Yumm. Never had truffle salt. Truffle oil is awesome drizzled on mashed potatoes or roast chicken. Drizzled on simple buttered pasta is one of my all time faves.
Wegman's often has 'fresh' truffles for sale under locked glass in the fungi section. Sadly, they are usually pretty withered looking.
Oh, the steak frite at Hutch's comes with truffle oil on the ribeye slab. The oil combined with the warm meat juices run into the salty, crisp fries. Absolutely sublime...
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The papardelle at Aroma is awesome. . .even better when you ask for sausage to be added.
I didn't get much out of the truffle fries at O'Connells--thin cut crispy salty goodness but not particularly truffle-y. And I thought the sauce on the steak frites was a dijon/bearnaise butter?
My puppy loves to sniff out mushrooms--I wonder if we have truffles in buffalo? (truffalos!)
Wegmans has whole fresh truffles available on Amherst street. Only 399.99 a pound!
Listen to this: the place I just left carries $45,000 worth of truffles, pretty much at all times. Black. When white truffles are in season, it's just ridiculous.
Interesting article in the attached NY TImes link....apparently truffle oil is by and large a chemical derivative, having very little to do with actual truffles!
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/dining/16truf.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
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