Chapter 104
Jiang Yun Zhu wanted to make a cocktail.
Cocktails originate from foreign countries. It was a kind of wine prepared by adding two or more ingredients to one base wine. It had bright colors and a refreshing taste.
Dishes were all about color, fragrance, and taste. It was the same with wine. Who didn't want to try a glass of wine that looked very attractive.
For example, the grape wine that had always enjoyed a high reputation, ‘Grape Wine Luminous Cup’. Excellent wine paired with beautiful utensils. Even the emperors of all dynasties fell in love with it. For example, the bilingxiang that Jiang Yun Zhu drank last time. That jar cost several hundred liang and one may not be able to buy it with money.
This cocktail had a unique color and taste. Jiang Yun Zhu felt that in the capital, the gathering of four sides, they only needed to make good choices. Unlike Boss Luo's silver tableware, which were too exaggerated. Just need to make it suit everyone's taste and everyone should like it.
In fact, Jiang Yun Zhu had done this in her dream. It was considered a success. It was that she had been in the Marquis Anping for a long time. Sometimes, these skills had nowhere to display!
As for making cocktails, she needed to use base wine. Baijiu was suitable. In modern times, there were many cocktails made with baijiu. It was very Chinese and even popular overseas. Of course, not all Baijiu were suitable. One should choose light-flavored Baijiu, such as sorghum liquor, Zhuyeqing, etc.
"Boss Luo, can you come to my restaurant for dinner tonight?" Jiang Yun Zhu invited. She wanted to show Boss Luo the cocktails. Facts speak louder than words.
Boss Luo readily agreed. The Shiguang Restaurant's food was so delicious. He was free tonight. He wanted to go if she didn't invite him.
Jiang Yun Zhu bought some glasses from Boss Luo and then went to the market to buy various things for making cocktails. Of course, most importantly, the ice! She hoped that Boss Luo would pay a little in advance. Boss Luo agreed and took her to the ice cellar in the suburbs.
In the afternoon, everything was ready. Jiang Yun Zhu started mixing drinks.
She was busy all day, making juice and preparing the ice cubes. Xue Jing followed her for a long time and immediately understood that she was going to make some novel food. He immediately stood by her side.
"I won't cook food today." Jiang Yun Zhu smiled at him.
Then, she took out a glass and put it on the counter. Then she took out a round jar, put bamboo leaf-green liqueur, peach juice, and almond syrup into the jar in turn, shook it well, then added three ice cubes, and shook it up and down.
The sound of crashing ice cubes mixed with wine as they hit the inner wall of the jar was clear and loud. It immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the store.
There were no customers at the moment. Jin Jiao Yue and the others were curious about what Jiang Yun Zhu was doing. They all surrounded her.
"Just wait. There will be something good to drink in a while." Xue Jing directed to Zhang He and the others familiarly.
Everyone watched Jiang Yun Zhu again and saw that her movements were chic and reckless. It was indescribably beautiful.
There were various ways to make cocktails. Jiang Yun Zhu had only learned a little bit in modern times. She could somewhat manage to fool them.
With a ‘snap’, the jar hit the table. Jiang Yun Zhu opened the jar and poured the wine and ice cubes into the glass.
Boss Luo's glasses came in several shapes and colors. Jiang Yun Zhu chose a glass that was similar to a modern red wine glass, except that the slender stem wasn't as tall at the bottom. It was a bit like a dwarfed red wine glass.
In terms of color, this wine glass wasn't as transparent as modern ones. Still, it could be used.
A white apricot-colored wine mixed with ice cubes could be seen falling into the glass. In an instant, a sweet fragrance of wine wafted out.
"Try it." Jiang Yun Zhu stretched out her hand to signal.
There was only one glass of wine. Jin Jiao Yue and the others licked their lips, but decided to give way to Xue Jing. Who told him to spend the longest time with Jiang Yun Zhu.
However, Xue Jing pushed the glass of wine to Zhang He. These days, the two got along. He admired his knife skills very much. This glass, consider it a gift from him.
Zhang He's ice-like face was sullen. He wasn't good at words. Since Xue Jing gave way to him, he’ll remember this affection. So he drank it.
Picking up the wine glass, he took a sip of the wine.
In an instant, the ice layer on his face seemed to be melting. How could this wine be so sweet and soft? Like, like... He glanced at Zheng Li Niang and his face flushed instantly.
"This glass of wine is called Iced Peach." Jiang Yun Zhu said. In fact, this wine was called Sweet Kiss and the taste of this wine was like a girl's light kiss; countless sweet longings. But because this era was relatively conservative, she changed the name of this wine.
"How is it?" Xue Jing immediately asked Zhang He.
The suspicious blush on Zhang He's face became more and more worse. Xue Jing didn't notice it, but Jiang Yun Zhu, Jin Jiao Yue and others did.
Jiang Yun Zhu followed his gaze and looked at Zheng Li Niang. Amusement bubbled in her heart. Unexpectedly, a glass of wine made her discover something different. It was that one of these two people was frigid and the other was indifferent. Don't know how they’ll get together.
Jin Jiao Yue and the others became even more curious about the taste of the wine. It made Zhang He show such an expression.
They looked at Jiang Yun Zhu expectantly.
Jiang Yun Zhu didn’t waste words. She quickly made a few more glasses and handed them to everyone.
Everyone got the wine, drank it, and had different expressions on their faces. Some people drank the wine in small sips and felt melancholy in their hearts. While others drank the wine in one gulp, feeling overwhelmed.
"Wine could be so delicious." Jin Jiao Yue pinched the wine glass with her fair fingers. Her eyes blurred, as if recalling some past matters.
"Boss." Xue Jing was more straightforward. He directly gave Jiang Yun Zhu a thumbs up. Then he looked at Zhang He and the others, a little complacent. He said there was something good to drink. Sure enough, there was.
Several people looked at Jiang Yun Zhu and it suddenly dawned on them. They seemed to understand why their Commissioner-in-chief Shen ran here every day.
In this restaurant with Jiang Yun Zhu, it was simply a bliss to live a simple life and eat delicious meals every day.
Happy. They almost forgot this feeling. It turned out that it was like this.
Several people took another sip of the ice peach. The corners of their mouths rose slightly.
Jiang Yun Zhu was also drinking. For a while, the room was quiet.
After drinking together, everyone seemed to be getting closer than before.
"Boss, can you make another glass for me?" Jin Jiao Yue asked softly, she felt that she had fallen in love with this kind of wine.
"Don't worry." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
This time she mixed a glass of wine with bamboo leaf-green liqeur, soda water, and watermelon juice.
"Red Makeup." She said as she handed the wine to Jin Jiao Yue. The overall color of this wine was bright red. Quite gorgeous. After drinking it, the mouth was full of fragrance. It felt like a stunning beauty.
She made a cup with bamboo leaf-green liqueur, mint, lime juice, and honey.
"Jasper Lake." Jiang Yun Zhu said. This glass of wine was light green in color as a whole. It looked like fine nectar from Jasper Lake .
Finally, Jiang Yun Zhu first mixed half a glass of Fenjiu and soda water and poured it into the glass. Bamboo leaf-green liqueur, mint and a little curacao liqueur filled halfway and then poured into the previous glass.
The wine at the bottom of the glass was transparent, while the top was ice blue. When the glass was shaken, the blue was dense. Like the ‘Ocean’. The taste of this wine was like its color, with a mysterious sweetness that attracted people's imagination .
Everyone drank a glass of everything and they couldn't get enough.
"It's time to open for business soon." Jiang Yun Zhu stated. No more drinking.
Everyone was happily immersed in drinking. After hearing this, they all felt like they were hit on the head.
"In the future, I will teach Zhang He the method of mixing wine. If you want to drink, you can ask him for it. However, you can't drink too much. Getting drunk would cause trouble." Jiang Yun Zhu continued.
After hearing this, everyone became happy. They were all strong-minded people. Of course, they won't get drunk.
In a good mood, they opened the store to prepare to open.
Unexpectedly, the first customer to come to the door was Madam Yang. She once again brought the children here today.
The three of them couldn't forget the dishes cooked by Jiang Yun Zhu at noon yesterday. They wanted to come here at noon, but unfortunately they were delayed by something. In the evening, they didn't care too much about the distance and came immediately.
Madam Yang was Yang Sheng's mother. Jiang Yun Zhu treated her like an elder. When she saw her, she made a glass of Jasper Lake and asked Jin Jiao Yue to bring it to Madam Yang.
"The owner specially gives this to Guest. The name of the wine is Jasper Lake." Jin Jiao Yue put the wine in front of Madam Yang and smilingly told her.
Madam Yang was surprised. Firstly, she found the color and aroma of the wine strange. Secondly, the owner gave her wine?
"Thank the owner for me." She responded.
Jin Jiao Yue bowed and withdrew.
Madam Yang picked up the glass of wine curiously, took a sip, and felt the sweetness and fragrance in her mouth. It was like fine nectar and jade dew.
"Jasper Lake ?" Looking at the wine, she felt that the name was correct.
Good food, good wine...Suddenly, she remembered the agreement with Mrs. Li and the others the day after tomorrow to go to the White Horse Temple to offer incense and eat vegetarian food.
What was the point of eating vegetarian food!? The food and drinks in this restaurant were delicious!
She had an idea in an instant.
After a while, Boss Luo came. He ordered food. Jiang Yun Zhu made a glass of Jasper Lake and a glass of Ocean and got Jin Jiao Yue to bring them to him.
Soon, Boss Luo wanted to see Jiang Yun Zhu.
Jiang Yun Zhu went to see him.
As soon as she entered the door, Boss Luo pointed to the two glasses of wine and said excitedly, "Boss Jiang, what was this?"
"I mixed some wine." Jiang Yun Zhu replied.
Boss Luo noticed that she used mixed instead of brew. But it didn't matter though. He hadn't had this kind of wine anywhere else before.
It was both clean and refreshing. The key point was that this wine was very pretty.
Especially, it was in the glass he's most proud of.
This wine was like it was tailor-made for him. He could already imagine everyone's expressions when they saw the wine.
"Boss Jiang, can I use your wine for my banquet?" Boss Luo asked nervously. In fact, since Jiang Yun Zhu invited him here today and brought him these two glasses of wine, he could already guess her intention. Still, he had to hear her promise with his own ears so that he could feel at ease.
"Okay. However, Boss Luo has to prepare wine glasses and ice cubes." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
"No problem." Boss Luo immediately agreed.
Afterward, the two discussed again before Jiang Yun Zhu left.
In the next few days, Shiguang Restaurant gradually had some customers. It included wealthy businessmen as well as several madams brought by Madam Yang. The restaurant's business seemed to be slowly getting on the right track.
On this day, it was finally time for Boss Luo’s hosting. Jiang Yun Zhu took Xue Jing, Zhang He and others to Luo's house early to get working.
Boss Luo was busy greeting everyone. Boss Du asked him quietly, "Why did you hold the banquet so quickly? Did you find a famous cook?"
He was worried for him. If the dishes weren’t well made today, Boss Bai and the others will definitely take the opportunity to mock them.
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