New dish for truffle lovers
Truffle season is here! And you know what that means? Chefs and restaurants around the country are out getting their hands on the freshest, earthiest truffles they can find to add to exciting limited-edition dishes, such as this one from Bodhi.
Sydney's favourite plant-based restaurant, Bodhi Restaurant Bar is about to launch a new truffle dish, available for a limited time during winter to coincide with Australia’s truffle season.
The truffle noodle dish features a medley of locally-sourced mushrooms (King Brown, Oyster, Shimeji and Enoki) atop handmade flat noodles, served in a buttery soy sauce with fresh baby spinach and shavings of Black Winter Perigord truffle from Ganymede Truffles in the Southern Tablelands of NSW.
Bodhi owner Heaven Leigh and her team travel to Ganymede truffle farm each winter to meet growers David and Wendy Burdis and check out their harvest of Black Perigord truffles, which have a heady aroma and earthy, nutty, mushroom-like flavour.
“Who doesn't love truffle season? We countdown the days to our outing to Ganymede every year," said Heaven.
"Bodhi has sourced truffles from David and Wendy for a number of years now, to feature in a special dish each truffle season. Sourcing the truffles locally and directly from the farm means they arrive fresh to the restaurant within 24 hours of being harvested, for maximum flavour and freshness.”
On their last trip to the truffle farm, the Bodhi team cooked up a delicious vegan cheese and truffle toastie, the perfect cold weather snack. You can see a video of their truffle hunt and toastie recipe here.
Available on the dinner menu from 10 June 2021, Bodhi’s new truffle noodle dish ($39) has been inspired by Mee Hoon Kueh, a traditional Malaysian-Chinese dish with hand-torn pasta cooked in a seasonal broth and enjoyed around the family kitchen table in the cooler months - a favourite dish for both Heaven and Bodhi Head Chef Brooke Ng.
Bodhi is open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday, 5pm-10pm.
Fascinated by fungi? See Bodhi’s blog on why truffles are so allusive and expensive.
About Bodhi Restaurant Bar
Australia’s longest-running and largest vegan restaurant, Bodhi Restaurant Bar has been feeding people delicious plant-based yum cha and Asian cuisine since 1988. Located in Sydney's Cook + Phillip Park, with an outdoor area set under ancient Moreton Bay fig trees, the restaurant is an oasis of calm on the city fringe. It’s philosophy of “do no harm” and inclusiveness fuels its food and beverage choices with an all-vegan menu of yum cha for lunch and a la carte for dinner using ingredients sourced from local growers of sustainable produce.
Address: 2-4 College Street, Sydney 2000
Opening hours: Lunch (yum cha) Monday-Saturday 11am-3pm, Sunday 11am-4pm. Dinner (a la carte) Tuesday-Sunday 5pm-10pm
Website: www.bodhirestaurant.com.au