These are the Spanish winter black truffles, they're from Périgord.

這些是西班牙冬季黑松露它們來自佩里哥。

They just have this alluring, earthiness quality that I've never tasted before.

它們有一種誘人的、質樸的特質是我從未嘗過的滋味。

They kept me totally obsessed with them for almost 10 years now.

它們讓我完全沉迷於其中至今已有十年了。

My name is Ian Purkayastha, and I procure hard to find ingredients from around the world, mainly fresh truffles.

我的名字是 Ian Purkayastha，而我負責取得來自世界各地難以獲得的食材，主要是新鮮松露。

I'm a dealer of sorts; I deal truffles out of my car.

我算是一個商販，我從我的車中拿出松露來賣。

It definitely has this underground element.

聽來有點地下非法交易的韻味。

When I was younger, people used to call me the Truffle Boy.

當我年輕一點時，人們通常叫我「松露小子」。

I started when I was 15, and I'm now 24.

我是在 15 歲時開始的，現在我 24 了。

I'm constantly on the hunt for identifying the most desirable regions that produce the very best truffles.

我一直在尋找、辨別最高品質松露的最佳生產地。

-They smell really nice. Where are these guys from? -Spain.

-它們聞起來真的很棒。這些是從哪來的？- 西班牙。

They've never been successfully cultivated on a commercial scale.

松露從來都沒有在商業規模培植成功過。

And they grow underground; and they're obviously extremely rare and hard to find; that's why they're worth their weight in gold.

而且它們長在地下；它們很顯然非常罕見，而且很難找到，這就是為什麼它們價值千金。

As soon as the truffle is found, the clock is constantly ticking, because there's only a seven-day shelf life.

松露一旦被找到，計時器就按下去了，因為只有七天的保質期。

They're 98 percent water; every single day that a truffle is unused, it's evaporating.

它們 98% 都是水分；松露多被放置一天，就是在蒸發。

I still get excited every time I get a new truffle shipment in.

每次有新一批松露進貨時，我還是會很興奮。

They are sent from Europe to JFK, where they're cleared by FDA, USDA, Homeland Security and Customs.

它們從歐洲送到甘迺迪國際機場，在那裡它們經過食品藥品監督管理局、農業部、通過本國的安全檢測和海關。

I sort them, I go through every single truffle, looking for imperfections, and then I, basically hop in the car with a box full of truffles.

我將它們分類，每一顆松露都經我之手查看是否有瑕疵，然後我基本上就是上車，帶上一整盒的松露。

Alright.

好啦。

And sell to 90% of the fine dinning restaurants in New York.

然後送去九成在紐約的高級餐館。

Everyone from, David Chang to Sean Brock, to Eleven Madison Park, Le Bernardin, a variety of Michelin stared restaurants.

像是送去給大衛．張、西恩．布羅克、麥迪遜公園十一號 (米其林三星餐廳) 、Le Bernardin (米其林三星餐廳) 各種的米其林餐廳。

During truffle season we import around $200,000 worth of truffles a week.

在松露季期間，我們每週會進口價值約 20 萬美金 (約 600 萬台幣) 的松露。

A small amount of truffles could be anywhere from five to 15,000.

少量的松露可以價值 5000 至 1.5 萬美金 (約 46 萬台幣)。

We're dealing with quite a lot of valuable product.

我們和許多高價值的產品打交道。

I'm doing something that I love, it doesn't even feel like work anymore.

我從事的是我熱愛的事那甚至感覺不像在工作。

My warehouse smells like truffles, my car smells like truffles, my apartment.

我的倉庫聞起來像是松露我的車子聞起來像是松露，我的公寓也是。

It's like I can't escape truffle, it's like they're smothering me, which is a great problem to have, I guess.

就好像我脫離不了松露，就好像他們在想辦法用氣味掩蓋我，我想那是個很好的困擾。