Chapter 20 third quarter

Before evening, Xia Zhi and Gong also spent time together.The two inspected the dessert cabinets in department stores, walked into chocolate stores, and drank tea and chatted with the novice pastry chef who they thought made cakes very well. In the evening, the two went to the cocktail bar introduced by Chef Changfeng. The cocktail bar "Hanaka" is located about a ten-minute walk north from JR Sannomiya Station.There are eleven counter seats and three table seats for four.Two female bartenders, one looked to be in her early thirties and the other in her twenties. Almost all the customers in the store are female customers. It is suitable for female friends to come here to relax and have a few drinks.The store is decorated with dried flowers and small flowers, which has a calm style and a sense of luxury.

When the clerk standing at the counter heard that Kyoya said that Mr. Nagamine had introduced him, he immediately smiled brightly. "Mr. Nagamine has explained, the two are Mr. Ichikawa Kyouya and Ms. Morisawa Natsuri, right?" "yes." "Please sit at the bar, both of you. My name is Kimura Satsuki, and you can order whatever you want to drink. I heard that in addition to drinking, you are also here for the research and development of desserts?" "Ah! Chef Changfeng even..." "Please don't be too polite. You can ask me any questions. We have been taken care of by Mr. Changfeng! So let's treat it as a tasting meeting today. You can try any wine you want, and because it is a tasting, the fee It will also help you think about it.”

Xia Zhi thanked him embarrassedly. "Sorry for making such a strange request..." "Don't say that, not at all. It is our great honor to assist professional chefs in developing new products. If you can develop delicious desserts, please be sure to sell them in our store! Because I want to provide customers with enjoyment, I hope that once Can order twenty." "It's not a problem to provide fifty or one hundred." "Oh! What a shame!" Kimura Satsuki let out a hearty laugh, and looked back at the cabinet behind him.The wine bottles lined up on the cabinets glow like jewels under the light of the store. "What kind of dessert would you like to make?"

"French almond panna cotta." "The ingredients are milk and fresh cream, right? If that's the case, how about trying this first?" Satsuki took two bottles of wine from the cabinet, one bottle was designed with stars scattered on the gradient blue and dark blue, the center of the label had a circular pattern resembling a moon, and there was a silhouette of a woman holding a cocktail glass on it . The other bottle has a black body, with a green landscape painted under the product name in English. Satsuki took out a box of vanilla ice cream from the freezer, scooped a little with a small utensil and put it on a plate, then opened the blue bottle, poured liqueur on the ice cream, and brought it to Xia Zhi and the others.

The liqueur poured over the ice cream has a soft camel color. Satsuki said: "If it is used in French almond panna cotta, I think it will be more delicious to eat it in this way than in a milk-flavored cocktail." "Thank you, I'm not polite." Natsuori took a mouthful of the liqueur-soaked ice cream with a spoon.The moment you put it in your mouth, the sweetness that seems to melt your heart is amazing.This flavor fused with rich vanilla ice cream is obviously better than the sweetness and fragrance of the ice cream compared to the pungent wine taste.The gorgeous taste of the wine is the best flavor, turning the plain vanilla ice cream into "ice cream for adults", accompanied by the nostalgic sweetness of caramel spreading in the mouth.After a while, the smell of biscuits caught up.The stimulation of wine, the sweetness of caramel, and the aroma of biscuits, obviously only one liqueur is used, but so many flavors can be tasted.

Satsuki put the wine bottle on the bar. “It’s a biscuit, cream, caramel, and sweet liqueur. It’s usually diluted with milk, but it’s also delicious poured over ice cream like this.” Look carefully at the body of the bottle, there is a round biscuit pattern that looks like a moon on it, it is a cute label that fits the taste very well. After Xia Zhi, who was moved and admired, finished eating, Satsuki picked up the black bottle and poured it on another plate of ice cream.Although the color was the same as the biscuits and cream liqueur, Natsuori was curious about what this bottle would taste like.

"Please try this too. Although the color is similar, the taste is completely different!" Satsuki poured two glasses of ice water out of glasses, and brought a new plate in front of the two of them. Xia Zhi used ice water to eliminate the taste in her mouth, picked up a spoon and took a sip of the new ice cream and liqueur.The moment she put it in her mouth, the deep taste surprised her again.If biscuits and cream liqueurs are a delightfully simple melody, this one is a harmony that portrays a complex mood. "I feel that the taste of this is more refreshing and clean!" Xia Zhi said. "Although the taste is similar to Kaluwa milk wine, but not so sweet, it is very suitable for recommending to male friends."

"This one is called 'Bailey's'. It is based on Irish whiskey, adding cream, cocoa, vanilla and coffee to create a unique warm and mellow taste. Although it is usually diluted with milk, but because The sweetness is refreshing, so I also drink it with ice cubes.” The two bottles side by side on the bar have different characteristics besides the label design.One is the biscuits and cream flavor full of fashion and vitality, and the other is Bailey's poem which gives a calm impression. Satsuki continued: "These two are cream liqueurs, which go best with desserts made with milk. Because the color is light, it will not change the color of the ingredients even if they are mixed. A well-known foreign ice cream company also I will use Bailey's poems as material to launch limited-time products."

Kung also said: "I personally think that Bailey's and French almond panna cotta are more suitable. As for the biscuit and cream flavored liqueur, it is more suitable for desserts with a bit of bite, because the aroma of biscuits will remind people of a solid mouthfeel. dessert." When Xia Zhi heard Gong Ye's words, a door opened in his heart. That's it, that's it. Not only visually, desserts are also affected by the food you have eaten.People will integrate their own memory and the taste in reality, and "deliciousness" is born from this complementary effect.In other words, the essence of "delicious food" is to coordinate the past and the present.

It is obviously a smooth dessert, but it tastes like a biscuit, which naturally makes people feel incredible. Of course, this uncanny feeling is also a selling point, but it makes sense that Gong also likes another material. "I also think that Bailey's poems go well with French almond panna cotta." Gaoyue said while clearing away the empty plates in front of Xia Zhi and Gongya. "Most people probably think so. However, it's not uncommon to use Bailey's to change the taste of French almond panna cotta, so if you want to use it, you still need to work hard! For example, add some coffee to enhance the aroma, or Add some chocolate to enhance the taste, etc. Once you capture a certain characteristic, you can draw out the taste of whiskey.”

Satsuki took out another bottle of liqueur and asked Xia Zhi and the two of them: If you want to pair it with milk, how about trying coffee and black tea flavored liqueurs? She is no stranger to coffee-flavored liqueurs and has also received black tea-flavored liqueurs.Earl Gray tea is a common ingredient in making desserts, but what Satsuki brought out was Darjeeling liqueur. Today, because I want to try various flavors, the portion will be made a little less—after Satsuki said so, he began to make cocktails with orange juice and black tea-flavored liqueur.This is a cocktail that can drink from ice juice to black tea aroma, with a very layered and refreshing taste. "This can be used to make jelly!" Xia Zhi thought intuitively.That's right, not for panna cotta, but for the jelly that is used to decorate the surroundings. Would you like to try this?Don't put orange slices directly for decoration, it's also good to change it... "This is oolong tea-flavored liqueur." Satsuki happily took out a bottle with a Japanese-style design, which looked a lot like Japanese sake. "But the taste is a bit bitter. Would you like to drink it?" "OK!" The oolong tea-flavored liqueur prepared with some ice cubes has a bitter taste that seems to wash away the sweetness in the mouth, and the aftertaste is quite refreshing.Although the taste is quite interesting, it is a bit thin to use alone... When Xia Zhi thought so, Gaoyue added: "If this wine is added with the aroma of peach and raspberry, it will taste completely different." Pair it with matcha-flavored liqueur, which is also a tea.Xia Zhi took a sip of the wine made by Gaoyue, feeling amazed again.I didn't expect that the taste of liqueurs added with fruits would become so gorgeous; the liqueurs added with matcha taste lost a bit of bitterness and became a soft taste. Next on the bar was Xia Zhi's very familiar wine with a transparent bottle. "This is DITA lychee liqueur. If you want to make citrus panna cotta, this is the right one." "This is transparent wine, isn't it?" "Yes. The advantage of this wine is that even if it is added to French almond panna cotta, it will not change the color of the ingredients, and it will still retain a strong lychee aroma... However, this alone is boring, so I pair it with grapefruit Liqueurs such as DITA lychee liqueur also feel good. Most of the cocktail recipes made with DITA lychee liqueur are paired with fruits, because this wine goes well with citrus fruits, such as lime, orange, grapefruit, etc. A class of liqueurs best paired." Because adding fruit acid to milk will form a separation effect, so if you want to add some gorgeous fruity aroma, using fruit liqueur is the best way.In addition to several liqueurs commonly used to make pastry, there are other flavors such as cantaloupe, banana, mango, pear, passion fruit, guava, dragon fruit, kiwi fruit, pineapple, apricot, and plum.Satsuki keeps making cocktail recipes that Xia Zhi has never tasted before, and in order to try more, so the amount is not large. Sure enough, creamy liqueurs and French almond panna cotta are the best match, and the taste is the smoothest, harmonious and natural. However, the most surprising thing is that tea liqueurs and fruit liqueurs have a very interesting taste when paired with fruit liqueurs. Citrus liqueurs are the easiest to accept and the best flavor to use, and they can make a refreshing taste with any dessert.But because the taste is too monotonous, it is best to use DITA lychee liqueur as the base, and it is better to mix and match the two flavors. Gong Ye had been watching the interaction between Xia Zhi and Satsuki with relish, and it took a while before he spoke. "Miss Morisawa, it's about time to stop?" He said again: "Your face is red! Are you drunk?" Although the amount of drinking in each trial is not much, it is probably due to the continuous trial, unknowingly, it is not surprising that Xia Zhi drinks the amount, even if he is dizzy.After hearing Gong Ye's reminder, Xia Zhi realized that he drank a lot. Gong also had a look of "I can have a few more drinks, it's absolutely fine". Satsuki poured another glass of ice water for Xia Zhi. "How about drinking here today? If you have anything else you want to ask, welcome to come back." "No, I can't always accept your kindness like this..." After Xia Zhi drank the water, when she wanted to get off her chair to thank Gao Yue, she found that she couldn't even stand upright, so she staggered back to her seat and asked for a glass of water. Maybe he wanted to wait until Xia Zhi was a little less drunk before leaving.Gong Ye and Satsuki started chatting to pass the time. "Did Miss Kimura and Chef Nagamine know each other because of work?" "No, we met by chance when Nagamine-san was looking for wine for pralines. At that time, I wanted to open a bar where girls could come in and have a relaxing drink alone, so I wanted to put some on the menu. Delicious sandwich chocolates and small snacks. I hope that the store provides not only wine, but also some light food and desserts. It can be said that we have the same idea... So I told Mr. Changfeng that he can get a good wine pipe, Mr. Changfeng provided or recommended delicious desserts to us, that's the relationship!" "So they all order desserts directly from 'Louis Chocolate Factory'?" "Not necessarily, we will order desserts from various stores, like today's sweet tart." "Can I have a taste?" "Of course no problem. I recommend the seasonal strawberry tart. The filling is not custard, but cream cheese with a little sweetness!" Xia Zhi interrupted from the side. "I want one too!" "Are you ok? Can you still eat?" “Chef Changfeng’s recommendation must be delicious!” Satsuki smiled and took out two sweet tarts and put them on the dessert plate. The sweet tart made with brightly colored strawberries has a unique blend of sourness and sweetness. It is a dessert that will be even more delicious after drinking a cocktail.

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