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Considered the ‘diamond of the kitchen’, this season is all about the the prized mushroom, we list the best white truffle menus in town
Tosca
White truffles are best served with savory dishes, with a simple execution in order for the truffles to shine through. Pino Lavarra, the chef de cuisine of Tosca and the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong’s executive pastry chef Richard Long has come together to create a unique afternoon tea featuring the prized mushroom. The afternoon tea set, available every Saturday from November 7 to December 19 (except November 21), features both savoury and sweet items that highlight the earthy flavours of the white truffles. Signature savoury items include bite-sized burrata cheese risotto, parmesan bonbon, and eggs on toast; as well as sweets such as topinanbur ice cream, white truffle macaron, and hazelnut nougat cream with meringue. The special afternoon tea set is priced at HK$580 for one and HK$1,088 for two.
Tosca, 102/ F, Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, ICC, 1 Austin Road West, West Kowloon; +852 +2263-2270
Pierre
Acclaimed chef Pierre Gagnaire returns to Hong Kong from November 18 to 25 for an 8-day celebration of white truffles. Gagnaire’s new four-course white truffle menu showcases three savory dishes and a new dessert that comprises of 5 small dessert elements. The new menu is available during both lunch and dinner service and is priced at HK$2,888 per person
Pierre, 25 / F, Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 5 Connaught Road, Central; +852 2825-4001
Sabatini
The white truffle offerings at Italian restaurant Sabatini of The Royal Garden have just begun. Directly imported from Alba, Italy, the restaurant’s annual celebration includes an array of new white truffle dishes, namely the beef tenderloin carpaccio with rucola, Asiago cheese, and shaved white truffle, homemade tagliolini with truffle butter, Parmigiano cheese and shaved white truffle, and slow-cooked yellow chicken breast roulade with pumpkin puree and shaved white truffle. Guests can enjoy additional white truffles shaved on top of their ordered dishes for HK$150 per gram.
Sabatini, 3/F The Royal Garden, 69 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui; +852 2733-2000
Grissini
Grissini celebrates the peak of white truffle season with a special a la carte menu designed and prepared by the restaurant’s chef de cuisine Alessandro Cozzolino. The new selection of dishes include signatures such as poached Italian farm egg with soft Novelle potato foam, ’40 egg yolk’ tagliolini with buffalo butter, and braised veal cheek with forest mushroom sabayon. The new white truffle dishes are available now.
Grissini, 2/F Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, 1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai; +852 2584-7722
Felix
Located on the 28th floor of The Peninsula Hong Kong, Felix is offering a seasonal white truffle tasting menu, designed and prepared by chef Yoshiharu Kaji, the chef de cuisine of the restaurant. Notable dishes from the tasting menu include butter sautéed Boston lobster with mushroom consommé, poached mushrooms, potato gnocchi and white truffle foam, roasted Challans duck breast with deep fried polenta cake, celeriac puree and sliced white truffle, and vanills ice cream with white truffle, caramelized banana and rice pudding. The white truffle tasting menu is available now at Felix and is priced at HK$2,300 per person.
Felix, 28/F The Peninsula Hong Kong, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui; +852 2696-6778
Bella Vita
Bella Vita at Cubus in Causeway Bay is celebrating the short season of Italian white truffles, imported from Alba, Italy. A menu of signature dishes is designed to bring out the heady aroma of the truffle, with notable dishes such as pan-seared Hokkaido scallops with winter salad and white truffle, linguine with Matsuba crabmeat and white truffle, and white truffle soufflé with vanilla ice cream. The white truffle menu at Bella Vita is available now until the end of November.
Bella Vita, 11/F Cubus, 1 Hoi Ping Road, Causeway Bay; +852 2577-0699
L’altro
Chef Philippe Leveille of L’altro is joining in on the white truffle hunt in Alba, Italy, as he sources these earthy delights with a new white truffle menu introduced earlier this month. Aside from eggs and simple tagliolini dishes, look for new dishes to pair with white truffles, such as asparagus in light garlic sauce with anchovies, roasted scallops with cauliflower, Miramonti L’altro risotto, and hazelnut soufflé and milk gelato.
L’altro, 10/F, The L Place, 139 Queen’s Road Central, Central; +852 2555-9100
Carbone
Black Sheep Restaurants’ Carbone at Lan Kwai Fong Tower is celebrating the coveted mushroom with the restaurant’s own selection of signature dishes such as the truffle Fettuccine. Eggs on toast also gets a revamp with white truffles at Carbone, with a new version of Japanese eggs on brioche with shavings of white truffles on top. Guests at Carbone may also purchase white truffles whole or by the gram.
Carbone, 9/F LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham Street, Central; +852 2593-2593
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Wilson Fok was formerly the Senior Dining Editor for Tatler Asia Hong Kong, overseeing Tatler Dining Hong Kong and the annual Hong Kong Tatler Best Restaurants guide. As well as penning the latest stories about the city's latest restaurant openings and food culture, he is passionate in the search for new directions and trends in food and drink. Follow his food journeys and jam-making adventures on Instagram @happyquince
