I
have spent one half of my second day in Valencia by walking around. I never use
public transport. I like to walk. However after walking from my hotel to the
beach and then from the beach all the way up to the Porta de Serrans through
the city center (18.3 kms) I really had
to stop to have a break. Fortunatelly, close to Porta de Serrans, there were a
few tents surrounded by tourists and I said to myself : ,,Well, even if i don’t
like this touristic food and drinks, I may take something just to refresh my
powers a little bit, before I will reach a bar named ‘‘Gong.‘‘ I came to these
tents and one of them was a bar, where they were preparing a few cocktails. You
could choose from Mojito, Pina Colada or Caipirinha and Caipiroska. Once You
will fall in love with the combination of fresh mint and limes, there is no way
back. I ordered Mojito and then all the magic happened.
The
Barmaid took a plastic cup (we are on the street so I have no complaints about
that), she added freshly cutted lime, added 3 coffee spoons of very dark sugar
cane, picked off some mint leaves and then she ‘‘woke the mint up‘‘ (basically,
You clap your hands while you have the mint leaves in one of your hands. That
will damage the structure a bit and the mint starts to release more aroma), she
measured a perfect amount of white rum and she finished that with a soda water…
Now
You may think that it looks like a pretty standard Mojito, huh? Well, if You
consider, that we are on a street, and this tent doesn’t even have a name, it is
pretty big success already. But my Mojito wasn’t ready yet, because…
Then
she stirred it and at the end she added an exact 1 and ½ of a dash of ANGOSTURA
BITTERS.
This
is a perfect and absolutely amazing and genious detail. When You use Angostura
for Mojito, it partially covers the sweet profile of the the taste, while it
does not override any ingredients. You can still feel even the taste of sugar
cane, it just wont be so sweet. But until You will try it for yourself, You
will not believe it.
Her
proper work together with this very rarely seen detail made it the second best
Mojito I’ve ever had. And trust me, that was a lot of Mojitos in my life. By
the way, do You wonder, which one is the best? Go to my review on Hippie Market
on Ibiza… But for now lets enjoy this Mojito on the way to the bar Gong…
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