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.
Gaeng Massaman — Muslim-Thai Braise / แกงมัสมั่น · as the Library describes it — full weight · some richness · seasoned · a little acid · sweet · led by anise, cardamom, cinnamon, star anise and brine · adjust this plate →
Bridge — shared noteCut — cleanseContrast — opposition
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Moutai Prince (Ren Yi) Baijiu
'mushroom' in the pour meets the dish's savour underneath; depth answering depth.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Kweichow Moutai Feitian (Flying Fairy) Baijiu
'soy sauce umami' in the pour meets the dish's savour underneath; depth answering depth.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Kumesen Kusu 25-Year Aged Awamori
deep umami in the pour meets the dish's savour underneath; depth answering depth.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Springbank 10 Year Old Campbeltown Single Malt
the dish's brine meets 'brine' in the glass; salt water on both sides.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Blandy's Sercial Colheita Madeira
the dish's brine meets 'saline mineral' in the glass; salt water on both sides.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Beet Kvass (33.8oz)
the dish's brine meets a saline edge in the glass; salt water on both sides.
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