Beverages · The pairing room

Start with the plate.

Name the dish's structure and the whole cellar answers — wine, sake, tea, coffee, beer or spirits on structural merit, never category habit. The move is always named; the reason is always written out.

Seared scallops, vanilla nage, shiso tempura Spanish paella Pacific Northwest clam chowder

Recado para Todo — All-Purpose Yucatecan Seasoning Paste · as the Library describes it — full weight · some richness · seasoned · bright · sweet · a thread of smoke · hot · led by anise, cinnamon, oregano, toast, pepper and cream · adjust this plate →

Bridge — shared noteCut — cleanseContrast — opposition

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Yoichi Single Malt — NAS Whisky · Nikka Whisky — Yoichi Distillery · Yoichi — Nikka Distillery the dish's smoke meets 'peat smoke' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke. Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.

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Laphroaig 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky · Laphroaig Distillery · Islay the dish's smoke meets 'peat smoke' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke. Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.

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Americano — Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Turkish Coffee Coffee, as served the dish's smoke meets 'roasted' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke.

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Espresso — Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi Turkish Coffee Coffee, as served the dish's smoke meets 'roasted' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke.

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Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fume Silex Wine · Didier Dagueneau · Pouilly-Fumé the dish's smoke meets 'gunflint' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke. Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.

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Château Haut-Brion Wine · Château Haut-Brion · Pessac-Léognan the dish's smoke meets 'smoky' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke. Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.

Suggestions are structural, drawn from each pour's own recorded markers · back to your cellar