworks

Jewellery and other small objects


Oriental room

Armory

Concerto

Super TR, I really must visit these museums. I've always said that's there's a lot more to Milan than meets the eye.

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Ciacco Lab is in my opinion one of the best gelaterias (I know).

Every gelato I tried so far was top notch, I also love their creams.


The granita is also great.

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I did a little church-tour, first stop was Santa Maria presso San Satiro.


The current church was mainly built in the 15th century.

glasman19

I think the gym had a better view than your room at the first hotel. 😜