Truffles & Soft Shell Crabs
Marilyn February 15th, 2007
Life for the foodies of Brisbane is getting interesting. Recently Baguette has been able to offer soft shell crabs and fresh black truffles from France.
Admittedly some have struggled with the concept of eating the whole crabs, spindly legs and all, but most people love them — served in a tempura batter with a spicy little salad.
Philippe Reboul is an enterprising local who is flying in fresh truffles from France each week. At $2,900 a kilo the chefs have to be very enterprising with how they deal with them! We bought a special truffle slicer which producers paper-thin slices but the truffles are so pungent that customers are able to savour (often for the first time) what the French and Italians have been raving about for decades.
We have on the menu a truffle risotto (the flavour is enhanced by storing the truffles with the raw rice for a few days), fresh Bundaberg scallops which take up the flavour of the truffle slices nicely, and a steak with truffle mash. All good fun …
I am an old friend of Philippe Reboul but have lost trrack of him. How can I contact him in Brisbane?
Thank you very much!
Philippe lives in Brisbane and can be contacted on 0400 100 582.
Cheers, Marilyn