In short: I came, I saw, I ate truffles.
In the course of 30 years of professionally reviewing restaurants, three of my best-ever meals were centered around white truffles, or mushrooms.
Imagine what that says about the power of the white truffle! Three top meals -- out of 10,950 possible moments of gastronomic Eureka! (365 x 30 years) -- revolved around the presence of earthy, tar-scented, white truffles.
What amplifies the memory of these meals perhaps is the place where they were eaten, as much as the primary ingredient.
