Originally Posted by
Sweet Willie
more does not equal better w/truffles.
I attended a dinner at Charlie Trotter's where every dish had far too much truffle for my liking. I seem to recall that year he had purchased one of the largest truffles and I felt like he wanted to put it all in the dishes I was having.
It has taken me a long time to warm back up to truffles, I'll enjoy now but if it is an item listed on the menu, it is easy for me to pass up that dish.
I'd be curious if anyone has a favorite truffle dish.
Have you had the
quail's egg truffle ravioli at Schwa? It's pretty amazing. But my perfect truffle dish is something very simple: Pasta with a light drizzle of olive oil & butter, a little shaved parmesan, some coarse sea salt and fresh shaved truffle (or, failing that, truffle butter or truffle salt).