Welcome to Afraa, Kolkata’s first corporate lounge and restaurant in Salt Lake City Centre. The décor’s chic with a very elegant furnish. Want to indulge your taste buds to authentic Italian cuisine, especially scrumptiously prepared vegetarian, non-vegetarian and dessert risottos? Then Afraa is the right place to be. Risotto is a rich and creamy, traditional Italian rice dish cooked with meats, seafood, vegetables, mushroom, cheese and herbs. Master chef, Sumanta Chakraborty, and chef Davide Cananzi, have masterminded an array of preperations on offer. Says Cananzi, “No less than four to five months usually go into the making of different varieties of dishes and we need to experiment with the ingredients before finalisng the main menu.” Risotto lovers can pick from a host of preperations like Spinach and Sun-dried Tomato Arancini with Creamy Basil Pesto, a salad of arborio with olive oil poached peppper, resins, almond and garlic. Else you may try delicious the Cheese Cake with Arrabiata Sauce and Gilbert Ragu for staters. What better than Risotto with chicken, Porcini and Broccoli, or Sardinian Risotto with Minced Mutton, red wine, saffron and tomatoes or Risotto Isola Style with Sausage and Peas or even lip-smacking italian pizzas for the main course. Vegeterian needn’t feel left out. Cananzi would ask you to pick from Milanese Risotto with Aubergine and pine nuts and Blueberry Risotto with milky mushroom. You can even try simple preperations like Risotto with roasted vegetables. Don’t forget to round it off with Coffee Risotto with Caramelised Bananas.