Fungal quartet

White truffles are back on the menu – in a host of innovative ways

The 19th-century composer Rossini memorably called them “the Mozart of mushrooms” and the annual autumn launch of white truffle season, around the small Italian town of Alba, gets global gastronomes aquiver. This year's haul is one of the best in recent memory and these four spots make it rain with shavings of the fragrant but pricey subterranean fungi: GRISSINI, Grand Hyatt Hong Kong – A luxurious dish of homemade tagliolini with artisanal butter and Alba white truffle manages to celebrate simplicity to beautiful effect. OSTERIA MOZZA, Singapore – Chef Nancy Silverton offers seasonal truffle atop pastas such as ricotta and egg raviolo. LE NORMANDIE, Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok – Chef Alex Dilling's take on the ethereally light classic of soufflé Suisse uses aged Comté and Saint Nectaire cheeses, topped with generous…

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