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

Khao Niew Dum — Black Sticky Rice Dessert / ข้าวเหนียวดำ · as the Library describes it — mid weight · some richness · sweet · led by cream · a morning plate · adjust this plate →

Bridge — shared noteCut — cleanseContrast — opposition

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Café au lait — Bensa Bore Honey Process Sidama Coffee, as served the dish's cream finds 'cream' in the glass; a shared note, carried across.

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Matcha Tea, as served the dish's sweetness answers 'sweet grass' without either tipping over.

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Loxton Moscato Rosé Non-alcoholic · Loxton the dish's sweetness answers gentle sweetness without either tipping over. Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.

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Cappuccino — Bensa Bore Honey Process Sidama Coffee, as served the dish's cream finds 'cream' in the glass; a shared note, carried across.

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Blandy's Sercial Colheita Madeira Fortified wine · Blandy's · Madeira the dish's sweetness answers gentle sweetness without either tipping over. After the morning pours, where the service allows. Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.

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Maker's Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky · Maker's Mark Distillery · Kentucky Bourbon Country the dish's sweetness answers 'caramel' without either tipping over. After the morning pours, where the service allows. 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