What are honey truffles? We review the precious Hungarian fungus at Island Shangri-La
You might be an expert on black Périgord or white Alba truffles, but have you ever heard of honey truffles? As you might guess from its name, this mushroom is known for its sweetness – the good news is, it’s available in Hong Kong; the bad news is, there might only be a few precious kilograms left.
The mushroom, known by more scientific minds as Mattirolomyces terfezioides, is a kind of white truffle found primarily in Hungary, under black locust trees along the Danube river, where the soil is sandy and slightly alkaline.
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