Via Paolo Sarpi is one of the unique areas in Milan where you can enjoy a different day, including shrimp ravioli, Peking duck, and some underground shopping.

Via Paolo Sarpi extends for about one kilometer and is located between Piazza Gramsci and Piazzale Baiamonti, along with streets via Procaccini, Montello, and Canonica it forms the Chinatown of Milan.

Since the beginning of the twentieth century in this area of ​​Milan, there has been a strong presence of Chinese immigrants, to the point of having created a small city in the city. From the main street branches and side, alleys branch off in which you can find all kinds of shops: restaurants, hairdressers, bars, clothing, bijoux, and much more.

The Oriental Mall is a five-storey shopping mall that houses two supermarkets, an Italian-Chinese restaurant, clothing, and technology stores, a beauty center where you can do traditional massages and yoga or sip a real Chinese tea.

Among the places that deserve a quick look, and a taste, there are certainly the Sarpi ravioli where you can taste excellent Chinese ravioli, and butcher’s shop Sirtori, a historic Milanese shop taken over a few years ago by a Chinese entrepreneur.

If you want an apéritif, you can go to OTTO gin bar or Cantine Isola, a historic wine shop that also serves wine by the glass.