http://www.midori-world.com/cocktail-recipe/varieties/shogun-assassin.html
Mnuel Terron's Original cocktail with MIDORI
(ingredients) MIDORI, Sake, Green Chartreuse,Lemon juice,1 Passionfruit
Sake based cocktail
High alcoholic content
Sour flavor, with Cocktail glass
This vibrant drink was designed as a liquid representation of the classic samurai film Shogun Assassin that was released in the English speaking market in 1980, not long after the launch of MIDORI in the United States. Similar to MIDORIs start being inspired by a group of bartenders, the film was put together specifically for the American market from the first two of the famous Lone Wolf and Cub series of jidaigeki films. So when this drink was coming together the intent was to reflect a diversity by combining the old and the new. Sake seemed the logical base for the cocktail, as it is in every westerners perception the traditional beverage of choice in Japan. Sour was also an important component because the drink needed to be sharp like Ogamis sword yet graceful so I used both lemon juice and another great sour fruit, passionfruit, which also provided me with the perfect garnish in the black seeds. The sweetness of the MIDORI is subtle here and plays perfectly with the Sake then the final component of herbal complexity with the addition of Chartreuse. This is one cocktail that pleases on the attack.
Hmmm I'm gonna have to get some more Sake and some Green Charteuse and try this
Crimsonriven 1 month ago
nice drink but id rather dont have the seeds
habacuk1985 10 months ago
''You are marked for death wherever you go, you can not escape the shogun'' SHOGUN ASSASSIN
killbill402 2 years ago