Truffle Season: The best restaurants to visit in London for this season’s treat

Truffle is one of the most celebrated ingredients in modern cuisine. Any dish is instantly elevated by this mushroom’s presence. However, this is a type of mushroom that is incredibly season — available only for a few months in a year. And now that we are leaving summer behind and entering autumn, truffle season is finally here.

This mushroom is already a mainstay ingredient in restaurants all across London, but now that it is in season, many luxury restaurants are celebrating this ingredient by featuring them front and centre in their new menus and dishes. Here, we list some of the restaurants across the city that are championing this delectable mushroom to satisfy your indulgent cravings this truffle season.COYA, Mayfair

COYA, the luxury Peruvian restaurant with outlets in Mayfair and City of London, is offering guests a full sensory experience by featuring truffles in many of their signature dishes. Some of them include baos de wagyu with pulled wagyu and truffle emulsion adorned with rocket cress as well as the ceviche de corvina a la trufa with stone bass, truffle, ponzu and chives. You wouldn’t think that the mushroom works with ceviche but having personally tried that dish, we can safely say that it absolutely does, and makes for a delicious burst of flavour. Pair with COYA’s Latin American dishes and enjoy the ambience with some nicely paired wines and champagnes curated by the sommelier.INCA London, Soho  

INCA London, the luxury restaurant in the heart of Soho not only provides mesmerising performances with soul-stirring music and gravity-defying dances but also the taste of the season with truffle infused dishes. Enjoy their Nativo show alongside dishes of salmon jalapeno tacos with dried miso, crispy leek and truffle, sticky braised wagyu tacos with salsa de ajo and shaved truffle and finish with truffle chips and chipotle mayo.Riviera London, Mayfair

Riviera in Mayfair is one of the best luxury French restaurants in town and regularly features this delectable ingredient in their dishes — including white truffle, which is one of the rarest in the world. Dishes like sea bream carpaccio with truffle ponzu and sweet potatoes, truffle and goat cheese stuffed courgette flower in tempura and truffle and cheese gnocchi come with an abundance of truffle shavings on top. If you’re in the market for some of the best truffle infused dishes in the city, Riviera London is definitely the place for you. As the chefs themselves say, the inspiration behind using this unique mushroom stems from “a desire to introduce our guests to the unparalleled sensory experience that only this elusive delicacy can offer”.Bacchanalia, Mayfair

Truffle has often been regarded by ancient Greeks as “food of the gods”. So what better place to indulge in this delicacy than at Bacchanalia, the Greco-Roman restaurant in Mayfair? Here you can try out a luxurious plate of truffle tagliatelle created by the restaurant’s culinary director and head chef Athinagoras Kostakos. Using only the freshest, most authentic ingredients, Athinagoras sources the black truffle directly from Central Italy.

Coq d’Argent, Bank

Indulge in the luxurious flavours of truffle season with Coq d’Argent’s truffle tasting menu, designed by head chef Damien Rigollet. Known for his expertise in French cuisine, chef Rigollet has curated a six-course menu that highlights the rich, aromatic essence of truffles, paired with exceptional wines. Championing both black and Alba white truffles, menu highlights include seared stone bass with truffle risotto and matelote sauce, rose veal rump with mashed potatoes, wild mushroom and truffle sauce and a warm dark chocolate and orange soufflé tart, black truffle ice cream. This menu is available at the restaurant from 16 October.Sale e Pepe, Knightsbridge

Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge has unveiled its exclusive tartufo bianco menu, celebrating the seasonal delicacy of white truffles. Guests can experience the limited edition white truffle menu, which features a selection of traditional antipasti such as burrata caprese with plum tomatoes, basil and olive oil; beef carpaccio with rocket, sun-blushed tomatoes, toasted pine kernel and lemon mustard dressing and more — all finished with shavings of the Piedmontese special.

Larger plates include freshly made tagliatelle with white truffle, porcini mushroom risotto with butter,
parmesan and white truffle and a classic wagyu beef tartare topped with white truffle. Also on the menu, pan-
seared king scallops with porcini cream foam and a grilled USDA prime rib eye with herb butter, both
accompanied by tartufo bianco. For dessert, there is the panna cotta with truffle honey is on offer.Belvedere, Holland Park

Belvedere, the fine dining Italian restaurant in Holland Park, has launched a white truffle menu, with head chef Lello Favuzzi working closely with small-scale suppliers from villages across Italy to source the best ones. Available as supplements on the à la carte, the dishes will be topped with copious shavings of white truffle, with highlights including fried hen’s eggs; hand-chopped beef battuta; paglia e fieno taglierini, and house-made ice cream infused with white truffle. A scoop of house-made ice cream infused with white truffle provides a sweet conclusion to the meal.

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