NoJennyNo: 5 Year Anniversary in Milan

Milan, Italy.

Happy 5 year anniversary to us!

Same hotel, same dress, same man for 5 years.

We met in Vegas back in 2012 and started dating later that year on a trip to Milan. We make an annual trip at the same Park Hyatt and do a dinner wearing the same Herver Leger of the night back in October 2012. And yes, it still fits!

Maybe it's because this is one of the few actual trips we have to ourselves (most of the travels are work related), but the butterflies we get when we arrive in front of Milan's Duomo near the hotel never goes away. Despite the overwhelming crowd and pigeons, I always find an excuse to make a quick walk around the square. The architecture is just so brilliant.

The marbled cathedral is also going under reconstruction to remove decades of pollution and damage so the facade shines as if it were built yesterday.

We stayed at the Park Hyatt Milano, where they presented us with their top rooms, Ambassador Suite. It was the first time we stayed in this particular room. The gold and marble interior is consistent with the other rooms, but this room has a much higher ceiling as well as two full bathrooms. The second bathroom also doubles as a gym/massage area complete with a touch screen shower, Jacuzzi, and separate toilet.

As always the service was top notch. We were greeted with champagne and hand written notes upon arrival and speedy service with anything we needed like extra water or needing a doctor's visit.

The anniversary dinner was at Seta in Mandarin Oriental. It's a beautiful modern restaurant with a fresh take on traditional Italian dishes. The dishes were not only artistically presented, but also made with unusual ingredients with well balanced flavors. Overall it was quite memorable - especially with a surprise in one of the dishes - a bullet in one of the dishes!

He got the seasonal white truffle menu and I got some dishes from the a la carte.

Menus

Truffle menu

Appetizer

Pasta

Main dishes

Little bites, mostly with veggies and seafood.

Mushroom cream to start your appetite

White truffle tasting menu:

1. Uovo
Egg with smoked salmon cream

2. Risotto
Artichoke risotto

3. Capelli d'angelo
Angel hair pasta with king crab and langoustine

4. Cappensante
Scallops with crayfish

5. Germano reale
Stuffed wild duck with onion cream and celeriac

He also found a metal ball inside the duck breast meat, which he miraculously did not swallow and was able to show the waiter. After much discussion, they realized it was one of the bullet pieces that was lodged in the meat because every duck is freshly caught by local hunters.