Top pairings | What wine (and other drinks) to pair with poke

Pairings | Apple

What wine (and other drinks) to pair with poke

If you haven’t heard of poke - the Hawaiian dish of cubed raw fish usually with rice and/or vegetables - you soon will. It’s everywhere (and pronounced, by the way, pokay not poke).

But what do you drink with it? A light lager would be the traditional match but there’s no reason why you shouldn’t match it with a wine, a cocktail or a soft drink for that matter. Here are my top seven suggestions

Riesling

A crisp fresh young riesling - from the Okanagan Valley or Washington state, for example - would be delicious

Grüner Veltliner

If in doubt turn to Grüner. Especially with Asian flavours

Sake

Poke is actually not that different in flavour from sushi and although the Japanese wouldn’t traditionally drink a rice-based drink with rice there’s no reason why you shouldn’t.

A good crisp pils

C’mon! You can do better than a Bud! Buy a proper German pils or helles or a crisp craft lager. They’ll all pair well with poke.

Pina colada

Bring back those retro cocktails! We should stop being sniffy about pina colada and drink it with the kind of food for which it was intended.

And thinking pineapple and coconut, pineapple juice would also be a good (and appropriately Hawaiian) pairing as would ultra-fashionable sweet, creamy coconut water. Or play around with Marks & Spencer’s range of tropical drinks such as Coconut and Lime rum. (No, they're not paying me to suggest that!)

If you want to know more about poke read this excellent introduction from Bon Appetit.

Photo ©laplateresca at fotolia.com

If you found this post helpful and would like to support the website which is free to use it would be great if you'd make a donation towards its running costs or sign up to my regular Substack newsletter Eat This, Drink That for extra benefits.

CONTRIBUTE HERE

You may also enjoy …

Comments: 0 (Add)

Recent posts …

About FionaAbout FionaEvents and appearancesEvents and appearancesWork with meWork with me
Loading