Chapter 286 The Battle of Dionysus
Seeing this bartender competition venue, Ji Dong realized that Du Sikang was not humble and did not want to take advantage of himself. 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 the president of the Bartenders Guild, he must be very familiar with these wines, and the placement on the wine cabinet is definitely the most suitable for him. Such advantages do need to be balanced by competition methods.
Du Sikang took off his coat and handed it to an older bartender. His expression had become solemn. What surprised Ji Dong was that Du Sikang was obviously a little guilty and ashamed before, but when he saw the mixing table and the thousand kinds of fine wines in the wine cabinet, all his emotions had been replaced by fanaticism. It was a state that only bartenders at their level could understand. There was nothing else besides giving up wine.
Ji Dong found that he still looked down on this God of Baccarat. He saw his shadow before coming to this world from Du Sikang. The name of the God of Baccarat is indeed well-deserved. He originally thought that emotional changes would have an impact on him when comparing with him in the cocktail, but now it seems that he is overly worried.
However, this is also what Ji Dong wants to see most. After all, just after coming to this world, he heard about the name of the God of Baccarat Du Sikang. It can be said that he was the first person to mix bartending on the Five Elements Continent of Light before he came to this world. If this first person was defeated so easily, what else is it? As a generation of God of Baccarat, in a sense, he is the same person as Du Sikang, and that is absolutely confident in his bartending skills. As a bartender at the peak, he will never lose such confidence. At this time, he can finally compete with Du Sikang in a real sense.
It was precisely because of seeing Du Sikang's eyes that the unhappiness in Ji Dong's heart had disappeared. The God of Baccarat in front of him was able to fight for the source of life at the burden of grace and revenge, which shows how persistent he is to wine. For wine, he can even give up everything, including his reputation. Such a bartender is absolutely worthy of respect.
Du Sikang made a gesture of invitation to Ji Dong, and he walked behind another bartender table, and the light in his eyes became more and more hot. For many years, he had never had such pressure in the bartender industry. Now this feeling is finally back. For him, this feeling is wonderful and what he expects. Only under such pressure can his bartender skills be fully exerted, and even making breakthroughs. Of course, he did not think that this pressure was brought to him by Ji Dong, but his desire for the source of life for a thousand years. Even if Ji Dong's bartender strength is weak, he will definitely do his best today. He will let the source of life fall into his own hands without regrets and fall into the hands of the Bartenders Guild.
Ji Dong walked to the mixing table opposite Du Sikang and stood still. The two looked at each other. Du Sikang was surprised to find that although he did not see the same passion and persistence as himself in Ji Dong's eyes, what he saw was unparalleled confidence and absolute confidence. His calm and clear eyes were bottomless, but he did not have any tension, and his whole body looked so calm.
"Mr. Ji Dong, please suggest a way to discuss." Du Sikang said in a deep voice.
Ji Dong said: "Since it's a competition, we should show our ability to mix bartenders from all aspects. It's better to do this. We will decide the outcome in three games. Two wins in three games. What do you think?"
Du Sikang nodded and said, "No matter what kind of competition it is, you will decide."
His eyes lit up. Like Du Sikang, he hadn't felt so excited about bartending for a long time. Even when he was facing the Thunder Emperor Fury, he didn't. The draw with Fury was created by himself. Although Fury's ability to mix bartenders has a slight gap, and for a truly top bartender, even a slight gap is still an insurmountable gap. Du Sikang in front of him represents the most peak bartender power in this world. What's more, Lie Yan is watching by his side. This bartender is also a gift he gave to Lie Yan. How could he not go all out with his own strength?
"In the first game, we used a single bottle of wine, each with its own choice of techniques, base wine and ingredients. In the second game, we competed with multiple bottles and also selected base wine and ingredients. In the last game, we made a glass of wine with each other and imitated it. What do you think?"
Listening to Ji Dong's way of competition, Du Sikang's pupils shrank significantly, not because Ji Dong's way of competition was so harsh. On the contrary, the three methods of competition mentioned by Ji Dong are the three most common and fairest ways of competition between bartenders. Is he really that confident?
Taking a deep breath, Du Sikang faintly felt that the young man in front of him might really have unique features in bartending. However, how could he have less confidence in himself? He is a genius bartender. It only took ten years from entering the Bartenders Guild to becoming a generation of Bread God. In the past thirty years, no one has been able to match the bartenders industry in the continent, so naturally no one can shake his position as the president of the Bartenders Guild.
"Okay. Then let's start." Du Sikang didn't say much, feeling the passion and strong excitement in his body, and his whole body was completely in a state.
The bartenders around all widened their eyes. Du Ming and Du Xiner knew that it was impossible to interfere with the competition anymore, so they all watched quietly from the side.
Only Lieyan walked slowly to a place not far from Ji Dong's table and stared at him through the veil on the hat. Apart from Ji Dong herself, she was the only one present who had absolutely confidence in Ji Dong.
Ji Dong and Du Sikang walked to the hand cleaning pool next to their respective bartenders at the same time and began to wash their hands seriously. They cleaned their palms, fingers, fingers, nails, and even every texture on their hands very carefully. If an outsider saw them washing their hands like this, they would definitely put their noses on them. But the senior bartenders present understood that washing their hands completely was not only respect for the bartender, but also to prevent any slight smell on their hands from affecting their judgment of the wine. Only with a completely clean hand can the most perfect fit and friction with the bartender pot. Who would be careless in this top-level showdown?
After washing hands almost at the same time, they returned to the bartender table at the same time. The two of them took out an identical crystal bartender from the bartender table. Since it was a fair competition, the competition was about the techniques and bartender skills, not bartender tools. Therefore, all the tools in this competition were exactly the same.
Until now, almost everything that God of Dionys in the past two lives was mirrored. Their eyes were facing each other from the air. The next moment, they had already started their first cocktail party at the same time.
Du Sikang didn't need to look with his eyes. He could clearly grasp the position of each bottle of wine behind the wine cabinet. This was originally based on his best position and was placed in the position of his wine cabinet. Without looking back, his arm was thrown back as if it was broken. In a moment, three bottles of wine had appeared on the mixing table in front of him.
However, what surprised Du Sikang was that Ji Dong did not look back, nor did he even take action. Three faint red lights flashed, and there were three more bottles of wine on the bartender in front of him. Moreover, these three bottles of wine were exactly the same as those chosen by Du Sikang.
However, Du Sikang did not think about how Ji Dong did this, because at this moment, there was no Ji Dong in his eyes, and only the three bottles of fine wine remained.
Like Du Sikang, Ji Dong's eyes sink and landed on the three bottles of wine. It was the first time he saw the wine cabinet behind him. But when he glanced past that previous glance, his mental power that had been improved after ten transformations had firmly remembered the position of each bottle of wine. The reason why he chose the same wine as Du Sikang was to decide the outcome with his opponent in the same kind of bartender.
The three base wines Duscon chose are vodka, Cointreau orange wine and almond brandy. These are three completely different wines.
Vodka is similar to filtered purified alcohol and pure water. It has no additional flavor. It is widely used in base wine, but it only produces auxiliary effects by diluting other base wines and ingredients.
Columdo orange flavor wine is also called Columdo orange flavor wine. It has the aroma of sweet and sour oranges and is a liqueur. It is the core ingredient of many famous cocktails.
To get a perfect Cointreau, you must obtain the essence of the sweet and bitter orange peel through distillation, then mix it with high-quality pure alcohol, sugar, and water, and finally synthesize an absolutely high-quality wine with an alcohol of 40% alcohol. All the careful selections during the whole process are to ensure its pure and moderate taste.
Therefore, Coinde's taste is unique, mellow and rich. Although it is well-mixed, it is strong and gentle, cool but warm, bitter and sweet, and gives people a refreshing and new taste experience. When it is poured into a cup for the first time, it presents a crystal clear color, but after adding ice, it will turn milky white, accompanied by a light floral and fruity fragrance, followed by a thick orange fragrance. The overall feeling is a kind of ice-cool, subtle, complex and lingering in this long-lasting afterglow of temperature.
It is obvious that there is a fixed gap between Ji Dong and Du Sikang, that is, he does not have the ability to make ice, which is a natural disadvantage. But even if the bottle cap has not been opened, Ji Dong could still feel the perfection of the bottle of Junde Orange Flavored Wine in front of him.
The last base wine is almond brandy. Generally, brandy refers to grape distilled liquor. However, this almond brandy is a distilled liquor made of almonds, which is more complex in production. However, it also has a unique flavor. The strong taste has a faint almond aroma. Although it is not as famous as Cointreau Orange, it is undoubtedly an excellent wine. It is just that it never appears as a base wine alone.
The cocktails brought by three base wines with different tastes and origins will naturally be ever-changing. The bartenders can create different results with different methods. After that, staff have already provided the ingredients to Ji Dong and Du Sikang, with the same ingredients, and there is no need to give any instructions. The staff of the Bartenders Guild also know what they should be paired with.
There are two ingredients, red pomegranate slurry and lemon juice.
The cocktail made of these three base wines plus two ingredients is the famous midnight sunshine, and it is also a kind of wine that Ji Dong once made for the flames. I don’t know if it is a sympathy, but this was originally one of the several cocktails that Ji Dong wanted to choose in the first show. Since Du Sikang chose it, Ji Dong had no reason to choose other ones.
The bottle cap of the mixing pot was still opened at the same time in the mirror-like beginning of both sides. Whether it was Ji Dong or Du Sikang, their hands were very stable. Four out of ten vodka, two out of ten Cointreau orange wine, two out of ten almond brandy, one out of ten red pomegranate slurry and one out of ten lemon juice. There was no difference in the amount of the two people added to the mixing pot. There was no trace of residue dripping on the mixing table.
Three types of base wine, the liquid mixed with the two ingredients is shining in the crystal mixing pot by the light outside, and some turbid liquids are soaking each other.
The moment the lid of the mixing pot was covered, Ji Dong and Du Sikang's movements stopped, and the mirror image appeared again surprisingly, and they closed their eyes at the same time. Everyone's nerves couldn't help but become nervous at this moment, because they knew that this peak showdown was finally about to truly begin.
The mirror image was broken in the next moment, and the two of them 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 crystal mixing pot on the mixing table like lightning. In an instant, light flashed, and the mixing pot had swung rapidly into the air.
What Du Sikang did was completely different. His hands pressed towards the mixing pot at the same time, and two rich black Renshui magic power surged out, one in front and one behind. Under the influence of these two magic powers, the entire mixing pot rotated rapidly on the mixing table like a gyro.
From the beginning of the competition, they showed a completely different style of bartending. Ji Dong relied more on his pure skills, while Baccarat Du Sikang completely combined his bartending skills with magic. This Baccarat competition kicked off at this moment. Until this moment, I believe that only Lie Yan would win. Among the others, Du Ming still had some confidence in Ji Dong.
The same mixing pots and the same mixed liquids began to bloom at this moment.
Chapter completed!