The List: Truffle Season

Buona Terra

This establishment offers up contemporary Northern Italian fare, including the Casoncelli al formaggio e Tartufo Casoncelli al formaggio e Tartufo ($36), which is a cheese casoncelli pasta with butter emulsion and seasonal black truffle. 

Casa Tartufo 

Literally translated as House of Truffles, this restaurant serves up many dishes with the aromatic mushroom, which is sourced seasonally year-round from as far afield as Italy, China and Australia. 

Garibaldi Italian Restaurant & Bar

Customers here are allowed to choose the amount of white truffle to be shaved on their dishes, and will be charged at $12 per gram. 

Gattopardo Italian Grill & Pizzabar

Try the Ravioloni di Gambero Rosso e Tartufo Nero ($32), which is a homemade red prawn ravioli with winter black truffle, or the Tartare di Manzo ($32), a Rangers Valley beed tartar with truffled mushroom cream and warm garlic bread. 

Prego

Prego’s decadent truffle promotion menu, which runs through Jan 31, features dishes such as the Risotto al Tartufo Bianco ($40), which is a white truffle risotto, and the Quaglie ripiene di Cotechino e Tartufo ($46), which is a Cotechino and black truffle stuffed whole quail served with nebbiolo sauce and white truffle shavings. 

Senso Ristorante & Bar

The seasonal truffle menu here also runs through Jan 31, and features specialties such as homemade potato gnocchi with white truffle ($72), and a pan-seared organic milk-fed veal medallion in herbs crust, Italian vegetables, and shaved white truffle ($98). 

Truffle Gourmet

This place, as its name suggests, serves up just about everything truffly, including a grilled truffled polenta ($14), bruschetta with cream and truffle ($12) and truffle fries ($11).