$5,000 Per Kilo!! Why Are White Truffles So Expensive? | Alba, Italy

🇮🇹 Best Italian Food in Milan: 👕 T-shirts: 🌶 Ghost Chili: ALBA, ITALY - Welcome to Alba, the world’s capital of Alba white truffles - one of the most expensive ingredients in the world. Today we’re going on a white truffle tour of Alba, we’ll go on a truffle hunt, eat at one of the world’s best truffle restaurants and then visit the International Alba White Truffle Fair. Let’s go see why white truffles are so prized throughout the world! Friends in the video: Kevin Chan: Jeffrey Merrihue: Hamid Sepidnam: Truffle hunt - First we’re going on a truffle hunt with Alba Royal Truffles () - they are renowned for their authentic and some of the best white truffles. We were able to see the entire process of how Joe the dog works with the truffle hunter to find and harvest white and black truffles. Black truffles are above the surface whereas white truffles are a fungus that grows underground and can only be sniffed out by dogs. It was very educational to see. We also had our first taste of Alba white truffles with a few courses at the headquarters. Bovio Restaurant, La Morra, Italy () - Next up we continued on to easily one of the world’s best Italian food truffle restaurants serving Piedmont cuisine. We decided to buy our own white truffle - and we choose an 80 gram truffle for 400 Euros, after carefully choosing one. Then we ordered a bunch of different dishes, and shaved on th white truffle ourselves. It was a spectacular meal and more white truffles than I’ver ever had in my life in one sitting. International Alba White Truffle Fair, Alba, Italy - Finally to wrap up this Italian food white truffle tour we visited the acclaimed International Alba White Truffle Fair, which is the place to go if you’re interested in local products and especially white truffles. It was a lot of fun as there’s auctions, and plenty of food to eat. Social Media: Facebook: Instagram: Tiktok: @markwiens 👕 T-shirts: 🌶 Ghost Chili: 🎥 Camera gear I use: (some of these are Amazon affiliate links)