The 'Terres de Truffes' restaurant in Vieux Nice is the place to go for truffles, especially if it's your first time sampling a delicacy that's as French as escargots. Terres de Truffes wants truffles to be enjoyed by all and eating there is an assault on your taste buds not your wallet.

The restaurant on Rue de Francois de Paule, near the Opera House in Nice, is typically ‘French Bistro', with friendly, helpful waiting staff - vital for truffle first timers. The menus are unforgettable. How about ‘Foie gras de Canard aux truffes Mélanosporum cuit au torchon et sa tartine toastée' or ‘tortellini aux truffes d'été, crème façon caviar de truffes et Truffes Estivum râpées', to get your mouth watering. At prices which in ‘truffleland' are almost cheap. Whatever dish you try, make sure you take advice on an accompanying wine, if you're not an expert, to get the most out the whole truffle experience.

Terres de Truffes is actually a group, with other restaurants in Paris and Tokyo (now acknowledged as the restaurant capital of the world) and it offers the complete ‘truffle package'. Different types of truffle, sauces, accessories, even books are available to order through their website.

Truffles, like many other delicacies, are an acquired taste. But the culinary imagination that goes into creating different truffle dishes represents French cooking at its best. Terres de Truffes doesn't let the side down.

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