The Great Wave at Amuse [Video]

This week, the best thing I ate was a standout cocktail savory enough to almost count as a meal.

In conjunction with the new Samurai exhibit, Amuse in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.) recently launched a new Japanese-inspired food and drink menu with a selection of adventurous libations. One combines whiskey sesame and sweet soy sauce; another mixes vodka with matcha, crème de peche and rice milk.

I sampled several of these concoctions — the depths of my dedication to my readers really knows no bounds — and the mineral, sea-inspired nuances of The Great Wave ($17) deliciously flooded my tastebuds.

Sea-influenced cocktails are growing in popularity, but it can be hard to achieve the right proportion between adding discernable flavor and sipping something that tastes like you wiped out in the ocean and accidentally dragged your …