Xinhua Alba, Italy, Nov. 8 (Xinhua Song Jian) 16th International Auction of White Truffles in Alba, Italy, was held on the 8th, 11 pieces of precious ingredients white truffle auction total **** shot 287,500 euros (about 1.96 million yuan), which is the largest of the two pieces of white truffles were respectively from Hong Kong, China and Beijing! The two largest white truffles were won by buyers from Hong Kong and Beijing, China, respectively.
The international auction was held in three venues linked by satellite signal: the World Heritage Site of Castel Grinzane Cavour in the Italian region of Piemonte, the eight-and-two-thirds Pompeiana restaurant in Hong Kong, China, and the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines restaurant sailing in New York Bay.
The largest white truffle lot of the day weighed 900 grams and was eventually sold for a high price of 100,000 euros (about 680,000 yuan) by an unnamed buyer in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong branch. Dong Zhenxiang, Chairman and General Manager of Beijing-based Da Dong Catering Investment Co., Ltd, won the second-largest white truffle lot, weighing 520 grams, for 33,000 euros (about 225,000 yuan) on the spot at the main event in Italy. Giovanni Rana, owner of the famous Italian pasta brand "Rana", won the third highest price for white truffle at the Italian main venue.
Dong Zhenxiang told reporters after the auction that although white truffle from Alba is just a kind of ingredient, it is a representative of traditional European food culture and a symbol of quality and taste. He hoped that by participating in the auction and a series of other exchange activities, he would continue to promote mutual reference and integration between Chinese and Western cuisine.
White truffles are a kind of wild truffle fungi, the most prestigious of which is produced in the Alba region of northern Italy, with the main harvest period from October to November each year. Because of its small production and unique flavor, it is regarded as a precious ingredient in Western cuisine, and is very expensive. The region also organizes the annual Alba White Truffle International Exhibition, this year is the 85th, from October 10 to November 15, the exhibition period.