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

Dzotobichay · as the Library describes it — light · some richness · seasoned · a thread of smoke · led by toast · adjust this plate →

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Jameson Irish Whiskey Whisky · Irish Distillers — Midleton · County Cork — Midleton Distillery the dish's smoke meets 'light toasted wood' 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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Bushmills Malt 10 Year Old Whisky · Old Bushmills Distillery · County Antrim — Bushmills Distillery the dish's smoke meets a smoky register 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 — Burundi Kayanza (Gatukuza Women Group) Coffee, as served the dish's smoke meets 'roasted' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke.

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Cappuccino — Burundi Kayanza (Gatukuza Women Group) 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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Genmaicha Tea, as served the dish's smoke meets 'toasted rice' in the pour; smoke speaking to smoke.

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