This huge Italian truffle just sold for $118,000
This two-pound truffle just sold for almost $118,000 in Italy
Location: Grinzane Cavour, Italy
The international Alba White Truffle fair attracts around 100,000 visitors each year
who gather in Piedmont to buy, sell and smell the expensive delicacy
The white tuber was bought by Michelin-starred chef Umberto Bombana
who runs the “Otto e Mezzo” restaurant in Hong Kong
after an auction held simultaneously in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, and Moscow
The northwestern region of Piedmont is known as Italy’s white truffle producer
The prized mushrooms can only be found in forests near tree roots
two to eight inches under the ground
unlike black truffles, which can be cultivated on farms