The Perfect Italian Evening in Copenhagen: Pizza, Wine and Atmosphere
Let me tell you about the perfect evening. Not a special occasion. Not an anniversary or a birthday. Just an ordinary evening, transformed into something you will remember, the way Italians have always known how to do. This is what we built MaMeMi to offer. Not just pizza. Not just wine. An evening. Let me […]
Roman Cuisine Beyond Pizza: Pasta, Antipasti and Dolci at MaMeMi
People know us for pizza. That is fair. Our authentic Italian pizza in the Roman style is what we are proud of and what brings most people through the door. But an Italian meal is more than the main event. The way it begins, the plates you share before the pizza arrives, the sweet ending […]
Date Night in Copenhagen: 8 Things That Make an Italian Restaurant Special
There is a reason Italian restaurants have been the setting for first dates, anniversaries, and quiet proposals for as long as anyone can remember. Something about the food, the atmosphere, the whole rhythm of an Italian meal makes it perfect for spending an evening falling a little more in love with someone. If you are […]
Pre-Concert Dinner on Vesterbro: Italian Dining Before Vega & Lille Vega
If you have tickets to a show at Vega, you already know the feeling. That build up before a concert, when the night is full of possibility and you just want to start it right. Do not waste that feeling on a rushed meal or a sad sandwich on the way. Vesterbro is one of […]
Italian Restaurant Culture: A Dane’s Guide to Navigating It
I have lived in Copenhagen for over ten years now, and I love this city. But I still remember how strange some things felt when I first arrived from Italy. The way people ate dinner at 18:00. The way a meal could be over in forty minutes. The way asking for the bill was somehow […]
How to Read an Italian Wine List Like a Sommelier
There is a moment I see almost every night at MaMeMi. Someone opens our wine list, sees hundreds of Italian names they do not recognise, and their eyes go slightly wide. Then they close it and say, “Can you just pick something?” Which is completely fine. That is what Danilo is there for and he […]
Orange Wine vs Natural Wine vs Biodynamic: What Is the Difference?
These three terms get used interchangeably all the time, and they should not be. I hear it constantly at MaMeMi. Someone points at a bottle on the list and says, “Oh, is that one of those orange natural biodynamic wines?” And Danilo has to gently explain that those are three completely different things that sometimes […]
10 Italian Wine Regions You Should Know (And Taste in Copenhagen)
Italy has twenty wine regions. Every single one of them makes wine. That is not an exaggeration, it is a genuine fact that surprises people the first time they hear it. From the Alps in the north to the islands in the south, there is not a single corner of Italy where somebody is not […]
Which Wine Pairs With Roman Style Pizza? A Sommelier’s Guide
I asked Danilo to write this one with me, because pairing wine with pizza is his territory and he has strong opinions about it. The first thing he wanted me to say is this. Pizza is not one thing. You cannot answer the question “what wine goes with pizza” any more than you can answer […]
Italian Natural Wine: A Beginner’s Guide to Biodynamic Wines
I want to tell you about a conversation I had recently with a guest at MaMeMi. She had been coming to us for months, always letting my cousin Danilo pick her wine. She trusted him completely, which is the smartest thing you can do when you have a certified sommelier who has personally visited hundreds […]
