Salmon teriyaki

Salmon teriyaki: salmon glazed with soy, mirin, sake, and sugar, grilled or pan-fried until the glaze caramelises. The dominant flavours are sweet-salty-umami from the teriyaki glaze, the oily salmon fat beneath, and the caramelised sugar on the surface. Oak is eliminated by the fish and soy together. The sweet-salty register of the glaze pushes toward wines with residual sweetness or enough aromatic complexity to bridge the gap, bone-dry mineral whites are stripped flat by the soy umami.