40 truffles
Lin Yilong's hostel is located in Amsterdam East, not too far from Amsterdam Zoo.
Self-paid accommodation, if it is not for the pursuit of romance or other needs, Lin Yilong will never spend money on accommodation, as long as it is clean and tidy, a slightly more expensive hostel suite is not unavoidable.
Even though the three of them tossed late on Tuesday night, they woke up on Wednesday in good spirits. Then I followed the example of a young student, went to the cafeteria for breakfast, and rented a bicycle.
Faced with a possible disagreement over the choice of attractions, Lin Yilong sent the Yeon sisters to the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum, while he took a walk around Amsterdam's Chinatown near the Purple Lantern District.
For things like museums or art galleries, Lin Yilong tries to go around by himself. This is similar to the fact that modern art, although born out of classical art, always has an outdated sense of classic aesthetics such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, and people who like classical art may find it difficult to understand modern art; It is said that Britain and the Netherlands have their own genres of creativity. Lin Yilong can visit the National Gallery but does not go back to the Tate Modern Exhibition Hall, and he will not take the initiative to fight with others because of this.
For Amsterdam, Lin Yilong is already very familiar with it, and he will not get lost because of walking through the alleys.
This time I came to Amsterdam Chinatown to meet a person, to be exact, a personal contact he had established in his work, Tao Weiyang.
When Lin Yilong entered the restaurant he had agreed upon, Tao Weiyang was already waiting for him inside.
"Long time no see. Tao Weiyang stood up from his seat and greeted Lin Yilong, "What kind of wind blew you here?"
"It's been a long time, it's been more than half a year?" Lin Yilong replied, "It's still in October last year, it's nothing, I came here to change cars, it's just nothing, come and see old friends." ”
"You mean, I took a leave of absence for you, just to have lunch with you?" Tao Weiyang pretended to be angry, "This makes me so sad?"
"Although the main reason is to change trains, there are other reasons. Lin Yilong said, "Do you remember what you told me about the white truffle restaurant a few days ago?"
"What, got rich?" Tao Weiyang asked, in European restaurants, white truffles are expensive as a seasoning accompaniment.
"Not really, I want to go and eat. Lin Yilong replied, "I became interested in this thing a few days ago, and when I looked at it, I felt that it was a big scam." I still want to know how good this stuff is. ”
"If you're going to pay the bill, I'll take you there. Tao Weiyang stood up, tidied up the white dress he was wearing, and said to Lin Yilong.
Oh, I forgot to mention that the Tao Weiyang who met Lin Yilong is a fashionable woman who works for a financial company in Rotterdam, and is three years younger than Lin Yilong. At first glance, it's not the kind of beauty that directly captures eyeballs like Katie or Nadia, but belongs to the kind of beauty that looks like a second-sight beauty, and she usually likes to eat and drink. Lin Yilong generally chooses to stay away from such sister papers. But somehow, when Lin Yilong was about to forget the Dutch student he met in the Salzburg hostel, the two met again at the merger and acquisition meeting last winter, so they had a little personal contact. Tao Weiyang has always been keen to post his travel news and exquisite meals on social networks in China, which is the source of Lin Yilong's food information.
"No problem. Lin Yilong said.
Speaking of truffles, this mushroom with a special aroma is just right for Lin Yilong's huge forest farm because it is difficult to cultivate artificially and the yield is small. As for the controversy between the truffles on the Dianchi side of the market and the European truffles, Lin Yilong doesn't care, he only cares about whether he can get economic benefits by cultivating truffles, if not, it will not be meaningful to him as a forest farmer.
The hotel that Tauviyan recommended is not far from Amsterdam's Chinatown, just across the street from the Anne Frank House, just west across the Palace Square.
Tao Weiyang, who was originally very fun-loving, chose the tram this time. Looking at her slightly bulging lower abdomen, Lin Yilong seemed to understand something.
"How many months?" Lin Yilong asked, his eyes falling directly on Tao Weiyang's lower abdomen.
"There are four months left. Tao Weiyang replied, puffing out his chest, showing his pride in becoming a mother.
"Congratulations. Lin Yilong congratulated, but in addition to congratulations, as a living person, he really didn't know what to say.
The restaurant that Tao Weiyang is talking about is a Japanese restaurant, and the only dish with truffles is sukiyaki.
In one less moment, after the Western-style serving process, the sukiyaki, which was the focus of Lin Yilong's attention, was finally served, and the sukiyaki was sprinkled with black truffle slices.
"It was black truffles. Tao Weiyang saw Lin Yilong's look of little anticipation for this dish.
Lin Yilong picked up his chopsticks, sandwiched a slice of beef, and ate it with truffles.
There is no fragrant fragrance that Lin Yilong expected.
Maybe the aftertaste of the truffle is relatively large, Lin Yilong put down the chopsticks for a while, and the sukiyaki in the stone pot turned from hot to warm.
Patience sometimes didn't pay off, and Lin Yilong's hope for an aftertaste didn't come off, so he put a slice of beef with chrysanthemum and truffle slices spread on sukiyaki in his mouth and chewed carefully.
A little bit of truffle can be tasted, a bit like a mixture of thin almonds and rich cheese, this taste can only be used as a seasoning in Lin Yilong's opinion.
"How, don't you feel like you're not used to eating. Tao Weiyang asked, but looking at her appearance, she should like the taste of sukiyaki.
"It's like eating a cheap steak and then getting 5A grade wagyu beef for you to taste, and asking if you can tell the difference between the two. Lin Yilong commented, "It's really not enjoyable." ”
"If you're going to London another day, find a place to try the white truffle. "Maybe try two or three times, and you'll never forget it." ”
"That's right. Lin Yilong replied briefly.
"Change the topic, I want to know, Miss Tao, how much do you know about the truffle market?" Seeing that the waiter had already handed the two of them green tea and refreshments, Lin Yilong asked his own question.
"I eat them, and it's delicious. A crisp answer.
"What about the price and circulation?" Lin Yilong was not discouraged and continued to ask.
"You even ask a corporate financial analyst if he knows anything about the truffle market?" Tao Weiyang realized that Lin Yilong had asked questions with a serious attitude, and had to reply to Lin Yilong with a solemn attitude, "Moreover, truffles are also graded, and they didn't even tell me about the quality of the grade origin, how can I give you the correct answer?"
"If I'm sending you a sample, can you do me a favor and ask if any of these restaurants would be interested in getting some truffles from me? Since he can ask this question, Lin Yilong feels that this channel is promising.
"It's up to you to show a little sincerity. Tao Weiyang has already put on gold-rimmed eyes that he only wears when he is working to hide his lack of ability.