3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
1 barspoon Sesame Oil
Shake with ice and strain into a Highball glass with ice. Top with 4 oz of ginger beer, add a straw, and garnish with a lime wheel.
At Sichuan Garden II in Woburn, bartender Ran Duan suggested the Domo Arigato for Andrea, and its inclusion of sesame oil in the ingredients list definitely intrigued her. Ran explained how he discovered how well mezcal and sesame paired when he happened to drink the agave spirit with a sesame dish, and thus, he crafted this Mezcal Buck as a result. Perhaps this should not be so surprising once you consider that sesame seeds play a large role in Mexican cuisine in many mole and adobo recipes; however, as the drink's name suggests, sesame's role in Asian cooking is also quite important.
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Just wanted to comment that I tried this drink last night. Perhaps went a bit overboard on the sesame side when I sprinkled a bit of roasted sesame as garnish. The taste, as you say, is soooo curious. What an unusual profile (to me) combining the ginger beer, lime, smoke, and sesame! I wouldn't say it's a go-to drink, but one I would not at all mind re-visiting.
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