Day with the Dealer: Truffles
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Ian Purkayastha is a dealer known for selling the good stuff. Not only will Ian deliver right to your front door in his unmarked white van, he'll even let you take a peek at his entire inventory--just in case you want a little something extra. His goods will fuck you up...with flavor that is. As the owner of Regalis Foods, a Brooklyn based specialty food purveyor, Ian sells fresh truffles, mushrooms, caviar, Japanese Waygu beef, foraged foods, and more exotic foods, like salmon milt (male salmon sperm), to the most notable restaurants in NYC. Get ready to spend your day with a dealer...of truffles, mushrooms, and more.
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My nigga trappin in the fungus game
Muntinh estus?
+Tommy Favors best game to trap in.
+Back Jlack lmao
rap game ez but the fungus game gravy
Probably the best comment I've ever read
Nothing like luring grown men to a white van with the promise of a exotic mushroom.
Lmao :^)
That Guy oh my.
lol
Hey Guy stop infantilizing us!
You would be that guy
When an American starts talking in grams you know he's up to something.
Then you know he isn't American.
@@ShangZilla you obviously don't get the joke.
@@ShangZilla r/woosh
Normally how much lube they’ve used to fuck their fraternity “brosssss”
Lol I live in Texas and I know 27grams is an ounce and 16 ounces are a pound pretty clearly , this was a funny joke
Vice: Hanging out with drug dealers
Munchies: Hanging out with truffle dealers
Lol
Young, rich, and not cocky. Really respect this guy.
+Mohamad Shamel He also does a lot of work, dealing with customers and picking un packages. Really hard working lad. Respect!
+Mohamad Shamel and too lazy to fix his broken ass windshield :/
real dangerous to drive around like that...
+Meow Im A Cat wow can you get more petty? I think it's actually smart to keep his van looking as "average" as possible. Too many thieves and crazy competitors would love to get their hands on his product and he's just blending in with his environment. Quite smart if you ask me
+Richard Hoeber No kidding, at $3000/lb that van is worth a heck of a lot of money
+Richard Hoeber haha what? they stated that he should fix his windshield for safety... I didn't read anywhere that cat said he should get a nicer van...
"come to my van i have some stuff for you"
Nothing absolutely suspicious here
hahahaha
@@Im2cool4schools I got some placentas if you'd like. I know - I know you like fish babies.
"A lot has changed. You were 19 last year & 20 this year."
Yes that's how time works.
C Brown I believe this young man did/experience a lot within 1 year that most of us would probably do within 2-3 . Just a thought
Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes
@@juntingiee2602 KEK
LOL
trying to make small talk with your dealer so he cuts the price but hes so fed up with your bs
"hey how much do you need? 3000 a pound for the white." I see you hiding in plain site brah
Ion know what coke dealers selling at $7 a gram, but I need that plug 😂
Basquiat_The_Creator start buying by the pound
@@cptwindex7956 you buy coke by grams or kilos
i feel like he should be in a movie where he is the nice guy truffle dealer in the beginning and then later on as he grows he turns into like a truffle mob boss eliminating competition and hiring hitment, paying people off to move truffles, robbing other businesses of their truffles, stuff like that. Truffle king is what it should be called that or Truffle Hunter
take my money
Then at the end he saw a lot of truffles rotten because he paid too much attention to other shit and like has handfuls of rotten truffles and cries
Sharia Munawara lol no
the "truffle mob boss"? wat?
this is... just awesome!
Yes
I could watch a full movie about this guy
same
Yep
He should get his own channel! Maybe a daily/weekly vlog keeping up with things. I think a lot of people would be interested in that.
Chewy HD he's too busy for that by the looks of it
***** yeah, but he's doing the job to make money, if he slowed the pase down he could make more money whilst still doing his job but on tv
This dudes the an ex weed dealer gone legit 😂
He spend the money he made on bud on a truffle shop
Ruben Lopez truffle shop?
I got a headache trying to understand your comment
@Donald J. Trump Obama, it is an honor
Louis Vespia lol
"The only way to get the best produce is to have first pick of the day, and there are only two way to get first pick. Grow it yourself, or bribe a grower. Voila! The best restaurant get first pick."
-Colette from _Ratatouille_
Ratatouille is still a legend in my mind to this day
Or sleep with the grower 😂
Omg I would totally watch a reality tv show about truffle dealers
wow a Unicorn!
@In All Honesty lol, your comment is so ironic it hurts.
Ikr..
@In All Honesty People watch reality shows of morons that do nothing but drink and argue. People watch Bigfoot hunts, and that idiotic thing about making duck calls. I've even watched My Strange Addiction, which is just people eating sofas & rocks and shit.
At least this would be about something.
PS: i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/152/332/33d.jpg
Story like breaking bad
this guy works like a horse.. am sure he will be successful
+VadimkaMr ...He already is successful, dude.
I'm wondering how much he makes for his work
damm he's a machine...
sofullofpiss
hahahahha u sir are a genius
Ian: 'It's super creamy'.
Me: How can you say that with a straight face?
there is only one answer, Ian is gay and the way he said it with a straight face shows that he had previous experience : )
Because he’s older than 6
Bruh😂😂
IKR, even the chef was giggling after he said that
He's literally getting stalked by the Truffle mob... that's wild 😯
Cool to see a young guy owning a business
Putinisgood nope. if he family is rich he woukd do this job
Honestly, I did make the assumption that his parents are really wealthy because it seems like it'd be difficult to get all the capital to start this company & infiltrate such a unique market, but maybe that's unfair. Really impressive either way tbh.
@putinisgood You're probably an under achieving bum who blames your failures on the fact that you dont have rich parents, most rich business owners aren't just born into it. This guy probably works way longer, and way harder than you ever have and ever will.
The Big Fish I don't wanna be a jerk, but most wealthy people ARE born into wealth already. If you're born rich, you'll likely stay rich. That's just how it is, simple logic.
+Putinisgood No....he has costs, he has less money in his bank in the end in the day than a factory worker due to all the costs he has to handle for his business.
Hey, a dealer that actually answers his phone.
I can't afford super creamy salmon sperm sac so my gf will have to settle for mine
I choked....and before you come back, let me do it for ya: "so did she"
So she’s gonna cut your balls off and sear it, drizzle butter sauce on it, and place it ontop of rice and proceed to eat it
Rival Racer Gaming yeah
@@rival4228 gotta baste and garnish with rosemary for flavor and style points
@@rival4228 lmao
Thank Munchies........ Thank you Ian Purkayastha ..... I watched this video before 3 or 4 years. I motivated and learn to start a new business. and after, 2018 Sept I started my own business Oyster mushroom and Mung Beans sprout growing and delivery to the restaurant. thank you very much.
Are you hiring is your company in India??
no. only in Sri Lanka
Dhanushka Perera : congratulations! All the best to you for much success!
Dhanushka Perera d
This guy is the same age as me and has his own company...and I'm just here
Watching CZcams videos...
+victoria malveaux I was having the exact thought.........
he probably got a lot of support from his family $$
+DELROY I agree people do need to work hard and yes many immigrants are successful but because they had help by friends and family but those are very few. most Ppl that migrate to a other country don't have any relatives in that country, in many cases working hard isn't enough. if youve gone to college you'll know..
+victoria malveaux well that's how much college helps
+DELROY So since it's all about hard work only you're a millionaire right? I mean you seem to know the exact formula for sucess. What's your excuse since anyone can do it?
this is what the drug business would look like if it was deregulated
nasaman23 horrible lol more disparity
legalized*
deregulated is the right term of he means that anyone can grow it and It was grown by individual companies. not the governmentkevin9794
Deregulated would mean that it's regulated to begin with... which it's not... I think "regulated" in itself would be fine, but "legalised"/"legalized" (depending on your version of English) is the word you're looking for.
Original Name yeah well if it was legalized, than deregulated is the next best thing
Them truffles look like some dank ass moon rocks lol
I think the thing I appreciate most about this is his curiosity/interest in unusual foods! How creative to start this sort of business
Here's a competitor right here he says.
I'm thinking: Alpine Roofing is a competitor?!
Aprt123 nah hes talking abt the people that walked by also i cant believe u got 160 likes and 0 replies
Id disguise my van so people didn't know who or where I was dropping off to
@@leviharrison4127 You drive the U-haul van too?
@Sergio Vlad ehm.. that's not irony.
@Sergio Vlad Who the hell pissed in your cheerios, mr grumpy pants?
daaaamnnnn, this guy is hustlin.
It’s wild how young yet how respected this kid is. Really cool to see
This guy knows his stuff. Good for him works hard built a great company.
I respect his hustle. He's making some real good money for sure
This seems like satire for a drug dealer lol
Truffles really are the drug of food. Very highly sought after and loved.
Mer Ault i want to try one so bad.
kevin lam
RNCR Riddler savage
kevin lam purposely done.
"I don't want my logo on the van so my competitors don't know who I'm selling to"
Years later on Great Big Story: Logo on truck.
Guess he got through competition.
He's a huge success story tbh. He's now selling to 80% of the michelin starred restaurants in NYC.
This young man will be going very far in life. Wishing him the best in his endeavors 🙏🏽❤️
This guy is like a drug lord, but for truffles
100,000 SUBSCRIBERS WITH 1 VIDEO! He's a fungi lord
and he pays taxes
Hes got him self in alot of truffle.
u made my day with ur name. lol thanks.
100,000 SUBSCRIBERS WITH 1 VIDEO!
You only have 34 subs
Truffle businesses usually fail in new york within the first 5 years.
God i hope this guy succeeds, and if he fails i hope he learns from it and comes back better.
One of the worst things that can happen is when a young entrepreneur lose hope and gives up.
I'm a restaurateur and I've seen that happen many times, you can tell when their business is nearing from their eyes.
relax
at least he's selling other foods instead of just truffles, it could help in the long run
Orange Rightgold Z
He's been around for the past 6 years, I think it's in large part to diversifying his product offerings while maintaining high quality. He was smart enough to build a strong base and reputation with his clientele then strategically branch off to more offerings; He's the sole supplier for 80% of all Michelin restaurants in Manhattan not including the rest of the unamed restaurants and private clients. He has his own thoughtfully edited product line including other rare imported products. To be fair i've ordered products from him. instagram.com/ianpurkayastha/
i heard him in a podcast named Planet Money saying that he is earning 6 million a year
Plot twist: He's actually a drug dealer and truffle dealing is just a cover up
"They had to cut em in two to check for worms." I think he meant : they cut em in two so we can stuff em with some R E A L 'whites'.
I can really watch this for hours. Do more of this.
It's so cool to see the owner being so involved in his bussiness like driving around and stuff instead of hiring someone for that 😊
to be frank he is such a small scale operation he probably has to do it on his own to make a profit at the end
unless those competitors are smuggling their stuff they still beat you in an unfair way.
Considering that he probably has many thousands of dollars worth of his products in the van at any time...it makes sense to drive it himself!
"how much white do ya need" nervous look around "yeah yeah 7dollar a gram" notices people looking at his van
Richard Decker if you're getting $7 for a gram for coke you're getting baking soda
Extreme hard work and dedication is paying off. My hat is off to you. Good luck for your continued growth.
this is definitely one of the best episodes watching it for like the 3rd time since it came out in 2014
This guy is unbelievably mature given his age, much respect
I correctly called his age within 2 minutes of him speaking. Nothing special.
This was equally bizarre and fascinating to watch.
I agree
Wow, I wish I were more like this young man at 21...smart, hard working and mature for his age....congrats
My guy drives with his knees while reading invoices lmao
Rae M lol
*psst* hey kid ya want some shrooms
Twixloverpuppy Lol
yess!
Twixloverpuppy
Yess gime some
😂
Make 'em Shiitake or Portabella mushrooms and we'll talk.
coming from an ex drug dealer that used to sell 2lbs a week.... this is really cool and im almost jealous
Caught three felonies in July. Figured it was about time to throw the towel in besides i have my whole life still and i don't want to spend it in prison. I started off at 14 selling half ounces. By 19 i was selling a pound+ a week every week, every month, year round. I just turned 21 in June so i have/had been selling for 7 years. Good thing is i finally feel like ive grown up enough to leave it behind.
At the time i was paying $5k every week for one shipment of about 900 "units". I would charge a flat rate of $10 a unit and it would take me just about ten days to finish one shipment. So if you do the math it was very profitable and very fun. But you know, if you play with fire eventually you'll get burned.
Whoa youre making $4000 a week if you managed to sell all of em...then again im glad you stopped. Selling more of em only just causes more lives to be destroyed under the influences of these drugs.
congrats buddy
924252chongsir To be fair it's the buyers fault for trying the drugs in the first place. If you're ordering the drugs and consuming it the fault will always be on you, not the suppliers. But you do have a point.
12:07 "its uhh 3000 a pound for the white"
Hey man... you got the stuff. Show me the money first. Yeah 250 just like you asked. Ok here it is. Thanks man, this will go great in my pasta!
This kid getting rich as I sit over here 21 years old eating peanut butter and graham crackers watching CZcams videos. LOL
Tyler Yates same xD
but does he make truffle butter?
He can try to make it on my face ;)
+Domosaur Sid gay
+BJJ GAMING (CLASH OF CLANS) straight
+funcards do you know what that means? its a sexual term.
+Gregory Hatz 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
8 years later and still GOATED
Good morning hustlers it's time to secure this truffles
Still shady af like a drug dealer 😂
people steal :P it happens in europe they sell bad stuff too.. good dealers are hard to find. You can mess up the us market by planting many trees lol.. ones that welcome truffles and leave land uncut in USA for mushrooms...
It's just a cover for a actual drug dealing syndicate
Tristan Keech you know there are certain kinds of truffles that can make you trip balls
It is drug dealing basically , same thing..! He even talks and acts like one of these people I am sure he was selling "Mushrooms" before he knew about Truffle LOL...
lupinearsenalALT I
if you were blind and listen to this you would swear this dude is moving dope
When he said one of the mushrooms smelled lemony, that's all I could think of.
blind people can't read your comment
b3 Dude GG
Rj Pena lol hell yea
He drives around with like 50k worth of product in his van. No wonder he doesn't put his company name on it.
these people are the ones i respect those who risk it big and work hard to be successful and at such a young age
This is oddly inspiring and highly motivating lmfao. Love this guy.
Please continue this serie, amazing character and video
Yes, agreed!
I'm in the wrong business..
+GLT Music hahaha
GLT Music and it legal
GLT Music o
Did you figure that out before or after they ate the sperm sack?
A-fucking-MEN!
This guy is my motivation to start my business.
Wish me luck, guys.
Thanks.
How’s it going ?
@@Morethanlife-tw3bh not much but I got my own business going.
Selling frozen seafoods and stuffs.
Still long way to go though.
Thanks for asking, man.
@@queda5331 Don’t give up.. best of luck for you ☘️
best of luck dude
@@queda5331 where do you get your products from
I was really impressed I knew many of the mushrooms he unpacked. Since I was a young child my uncle and my dad took us kids to the forest every fall because they know which ones are edible. We picked many mushrooms and my grandma cooked delicious dinners. Never knew they were that expensive and sold around the globe
cool, a true entrepreneur!
Hi
Gold chain, broken windscreen. Priorities.
Bitch for all you know the chain was given to him by his mother. He just turned 21
Or maybe it wasn't
Hey twitch what upp
broken windscreen makes the van unattractive to rob
Nice video! Nice business he's got going on in there. Real gentlemen business man =)
I like this guy. Good, clean energy.
''you were like 19 last year and now you're 20''
damn
Its so awesome that he's so happy selling mushrooms lol
mysweetmanilla i'm sure the money makes him happy too lol i'll be happy selling truffles
mysweetmanilla they are not just any mushroom. They are truffles which is highly expensive because they so hard to find.
At no point did I know what to expect from this video but I loved every minute of it
I'm a bit late but can you do "Day with the Dealer: Cocaine"?
this guy seems so chill
formlessness it's from the shrooms
He's fucking loaded that's why.
Leo German can't you read you fuckwitt?
Leo German It means he seems cool???
my grandson sell truffle long time he 4
lol
lmao xDDDDDDDD
Ok "Ou Ki".
hahahahha
FabyBaby 36
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
hustling so hard good on him! really an inspiration
Every day I’m trufflin’
Dude is a HUSTLER! Who knew truffles could yield such price or have such high demand.
umm the French, most Europeans, the up and coming hipster foodie blogger contingent. Like everyone who knows food, except Americans apparently.
Anyone who knows anything about food.
brb, gonna start sellin truffles
People will pay a lot of money for something that is in short supply. The second they learn how to farm truffles effectively the price will take a dive.
Kingwalax2 WOW NO SHIT. basic supply and demand dude
i started selling flowers, that i picked from my neighbours garden, i was like 10 and straight savage. made som ez 3 dollars that week.
if you sold them to that same house , that would be savage
haha yeah for sure
lmaoo
i once took stones out of my granmas garden and sold them back to her when i was 7 :D
Huhn mit Haaren :O that's actually really cute lol
More of this kid. He needs his own series on here.
Good for you man !! Keep honest and keep working hard and you’ll be the biggest legit high end grub dealer in NYC .... you’ll see
I gotta say his strategy is amazing, he goes build a relationship with these people gives them full control over there selection this is just amazing dedication.
Idk why this was in my suggested, but now I'm gonna binge watch truffle dealing all night
For real tho .. I low key want to become a truffle dealer now lol
love the fungus, thank you sharing, love to try your product
I know this video is old now, but its wild how young Ian was when he started his business. Talk about finding a niche! Good for him. Love that the business is currently thriving online.
He doesnt even give a break to eat. He just eats whatever they give him in each restaurant.
This would make a great series. I want to see more of this guy, maybe even in a documentary.
We need a part 2 of this dude
I can't find the words. He is so fucking cool. Like, down to earth, honest, laid back..... Ughhh I just can't describe it. Dude, you're fucking amazing!
Dude I love this guy, he's so down to Earth and casual even though he's a huge business owner.
this guy is only going to do bigger things when he gets older. this was awesome.
5:00 dudes car has a Cuban link !! Balling !! Lol
I've always been intrigued by these fungi as a child living in La Rochefoucald, France. I went foraging with our neighbors on several occasions which was my first exposure and *fear* to this delicacy. Carrying a wicker basket like "Little Red Riding Hood" and being told not to touch the 'pritē mushrooms 🍄 or *"I'll die!"* LOL
Never thought I'd see a man so invested and amused by truffles and mushrooms.
how the fuck is he able to drive and look at the paper orders at the same time
dude wasnt even looking at the road though
NYC traffic is slow
I'm currently eating white truffle chips and it's so amazing how expensive fungi are. I mean it's fungi! So cool
Kid has an amazing intellect.
self employed , self paid , he's a BOSS !
Correction, employed by rich daddy, paid by rich daddy.
+Shini shut the fuck up lmao. are you jealous?
Guavacadoo Of having an overbearing father whom my entire life revolve and relies upon.
Not jealous at all that doesn't sound like a very joyful way to live at all.
Bad enough being indebted to a bank, being indebted to your own father would be a nightmare.
Shini What's wrong with having a parent help start off your business? Isn't that what parents are for, to help their children? Besides, his father only funded partially in the beginning, now this guy is hustling all by himself and he rightfully got himself to where he is. Look at his interview with Huffington Post. He was using his bike in the beginning, he has commitment.
***** Of what? Not having any independence?
Am I seriously the only one that noticed his reckless driving style?! Hands off the wheel while driving, looking down to papers while in motion, looking to the camera for long peiods of time! Damn, I was scared just by watching it.
ALPHA DESIGN Creative Studio its nyc, traffic isn't moving all that fast trust me it looks worse unless you live here
Welcome to Brooklyn!
TheLastSamuraiii So, are you telling me that it is impossible for a kid to suddenly run to the street chasing a ball or something? Is that so?
ALPHA DESIGN Creative Studio ha nobody is playing ball in the streets of NYC dude. City kids go to city parks to play
TheLastSamuraiii OMG! You don't get it do you?! I have to give it to you explained really simple like a 10 year old. Imagine a kid with a ball walking by the sidewalk, then suddenly the ball drops from his hands for some reason and goes to the street, the kid follows the ball and BOOM! An accident that could had been avoided by fucking driving properly looking at the road and having at least one fucking hand in the steering wheel!!! And that's only an example, kids don't fucking care about safety, they are fucking kids!!! There are lots of reasons why one could run suddenly to the street. Has happened and will continue to happen.
Good ideas! Very cool that you turned something your uncle taught you into a business.
my first video of you ....i am so impressed especially that you are so young....Good Luck !!!!
Young, attractive, well-spoken and successful. Then I look at myself and my life.
u one of those depressed niggas huh
@@mantistoboggan7347 LMAO
Mantis Toboggan this is one of the best comments I’ve ever fucking read congrats
Your comment is everything that's wrong with this generation
Dan A one of the ‘wrong with this generation’ guys huh?
Dude is a great business man, with some real hustle, maybe he can give me some mushroom tips.
Oh he will give u his mushroom tip 👍
@@lenasnell1734 phrasing!
Lena Snell sounds like BakerXDerek lol
ya.... like anyone who knows about mushrooms can just get into the ny truffle dealing business. What I really want to know is how much capital it took to start and how you make connections to truffle sources.
+Antipater Precisely.. this just shows the day to day of a business that has extremely high barriers of entry, especially for his specific choice of market. The main point is the initial start up and its current balance sheets.
He must have had very, very strong family related connections and super long term supply chain contacts prior to starting this niche service.
Travel to Italy with a suitcase full of cold hard cash.
And the strap
He said in the video that he started foraging and selling wild mushroom and got into truffles later on
I respect the hustle honestly, but yeh I have a lot of questions. You don't go from foraging and growing to be able to sell to NY's best restaurants without some sort of backing + connections. Especially with the produce he has.
I thought it was interesting pawpaw fruit was in his inventory. Pawpaw trees are everywhere in Missouri, you could fill a truck bed in a day in the right stretch of woods. The deer are crazy for them.