01 / PICKED ON THE ROCKS
Picked by hand, at low water.
We walk the same stretch of reef every low tide and take only what is big enough to keep. Whatever the water leaves is what goes in the box.
HAND PICKED · LOW TIDE
02 / THREE BEDS
Three depths, three kinds.
Rock Oyster
$ 42.00 / dozen
Grown where fresh water meets the salt. Thick shell, cold flesh, opened to order.
Short Neck Clam
$ 28.00 / kg
Dug by hand and sorted by size. Purged clean, so they open without grit.
Wedge Shell
$ 36.00 / 500g
Only on the lowest tides of the month. Thin shell, sweet flesh.
03 / BY THE LEDGE
Three ledges, three depths.
Sea Snail
$ 24.00 / 200g
Mussel Rope
$ 32.00 / 500g
Abalone, Small
$ 88.00 / 3 pcs
04 / FROM BOAT TO BOX
Cold the whole way.
04:50
LANDED
+3°C
Iced on the deck
06:20
WASHED
0°C
Sea water only
08:10
PACKED
-18°C
Sealed in kilo lots
13:30
STILL COLD
-18°C
Held below zero
THE COLLECTION
Pick a bed.
Four kinds of shellfish, sorted by the ground they come off. Tap a stone and the shelf below changes.
A note when the water drops.
Twice a month. Nothing else.