
Botan ebi, straight out of the freezer
Thaw in heavily salted ice water until the shell slips, peel, lay over shiso. Nothing else needed.
Hand-sorted shellfish
Cold chain, unbroken
Landed the same day
Nothing added, ever
Nothing is trimmed until the day it leaves the cold store. Crab split at the joint, shrimp deveined, squid cleaned — the parts you actually cook, packed without padding.
Shop crab & lobsterWe buy whole animals in season, keep the list short enough to hold properly, and answer the phone ourselves. If something is not good that week, it does not go on the site.
Short, cold, unfussy. Everything below assumes the fish is still half frozen when you start.

Thaw in heavily salted ice water until the shell slips, peel, lay over shiso. Nothing else needed.

Split the legs, chill the meat, dress with a little rice vinegar and salt. Serve before the plate warms.

Butter, low heat, shell side down until it just turns opaque. Pull it early — it keeps cooking off the pan.
The things people ask most about frozen seafood.