Italian masterpiece combining saffron’s golden loveliness and Mediterranean lobster in a shimmering tribute to Italian luxury food.
Of Italian haute cuisine, there are few plates that speak of greatness as much as Lobster and Saffron Risotto alla Milanese. A bite of golden beauty, it unites the elegance of Northern Italy and the sun-kissed brightness of the Mediterranean in one dish that will be talked about.
Legendary in Milan, Risotto alla Milanese is usually flavoured with saffron, the world’s most expensive spice. Here, it is combined with the refined sweetness of Mediterranean lobster to create a classic into a new luxury icon. The Abruzzese saffron cultivated under the sun-kissed fields gives the rice its golden hue and honey and hay-like fragrance.
It becomes art when it appears at Milan’s Seta in the Mandarin Oriental. Lobster medallions that are thinly poached lie on a bed of rice al dente to perfection and buried under a whorl of Parmesan, white wine, and bone marrow reduction. That final drizzle of lobster reduction is liquid gold.
This is Italy’s exuberance to excess—vibrant, sensual, and eternal. It is the epitome La Dolce Vita—a culinary toast to indulgence, beauty, and luxurious living that best represents Italian sophistication.
