What is
la cadrega?
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The cadrèga, which in Milanese dialect means the chair, is for us the symbol of that typically Milanese way of living life with joy.
Here in Milan, the cadrega has always been the center of conviviality: there that we gather to chat, eat together, and spend time with each other. People who sit together do not only share food, they also share stories, experiences and above all lots of laughter!
The term cadrega is now famous throughout Italy thanks to an epic gag by the comic trio Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo, in which an unsuspecting Count Dracula is subjected to the legendary inganno della cadrega (“the cadrega deception”): we feel represented by this sketch because it represents our joy, our being traditionally Milanese and, why not, our not taking ourselves too seriously!