Arriving for dinner on an autumn night, I'd been looking forward to tucking into a nice cotoletta alla Milanese, the breaded veal chop that's one of that city's classic dishes, and was crestfallen to see a menu emblazoned with the slogan "Alta Cucina Naturale" ("Natural Haute Cuisine").
The Treasury and Department for Transport are carrying out a feasibility study looking at "new ownership and financing models" for the roads, with the results due in the autumn.
Looking ahead, the Autumn Canton trade fair from October 15 to November 4 will be important to watch for in terms of assessing whether such improvements can be sustained into the fourth quarter, Barclays analysts led by Jian Chang in Hong Kong told clients in a note over the weekend.