Seoul hotel debuts $300 white truffle cake

Seoul hotel debuts $300 white truffle cake

Seoul Shilla Hotel in South Korea's capital announced on Tuesday five special cakes for year-end celebrations, led by The Finest Luxury, made from 100% natural white truffles. "The Finest Luxury" cake will be priced at 500,000 won (approximately $340), the hotel's most expensive cake to date, and 100,000 won (approximately $62) more than last year's black truffle cake, "The Taste of Luxury." The hotel said it would sell a maximum of three such c…

At the table: Tagliatelle with truffle

Joanna Simon explores the history of the truffle, and finds the best wines to pair with a favorite Italian dish: Tagliatelle with truffle (or tajarin con tartufo bianco or tagliatelle con tartufo). Truffles black and white have prompted many a prominent figure through the centuries to wax lyrical. For Brillat-Savarin, the truffle was “the very diamond of gastronomy” and a word that “awakens erotic and gastronomic ideas,” albeit without actually …