Mundaring Truffle Festival
Imagine having the power to sniff out lumps of fungus underground that smell freakishly similar to a sow on heat. To be possessed with that super power you could ravage through the forests of Europe, digging up Black Truffle or Périgord Truffle, then selling it on the [black] market for thousands of dollars per kilo. Alas, only pigs and dogs have the sensory acuity to triangulate these wondrous subterranean growths. And it’s the more reliable–less greedy version of the two, the canine, which is used in Manjimup.
Homesick for the annual truffle festival in France, Alain Fabregues set out to recreate something of the memory of his small town; the merrymaking of food, wine and truffle when the season started.
Sculpture Park — Mundaring is where this franco-joviality has been happening for the past few years.
$10 Entry will get you in among the stalls of providers with a consistent timetable of events throughout the day. Most of the events are free, bar the entry into the Perth Hills Wine Show (2009 link) and the sit-down lunches and dinners.
Mundaring Truffle Festival 2010
Weekend Saturday 31st July & 1st August.
Tags: 2010, Black, Festival, Mundaring, Mundaring Truffle Festival, Perth, Truffle
August 13th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
I was very happy to see myself as the main attraction on your blog! If you would like to find out more about me go to http://www.truffledogswa.com.au or search truffle dogs on face book. I am still happily truffling with my mates in Manjimup and I still like to keep up appearances in my show biz life and will be staring in the local Manjimup Daffodil Day extravaganza!!