E4 - A Bar's Secret Ingredient - The Face of a Martini
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[00:05] Kamishima
Monsieur Yamanouchi, was it?
[00:09] Taizo
Yeah.
[00:10] Taizo
He's a chef at the most difficult restaurant
to get reservations for in Paris right now.
[00:15] Taizo
Our French chef had to suddenly return home
due to an illness in his family.
[00:21] Kamishima
Oh.
[00:23] Taizo
I scouted out a replacement,
and we're in talks now,
[00:28] Taizo
but his conditions are extremely
specific, as you can see.
[00:31] Kamishima
"All provided ingredients must be
identical to those used in Paris"?
[00:35] Kamishima
Even the water and vegetables?
[00:37] Taizo
It might be different
with a small restaurant,
[00:39] Taizo
but on the scale of a hotel,
that would be horrible for profits.
[00:42] Kamishima
I suppose you'll have to negotiate
and convince him to compromise on things.
[00:47] Taizo
Exactly right.
[00:48] Taizo
He's a tough opponent,
but he'd be great for the hotel.
[00:52] Taizo
It's in your hands now, Kamishima-kun.
[00:55] Kamishima
Wh-What? Do I have to do it?
[00:58] Taizo
I don't care how. Pray to a higher
power for help if you have to.
[01:02] Taizo
Or, maybe, pray for the Glass of God.
[01:05] Kamishima
Oh.
SIGN Glass of God
[02:48] Ryu
Here you are. A Moscow Mule.
[02:57] Kamishima
Whoa.
[02:59] Kamishima
I've never had such a delicious
Moscow Mule before!
[03:03] Ryu
Thank you very much.
[03:04] Kamishima
My boss and my staff kept saying,
"You'll know it when you drink it."
[03:09] Ryu
Would that be Kurushima-san?
[03:11] Kamishima
Huh? How did you know?
[03:13] Ryu
You have excellent posture when seated, so
I assumed you might be employed at the hotel.
[03:18] Kamishima
Wow. You really do have a sharp eye.
[03:23] Kamishima
Honestly, before I came here, I wasn't
really sure what "Glass of God" meant.
[03:29] Kamishima
Until now, with this one drink.
It isn't simply delicious.
[03:35] Kamishima
Yeah, it feels like it gave me a nudge.
[03:38] Kamishima
A little push to give things another shot.
[03:40] Kamishima
Your cocktails really can give people
an emotional boost.
[03:46] Ryu
That's very flattering.
[03:47] Kamishima
And that's why I'm here.
[03:49] Kamishima
I want your help with something.
[03:51] Kamishima
I want you to use your drinks
to change someone's mind.
[03:56] Ryu
Oh...
[03:58] Kamishima
Please! You'd be saving my neck!
[04:01] Kamishima
I'm begging you! I mean it!
SIGN Ogura
[04:06] Ryu
Ugh. Why does it have to be me?
[04:10] Taisho
Were those girls asking the impossible again?
[04:13] Ryu
Well, their boss asked me for a favor.
[04:22] Ryu
Chief, did you change the recipe?
[04:24] Taisho
I'm impressed you noticed.
I added a secret ingredient.
[04:29] Ryu
Miso? But there's something else.
[04:33] Ryu
What is it?
[04:34] Taisho
Honey.
[04:35] Ryu
Huh?!
[04:36] Ryu
You put honey in gyoza?
[04:38] Taisho
Sounds crazy, right?
[04:40] Taisho
Just goes to show that if you can
overcome your preconceptions,
[04:43] Taisho
you open yourself to discovering new flavors.
[04:48] Ryu
Preconceptions, huh.
[04:51] Yukari
Huh? You went to Edenhall by yourself, Boss?
[04:55] Miwa
Did Sasakura-san say
that he would work for us?
[04:59] Taisho
No, it was for something else.
The chairman sent me.
[05:03] Taisho
I'm trying to rope in Monsieur Yamanouchi.
[05:06] Yukari
Huh? That famous three-star chef?
[05:09] Kamishima
Yeah.
[05:10] Yukari
That's really asking the impossible!
[05:12] Kamishima
I played the hand I had.
[05:13] Miwa
Do you mean... Is that why
you went to Sasakura-san's bar?
[05:18] Kamishima
Yeah. This weekend,
we'll attend to Chef Yamanouchi.
[05:24] Kamishima
We'll finish the night at Edenhall.
[05:26] Kamishima
We can't make any mistakes.
I want you both there in top form.
[05:41] Kamishima
Well, hello there.
[05:58] Yamanouchi
Kamishima-san.
[05:59] Kamishima
Yes?
[06:00] Yamanouchi
I'm not telling you to source ingredients
from France because I'm a Francophile.
[06:07] Yamanouchi
Imagine if I wanted to start
a yakitori restaurant in Paris.
[06:10] Yamanouchi
The meat is one thing,
but what about the sauce?
[06:14] Yamanouchi
Can you make the sauce for yakitori
without mirin, soy sauce, and zarame?
[06:18] Yamanouchi
Would it be an unreasonable request
to have those ingredients shipped from Japan?
[06:23] Kamishima
Well, no.
[06:25] Kamishima
However, when you're talking about
the water for cooking and the vegetables...
[06:31] Yamanouchi
If it would be impossible, then I have
no interest in discussing this further.
[06:35] Yamanouchi
I'll finish eating and
then go back to the hotel.
[06:38] Kamishima
No! Please let me take you
to one more place.
[06:41] Miwa
Please allow us to take you there.
[06:43] Yukari
Yes, please!
[06:45] Yamanouchi
Well, if you insist.
[06:48] Kamishima
Thank you very much!
[06:53] Ryu
Welcome.
[06:55] Yamanouchi
I only came because they forced me.
[06:58] Yamanouchi
Are you supposed to be
the bartender serving me?
[07:02] Ryu
Yes. There is a beverage
I would like you to try.
[07:06] Ryu
Here it is.
[07:09] Kamishima
Please drink this and
try to guess what it is.
[07:13] Yamanouchi
What? Like a blind tasting?
[07:16] Kamishima
Yes.
[07:17] Kamishima
If you are able to guess correctly,
then we will stop pressuring you.
[07:21] Kamishima
But if you don't guess correctly...
[07:23] Yamanouchi
Then I have to consider
your offer. Is that right?
[07:28] Yamanouchi
I'm a chef of French cuisine. I'm rather
confident in my knowledge of alcohol.
[07:35] Yamanouchi
And you still want to test me?
[07:41] Yamanouchi
Very well.
[07:48] Ryu
Here you are.
[07:49] Ryu
I prepared the beverage
that Kamishima-sama selected.
[07:52] Kamishima
Huh?
[07:53] Yamanouchi
Hmm.
[07:57] Yamanouchi
It's more of an amber color,
like tea, than it is red.
[08:01] Yamanouchi
It's the shade of a vintage port wine.
[08:05] Yamanouchi
The legs are about average. It must
not have a high percentage of alcohol.
[08:11] Yamanouchi
The odor has slight notes of yeast,
like Japanese miso.
[08:25] Yamanouchi
If they chose this for me to taste,
it must be a wine.
[08:30] Yamanouchi
And this aftertaste...
[08:33] Yamanouchi
It's definitely a sherry, either
Amontillado or an oloroso.
[08:39] Yamanouchi
This is...
[08:42] Yamanouchi
an oloroso that has been aged
about twenty years.
[08:48] Ryu
The answer is...
[08:51] Miwa
Oh!
[08:53] Yukari
Is that...?
[08:55] Kamishima
Sasakura-san, is that it?
SIGN True Mirin
SIGN Original Recipe Made with Pure Glutinous Rice
SIGN Sanshu Mikawa Mirin
[09:02] Yamanouchi
M-Mirin?!
[09:04] Ryu
Yes.
[09:05] Ryu
It's true mirin that was aged
for ten years to let it mature.
[09:09] Miwa
Mirin, like the cooking ingredient?
[09:12] Ryu
Yes.
SIGN Sanshu
Mikawa
Mirin
[09:13] Ryu
True mirin is made by adding
glutinous rice and koji mold to shochu.
[09:18] Ryu
It's actually a sweet alcohol.
[09:21] Ryu
If you would like, why don't
the rest of you try it as well?
[09:27] Kamishima
I never thought mirin could taste like this.
[09:29] Yukari
I can understand why he
said it tasted like a sherry.
[09:36] Yamanouchi
Excuse me.
[09:38] Yamanouchi
This wasn't a fair challenge!
[09:40] Yamanouchi
You tried to trick me! I refuse
to work with people like that!
[09:44] Kamishima
Please wait!
[09:45] Ryu
You truly are...
[09:46] Ryu
a world-class chef...
[09:49] Ryu
if you guessed it was oloroso from the faint,
lingering odor of the koji mold.
[09:55] Ryu
I expect you may have heard this before,
but please allow me to share a story.
[10:00] Ryu
There was a sommelier
competition held in Tokyo once.
[10:05] Ryu
One participant said that a Northern
European alcohol was Japanese umeshu.
[10:10] Ryu
As the event was held in Japan, his
preconceptions probably affected his tasting.
[10:16] Ryu
But later, that same man was recognized
as the most talented sommelier in the world,
[10:21] Ryu
which proves that he did have
an excellent sense of taste.
[10:24] Miwa
How could such a top-class sommelier
confuse a European liquor for umeshu?
[10:30] Kamishima
Preconceptions, huh.
[10:33] Ryu
I imagine that you have also been burdened
by preconceptions of Japaneseness,
[10:37] Ryu
Chef Yamanouchi.
[10:41] Ryu
You were told that if you used
ingredients from outside of France,
[10:44] Ryu
your cuisine could not be called French.
[10:47] Ryu
Even if you carefully
followed authentic recipes,
[10:50] Ryu
you would be criticized
for using the wrong technique.
[10:54] Kamishima
So that's why he was so insistent
on using French ingredients.
[10:58] Yamanouchi
How could you possibly know that about me?
[11:01] Ryu
Because I had the same experience.
[11:04] Ryu
"Can a Japanese person understand Western
flavors? Can he really make our cocktails?"
[11:11] Ryu
The message you wanted
to express, Kamishima-sama,
[11:13] Ryu
was to not lose yourself to
such trivial preconceptions, I assume.
[11:17] Ryu
And that's why you chose
such a tricky alcohol.
[11:22] Yamanouchi
Did you really put
that much thought into this?
[11:24] Kamishima
Huh?
[11:25] Ryu
He certainly did. Right, Kamishima-san?
[11:27] Kamishima
Uh, well... yes.
[11:33] Yamanouchi
Kamishima-san.
[11:34] Kamishima
Yes?
[11:35] Yamanouchi
I suppose I would be interested in hearing
a little more about your hotel's offer.
[11:42] Kamishima
Thank you very much!
[11:46] Taizo
You did a great job.
[11:48] Kamishima
No, it was all thanks to your advice.
[11:52] Taizo
I wish I had been there to see
the look on Monsieur Yamanouchi's face.
[11:57] Kamishima
But that Sasakura sure is impressive!
[12:00] Kamishima
How do you become such a thoughtful and
considerate bartender at such a young age?
[12:06] Taizo
If you feel that way, then don't waste
any more time bringing him here.
[12:11] Kamishima
Yes, sir.
[12:13] Miwa
Yamanouchi-san saw through
the whole thing, though.
[12:16] Miwa
There's no way the manager would
have known about that mirin.
[12:20] Ryu
A bartender is no different than mirin.
He is merely the bar's secret ingredient.
[12:25] Miwa
Then what are the guests?
[12:27] Ryu
They are the main dish, of course.
The lead characters.
[12:31] Ryu
In the truest sense, the people who
actually make the bar are the customers.
[12:37] Kyoko
Hello. Good evening.
[12:39] Miwa
Oh.
[12:41] (Flashback) Kyoko
I finally worked up the courage
to quit my job today.
[12:48] Ryu
Please have a seat.
SIGN Glass of God
[12:52] Kyoko
Huh? You were here that day?
[12:55] Kyoko
Wow. Please forget about it!
[12:57] Miwa
What about your bartending job?
[12:59] Kyoko
I decided to stay on
after this guy lectured me.
[13:03] Miwa
Huh? Sasakura-san did?
[13:07] Kyoko
After that, I gave it my best shot, and
now I'm finally allowed to mix cocktails.
[13:14] Kyoko
But still...
[13:18] (Flashback) Kyoko
Here you are.
[13:19] (Flashback) Kyoko
A Martini.
[13:27] (Flashback) Minami
This Martini...
[13:29] (Flashback) Minami
has no face.
[13:33] (Flashback) Minami
I don't think making Martinis
like this will help your training.
[13:38] Kyoko
Geez.
[13:40] Kyoko
A "face"? What? I don't get it at all.
[13:44] Ryu
What would you like?
[13:48] Kyoko
Please use Beefeater gin and Noilly
vermouth at a three-to-one ratio
[13:53] Kyoko
and make me a Martini that has a face.
[13:56] Ryu
Understood.
[13:59] Ryu
The Martini uses only gin and vermouth
and is very simple to make.
[14:05] Ryu
So why is it called the king of cocktails?
[14:10] Ryu
It's because there are
infinite combinations.
[14:13] Ryu
Which brands will you use?
What ratio will you use?
[14:17] Ryu
Depending on who makes it,
[14:19] Ryu
the coupling of gin and vermouth could
produce many different expressions.
[14:25] Ryu
That's why the Martini is...
[14:29] Ryu
a very special cocktail.
[14:35] Kyoko
It gives off a fragrance.
[14:41] Kyoko
This is totally different from my Martinis.
[14:45] Kyoko
Even though I try to make them
the same way Minami-san does.
[14:48] Ryu
Most likely, you haven't been drawing out
the character of the Beefeater.
[14:54] Kyoko
Character?
[14:55] Ryu
If you water down Beefeater too much,
it starts to lose its fragrance.
[15:00] Ryu
If you stir it to mix air in,
but without melting the ice,
[15:05] Ryu
it starts to release a citrusy fragrance.
[15:08] Kyoko
Minami-san never taught me that.
[15:12] Ryu
Kawakami-san, why did you
choose Beefeater for the gin?
[15:17] Kyoko
Well, that's because it's what
Minami-san always used at the bar.
[15:21] Ryu
Regardless of which gin you use,
if you don't bring out its character,
[15:26] Ryu
bartenders will tell you,
[15:29] Ryu
"This Martini has no face."
[15:33] Kyoko
So that's what it meant.
[15:36] Ryu
I feel the same way as Minami-san.
[15:38] Kyoko
Huh?
[15:39] Ryu
It's impossible to learn something
from words alone.
[15:42] Ryu
The anxiety, the uncertainty you feel,
[15:44] Ryu
and the blood you shed doing something by
yourself are the only things that can teach you.
[15:49] Ryu
If that's too difficult for you, perhaps
you would find it more enjoyable
[15:54] Ryu
to remain seated on that side of the bar.
[15:58] Kyoko
How can you talk to me like that?
That time before, and now today...
[16:02] Kyoko
Who do you think you are, anyway?
[16:04] Miwa
Sasakura-san, that was a little harsh.
[16:06] Ryu
If you still have the energy
to get that angry,
[16:08] Ryu
would you like to go out
to have one more Martini?
[16:12] Kyoko
Huh?
[16:14] Kyoko
Where are we going?
[16:16] Ryu
To a bar I was taken to back
when I was still an apprentice.
[16:21] Kyoko
Hell's arms?
[16:23] Ryu
I haven't been here in a long time.
[16:31] Miwa
Huh. It's a music bar!
[16:34] Kyoko
I came for the Martini,
but isn't this a place for music?
[16:41] Miwa
And the bartender is a woman.
[16:43] Kyoko
Oh, you're right.
[16:46] Yuri
Welcome.
[16:49] Ryu
Is Uehara-san here today?
[16:52] Yuri
No, the owner took the day off.
[16:54] Ryu
Oh, okay. Well, I'd like a Martini, please.
[16:57] Miwa
Me too.
[16:59] Kyoko
Me too, please.
[17:00] Yuri
Three Martinis. Got it.
[17:06] Kyoko
A Vodka Martini?
[17:09] Ryu
Overseas, Martinis are often
made shaken with vodka.
[17:20] Yuri
Here you are. Three Martinis.
[17:29] Kyoko
I did expect it would have
sharper flavor than a Gin Martini,
[17:33] Kyoko
but it goes down easy
and has a strong punch.
[17:37] Kyoko
I guess this is still a Martini.
[17:39] Miwa
The peel sinks to the bottom.
That makes it a lot easier to drink.
[17:44] Ryu
I'm impressed that you noticed!
[17:46] Kyoko
Huh?
[17:48] Kyoko
You're right. Normally,
the lemon peel floats to the top.
[17:53] Kyoko
How did you do this?
[17:56] Yuri
Secret of the trade.
[18:01] (Flashback) Ryu
That must be...
[18:02] (Flashback) Uehara
Just a little something I thought of.
[18:05] (Flashback) Uehara
This way, the customer won't have to
move the lemon peel aside to drink it.
[18:13] (Flashback) Uehara
You've got to have a good eye
to work in the service industry
[18:17] (Flashback) Uehara
and be able to notice little things
that most people wouldn't.
[18:23] Ryu
I learned that from
Uehara-san a long time ago.
[18:27] Yuri
Pardon me, but who are you?
[18:30] Ryu
I used to work at Bar Kaze.
SIGN Sasakura Ryu
[18:33] Ryu
My name is Sasakura.
[18:35] Kyoko
Oh, I forgot to introduce myself.
[18:38] Kyoko
I work at Bar Minami in Ginza.
I'm Kawakami Kyoko.
[18:41] Yuri
So you're in the business too?
SIGN Kinjo Yuri
[18:44] Yuri
My name is Kinjo Yuri.
[18:46] Yuri
I just started bartending,
so this is only my third year.
[18:49] Kyoko
Third year? But this is so delicious.
[18:53] Kyoko
Even though you've only been
working as long as I have.
[18:56] Yuri
What would you like next?
[18:58] Miwa
Hmm, what should I go with?
[19:01] Kyoko
I wonder what kind of "face"
it will have when she makes it.
[19:06] Kyoko
A Gin Martini, please.
[19:13] Kyoko
You freeze the gin?
[19:15] Yuri
Not quite freeze, but I keep it
at minus five or six degrees.
[19:19] Yuri
60 milliliters of gin.
[19:20] Yuri
And for vermouth, I use
Martini Extra Dry. Two dashes.
[19:25] Kyoko
Dry and dry.
[19:27] Yuri
Yeah. Then I stir it a little longer
than normal to raise the temperature a bit.
[19:34] Kyoko
You raise the temperature?
[19:36] Ryu
When the temperature goes up
by one degree,
[19:38] Ryu
the fragrance and flavor
of the gin really open up.
[19:41] Ryu
But it maintains its coldness,
just like when you chill it with ice.
[19:46] Kyoko
I always thought that stirring and shaking
were only to lower the temperature.
[19:52] Miwa
Is it all right for you to be sharing
your technique with other bartenders?
[19:56] Yuri
Even if the amounts are exactly the same,
[19:58] Yuri
different people can't necessarily
create the exact same flavor.
[20:02] Yuri
This Martini is my very own Martini.
[20:10] Kyoko
This is her own Martini.
[20:14] Kyoko
It does have a kick, but the fragrance
and character of the gin comes through well.
[20:21] Kyoko
I'm ashamed to admit it,
but this is delicious.
[20:24] Yuri
Thanks.
[20:25] Miwa
Different Martinis really
can have different characters.
[20:29] Kyoko
The face of a Martini...
[20:32] Kyoko
is the character of
the bartender who makes it.
[20:37] Kyoko
But I still don't know
what kind of bartender I am.
[20:42] Ryu
You're the only person
who can make your Martini.
[20:45] Kyoko
Huh?
[20:45] Ryu
I'm sure you'll find it eventually.
[20:49] Yuri
I decided to enter a competition
for that exact reason.
[20:53] Kyoko
Huh? Competition?
[20:55] Yuri
You've heard of the Cocktail Award, right?
[20:57] Kyoko
Yes.
[20:59] Kyoko
The one where you're told to create
an original version of a specified cocktail.
[21:03] Yuri
I thought if I competed in that,
I'd be able to see a lot more clearly...
[21:09] Yuri
what kind of bartender I want to become.
[21:12] Customer
Excuse me.
[21:14] Yuri
Well, enjoy.
[21:19] Kyoko
What kind of bartender, huh.
[21:25] Uehara
Oh? Sasakura-kun dropped by?
[21:29] Uehara
The "Glass of God" guy, huh?
[21:32] Yuri
Glass of God?
[21:33] Uehara
Yeah.
[21:35] (Flashback) Uehara
So you're the new guy at Bar Kaze?
[21:38] (Flashback) Uehara
What kind of bartender
do you want to become?
[21:41] (Flashback) Ryu
One that can make the Glass of God
[21:44] (Flashback) Ryu
and relieve all of the guests'
worries with a single drink.
[21:49] Uehara
Yeah. He had a real hungry look
in his eye when he told me that.
[21:53] Yuri
He didn't look that way to me, though.
[21:56] Uehara
Oh?
[22:01] Taizo
All right, I can do that.
[22:02] Kuzuhara
I realize how presumptuous it is of me
to request that from you, Chairman.
[22:07] Taizo
It's fine. Don't sweat it.
[22:10] Taizo
I think I have a good idea, anyway.
SIGN Episode 5
SIGN The First Drop