I had prepared a small truck(bought a brand new one)with a full freezer on the back. Proud as we were, we rushed to our first client- straight to the best handmade sorbet/ ice cream in town: Vesuvius, right in front of Bondi beach. We got out of the truck and knocked on his door early on a Tuesday. The owner( a fine guy in his early fourties)opened the door, and we asked: “we have some different fruit pulps you might be interested to see”.
He was curious and invited us in. I had organized a month earlier a leather bag which I transformed in a sort of executive bag. Inside there were eight high and narrow transparent flower vases. I filled them in with defrosted samples of the fruit pastes and bought corks to close the open tops. The moment I put them on the table, it felt like we were in some laboratory, with all the pulps amazing colours bursting into view. We printed trays, where small plastic cups would be put on top, each with its name underneath. These were all new flavours, and clients could get mixed with their names.
Richard was surprisingly amazed. After trying all eight varieties, he bought 05 of them on the spot-each box containing eight kilos. They were: Cocoa, Cashew apple, Umbu, Kupua and Caja. Wrote down a AU$650.00 cheque straight away.
Next stop was a bakery we had known the patisseur previously. It was a small shop in a fancy neighborhood, and he was a Belgium guy who had worked for an international hotel chain. The experience in Ole Country was still in the back of his mind, and all the amazing fruits he had seen and tasted over there.
When we arrived he went straight for two boxes: Cocoa and Acerola. The day was ended and I look to Gus with excitement and extremely touched: “you’ll see, this will be our blessed country!”
Tell you later.
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