The prized tuber magnatum is the star of the show this season—here’s where to try it at restaurants around Hong Kong
Autumn marks a direct shift in produce, as the summer’s abundant crop of fresh fruits and vegetables is replaced by game meats and the beginning of citrus fruits and root vegetables. Among our favourites from the season’s harvest is white truffle, the best of which flourish in the Piedmont region of Italy. White truffles are rarely cooked, which would destroy their distinctive aroma, and is best enjoyed shaved paper-thin on top of dishes. The most common ingredients to pair with white truffles have lighter flavour profiles, such as fresh eggs and cream, which allows the intense, earthy aroma of the white truffles to shine through each dish.
This autumn, 11 of the city’s more notable restaurants will launch their seasonal white truffle menu where the ‘white diamond’ of the kitchen is showcased in a variety of delicious courses.
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Castellana
What: Causeway Bay’s Castellana has launched a new autumn menu paired with white truffles and Piedmont wines. The new selection of dishes will showcase the Piedmont region’s notable produce including, of course, white truffles from Alba. The menu includes the restaurant’s siganature Uovo di Montagna, where the raw egg yolk of an organic Italian Dolomite mountain egg is served atop a steam-cooked egg white meringue; as well as Tagliarini al Tartufo Bianco d’Alba, where tagliolini pasta is tossed with organic mountain butter sauce and topped with freshly shaved white truffles.
When: Available now.
Price: A four-course menu with dessert is priced at HK$1,580 per person (HK$2,080 with wine pairing) and a seven-course is priced at HK$1,980 per person (HK$2,880 with wine pairing)
Where: Castellana, 10/F, Cubus, 1 Hoi Ping Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong; +852 3188 5028
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