Episode 1 The Onmyoji Chapter 286: The Dionysus Controversy
Seeing the venue for the bartending competition, Ji Dong realized that it turned out that Du Sikang was not modest and did not want to take advantage of him. From the arrangement of these thousands of precious wines, it can be seen that he is bound to win. There is no doubt that as a bartender,
As the president of the Winemaker Guild, he must be very familiar with these wines, and the positions of the wine cabinets are definitely the most suitable for him. Such an advantage does need to be balanced by a test method.
Du Sikang took off his coat and handed it to an older bartender. His expression had become serious. What surprised Ji Dong was that Du Sikang was clearly feeling guilty and ashamed before, but when he saw the bartender
On the wine table and the thousands of fine wines in the wine cabinet, all emotions have been replaced by fanaticism. It is a state that only bartenders at their level can understand. There is nothing but wine.
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Ji Dong found that he still underestimated the God of Dionysus. From Du Sikan's work, he saw his own shadow before coming to this world. The title of God of Dionysus was indeed well-deserved. He originally thought that the changes in his emotions would have a negative impact on his relationship with him.
It had an impact on me when I was trying to mix drinks, but now it seems that I was worrying too much.
However, this is what Ji Dong hopes to see the most. After all, just after he came to this world, he heard the name of Du Sikan, the god of wine. It can be said that he was the leader of the Five Elements Continent before he came to this world.
The number one person in wine. If this number one person can be defeated so easily, what’s the point? As a generation of wine gods, in a sense, he and Du Sikan are the same people, that is, they are the best for themselves.
He is absolutely confident in his bartending skills. As a bartender at the top of his game, he will never lose such confidence. At this time, he can finally compete with Du Sikan in a real sense.
It was precisely because of seeing Du Sikang's eyes that the previous unhappiness in Ji Dong's heart had disappeared. The god of wine in front of him could fight for the source of life at the risk of revenge, which shows that his attitude towards wine is
How persistent. For the sake of wine, he is even willing to give up everything, including his own reputation. Such a bartender is absolutely worthy of respect.
Du Sikang made an invitation gesture to Ji Dong and walked behind another bartending table. The light in his eyes became more and more intense. For many years, he had not experienced such pressure in the bartending world.
Now this feeling is finally back. For him, this feeling is wonderful and what he is looking forward to. Only under such pressure can he fully display his bartending skills and even make breakthroughs. Of course.
, he does not think that this pressure was brought to him by Ji Dong, but by his desire for the thousand-year source of life. No matter how weak Ji Dong's bartending skills are, he will definitely go all out today to let the source of life.
The source fell into his own hands without any regrets, and into the hands of the Bartenders Guild.
Ji Dong walked to the bartender table opposite Du Sikang and stood there. The two looked at each other. Du Sikang was surprised to find that although he did not see the same passion and persistence in Ji Dong's eyes as his own, what he saw was
Unparalleled self-confidence, absolute self-confidence. His calm and delicate eyes are bottomless, but there is no trace of nervousness. He looks at work so calmly.
"Mr. Ji Dong, please come up with a way to discuss the situation." Du Sikan said in a deep voice.
Ji Dong said: "Since it's a competition, we should show off our bartending abilities from all aspects. It's better to have three games to determine the outcome. Two out of three games. You see, Ruya;
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Du Sidu nodded and said: "No matter what kind of competition it is, you will make the decision."
"Okay." Ji Dong's eyes lit up. Like Du Sikan, he hadn't felt this excited about bartending for a long, long time. Not even when he faced the Thunder Emperor Fury. At that time, he and
Fury's umbrella was created by himself. Although Fury's bartending ability is strong, there is still a slight gap between him and him. For a truly top bartender, even a slight gap is
An insurmountable gap. Du Sikan in front of him represents the pinnacle of bartending power in the world. What's more, beside him, there is Lie Yan watching. This bartending is also his gift to Lie Yan. He and Lie Yan are because of this.
How can we not go all out when we become friends over wine?
“In the first game, we mixed wine from a single bottle, each based on the technique, base wine, and ingredients of our own choice. In the second game, we had a multi-bottle competition, and we also selected our own base wine and ingredients.
In the last scene, we made each other a glass of wine and the other party imitated it. What do you think?"
Listening to the competition method proposed by Ji Dong, Du Sikan's pupils shrank obviously. It was not because of how harsh the method proposed by Ji Dong was. On the contrary, the three competition methods mentioned by Ji Dong were between bartenders.
The three most common types of sparring are also the fairest. Is he really that confident?
Taking a deep breath, Du Sikan vaguely felt that the young man in front of him might be really unique in bartending. However, how could he have less confidence in himself? He is a talented bartender.
It only took ten years for the Bartenders Guild to become the god of wine. In the past thirty years, no one in the bartending industry in the continent could match him, so naturally no one could challenge his position as the president of the Bartenders Guild.
"Okay. Let's start then." Du Sikan didn't say much, feeling the hot and strong excitement in his body, and his whole person had completely entered the state.
The surrounding bartenders all widened their eyes. Du Ming and Du Xin'er also knew at this time that they could no longer interfere with the competition, so they all watched quietly.
Only Lieyan walked slowly to a place not far from Ji Dong's mixing table and stared at him through the veil on the bamboo hat. Apart from Ji Dong himself, she was the only one present who had absolute confidence in Ji Dong.
Ji Dong and Du Sikang almost immediately walked to the hand wash basins next to their respective mixing tables and began to wash their hands seriously. They were extremely careful about their palms, fingers, finger joints, nail gaps, and even every texture of their handiwork.
Cleaning. If any outsiders here saw them washing their hands like this, they would definitely snort. But the senior bartenders present all understood that washing their hands completely is not only a sign of respect for bartending, but also for the sake of bartending.
Don't let any smell on your hands affect your judgment of the wine. Only with completely clean hands can you maintain the perfect fit and friction with the shaker. Who would be careless in this top-notch duel?
Woolen cloth?.
After washing his hands almost at the same time, Si Shi returned to the mixing table. The two of them each took out an identical crystal mixing bottle from under the mixing table. Since it was a fair competition, the competition was about techniques and mixing skills, not the mixing skills.
Bartending tools. Therefore, all the tools in this competition are exactly the same.
Up until this moment... everything the two gods of wine had done was almost a mirror image. Their eyes met across the distance. The next moment, they had started their first bartending at the same time.
Du Sikan didn't need to use his eyes to see at all, and he could clearly grasp the position of each bottle of wine in the wine cabinet behind him. This was originally placed according to what he was best at and the usual position of his own wine cabinet. Without looking back, his arms seemed to be broken.
He threw it back as if he was shaking, and in an instant, three bottles of wine appeared on the mixing table in front of him.
However, Du Sikang was slightly surprised that Ji Dong also did not look back or even make a move. Three faint red lights flashed. There were also three more bottles of wine on the mixing table in front of him. And these three bottles of wine
Exactly the same as what Du Sikan chose.
However, Du Sikang did not think about how Ji Dong did this, because at this moment, Ji Dong was no longer in his eyes, only the three bottles of wine in front of him remained.
Ji Dong, like Du Sikan, lowered his gaze and landed on the three bottles of wine. This was the first time he saw the wine cabinet behind him. But when he glanced at it before, his spirit had improved after ten transformations.
Li had firmly memorized the location of each bottle of wine. The reason why he chose the same wine as Du Sikan was because he wanted to compete with his opponent on the same cocktail mix.
The three base liquors chosen by Du Sikan are vodka, Cointreau and almond brandy. These are three completely different liquors.
Vodka is similar to excessively purified alcohol plus purified water. It does not have any additional flavor. It is widely used as a base liquor, but it only dilutes other base liquors and ingredients to produce auxiliary effects.
Cointreau Orange Liqueur, also called Cointreau Orange Liqueur, has the aroma of sweet and sour oranges. It is a liqueur. It is the core ingredient of many famous cocktails.
To carve the perfect Cointreau, you must obtain the sweet and bitter orange peel essence through steaming, then mix it with high-quality pure alcohol sugar and water, and finally synthesize an absolutely high-quality product with an alcohol content of 40%.
Finished wine. All the careful selection during the entire process is to ensure its pure... moderate taste.
Therefore, the taste of Cointreau is very unique, mellow and rich. Although the blend is balanced, its strong contrast of strong yet mild, cool yet warm, bitter and sweet gives people a refreshing new taste experience. When it is poured for the first time
In the cup, the color is crystal clear, but after adding ice, it turns into milky white, accompanied by a light floral and fruity aroma, followed by a strong orange aroma. The overall feeling is ice-cool, subtle, complex and complex.
The lingering aftertaste of temperature lingers for a long time.
Obviously, there is a fixed gap between Ji Dong and Du Sikang, that is, he does not have the ability to make ice, which is an inherent disadvantage. But even before opening the bottle cap, Ji Dong can feel the bottle in front of him.
The ultimate perfection of Cointreau Orange.
The last base liquor is almond brandy. Most of the general brandy refers to grape wine. But this kind of almond brandy is a distilled liquor based on almonds. The production is more complicated, but it also has a unique taste.
It has a strong taste with a light almond aroma. Although it is not as famous as Cointreau orange wine, there is no doubt that it is an excellent wine. However, it never appears as a base wine alone.
With three base liquors of different tastes and origins, the cocktails will naturally be ever-changing. The different techniques of bartenders can completely create different results. Next, there are already staff members named Ji Dong and Du Sikan
The ingredients were delivered, and they were exactly the same, so there was no need to order them at all. The staff of the Bartenders Guild also knew what they should prepare.
There are two ingredients, red stone slurry and special juice.
The cocktail made by adding these three base liquors and two ingredients is the famous Midnight Sun, which is also a liquor that Ji Dong once made for Lieyan. I don’t know if it is a tacit understanding, but this is what Ji Dong originally wanted to do.
One of the several cocktails chosen in the first scene. Since Du Sikan chose it, Ji Dong had no reason to choose others.
The bottle cap of the cocktail shaker was still opened at the same time in the mirror image of both sides. Whether it was Ji Dong or Du Sikan, their hands were very steady. Four tenths of vodka, two tenths of Cointreau orange wine, ten tenths.
Two-thirds of almond brandy, plus one-tenth of red stone syrup and one-tenth of lemon juice. There is no difference in the amount of the two people added to the cocktail shaker. There is no trace of residue dripping on it.
On the bartender.
The liquid mixed with three base liquors and two ingredients shone brightly in the crystal shaker, illuminated by the outside light, and some of the murky liquids soaked into each other.
When the lid of the cocktail kettle was closed, Ji Dong and Du Sikan's movements stopped, and surprisingly the mirror image appeared again, and they closed their eyes at the same time. Everyone's nerves couldn't help but feel at this moment...
They became nervous because they knew that this peak showdown was finally about to begin.
The mirror image was broken in the next moment, and the two men raised their hands almost at the same time. The difference was that Ji Dong only raised his right hand, while Du Sikang raised his hands.
Ji Dong's right hand swept towards the bottom of the bartender's crystal wine jug like lightning. In an instant, a brilliance flashed and the wine jug was spinning rapidly into the air.
But what Du Sikan did was completely different. He pressed his hands towards the wine mixing pot at the same time, and two strong black Renshui magic powers surged out, one after the other. Under the influence of these two magic powers,
, the whole mixing pot was spinning rapidly on the mixing table like a top.
From the beginning of the competition, they showed completely different bartending styles. Ji Dong mainly relied on his pure skills, while Du Sikan, the god of wine, completely combined his bartending skills with magic power. This
It was at this moment that the Bacchus War kicked off. Until this moment, Lieyan was the only one who believed that Ji Dong would win. Among the others, only Du Ming still had some confidence in Ji Dong.
That's all.
The same mixing pot, the same mixed liquid, at this moment, began to bloom with their dazzling brilliance.
The bartending competition has begun. Come get some monthly tickets and give rewards to encourage the mistress. Hehe...