Comments on: Truffles and Foam and The Kidney

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Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:12:32 +0000

[...] I’m hungry and N, who attends an event with me tonight, knows this. He guides me to Ciçou, a restaurant I’ve been to before. The warm lights that flatter diners, the crisp linens, the solicitous service; already, I feel [...]

By: zhaine

zhaine — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:17:33 +0000

grabe and mahal naman nyan. Lori if i want to make this recipe where can i buy truffles or can I substitute truffles into something else?

Zhaine -

Truffles are one of those ingredients that are unique, just like butter.
–lori

By: Dang

Dang — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:35:06 +0000

Thanks Bettyq! now i know what it is and why it is expensive. I just finished watching No Reservations in HBO and the lovely truffles are mentioned in the movie. i am curious and wanted to try it.

By: www.triportreats.com

www.triportreats.com — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:31:03 +0000

OMG! I love molecular gastronomy and that dish reminds me of a truffled egg toast that haunts me to this day.

Would you recommend the sweetbreads???

By: betty q.

betty q. — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:47:56 +0000

Dang: in Lori’s post, the truffle refers to mushroom…the most highly sought after and can cost an arm and a leg. It is mushroom season here …morels are over, the summer truffles are just beginning. It is not for the average mushroom picker unless he/she has a highly sensitive NOSE and can sniff the truffle locale! One needs to bring a dog or pig? trained to sniff the mushroom for it is in the ground underneath….that is why it is expensive. It retails here for $49.95 /100 gms. But that is only if you go in the forest. It is cultivated here now in the Island..that is the only local source of summer truffles here. But for the wild ones like chanterelles and King Bolete (porcini), I go with my friend who is an avid mushroom picker. Sorry, I cannot tell you where we go or she said she would have to “silence ” me….hahahaha….She is French and has been doing this (foraging for mushrooms in the forest in France) since she was alittle girl in Paris.

By: dang

dang — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:28:22 +0000

Lori pls educate me, what is a truffle? a type of mushroom ba?

By: Teddy Montelibano

Teddy Montelibano — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:24:49 +0000

oh my sweet Lord…. hanips! sorry ha ‘la kong ma sabi… ay grabe!

By: Mila

Mila — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:16:35 +0000

The veins on that truffle! I loved the cascade of foam underneath it.
Can’t take kidney pie, it’s not something I can ever love. But sweetbreads, I love them, especially parillada style, bbq’d and eaten hot, with a hint of spice.

By: Aina Luna

Aina Luna — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:39:52 +0000

The sweetbreads part reminded me of Hannibal Lecter. Hahaha.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:38:39 +0000

Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my, Lori! That second photo is just too entrancing. I don’t think I’ve seen such big truffle shavings in Manila before. Please do give more details on the truffle festival — what are the other dishes, and until when is it? Methinks it’s not mere chance that CiCou is so very near me.