Living.Naples also means to share its inner multiculturalism and the mixes of ethnicities that have always characterised the city. In Foria Street, at the edge of Sanità, guests may eat at a monzù. A monzù is a monsieur, a Royal chef who between the 18th and the 19th centuries cooked delicious meals for nobles and kings. The word monzù itself refers to those chefs who arrived in Naples following Napoleon’s army in 1805. The monzù cooked soufflés, mousses, and choux at the Royal Palace of Naples, and in 1815, when the French Court had to leave the city, the chefs remained in the city by the request of the local aristocratic families. The original French recipes were adapted to the local taste by the Neapolitan chefs, who quickly changed the French ragoût, gâteau and choux into ragù, gattò and sciù (Marchese, 2012). Nowadays, Mr Enzo, descendant of a monzù, and his wife Antonia offer their meals, enjoying with the visitors traditional music and Neapolitan theatrical performances.
