A Taste of the Ocean

"He was creating a little still life, his knife slashing through the long neck of a geoduck clam until he had created little stars snuggling next to the abalone." This is how Ruth Reichl described an experience with a Mr. Uezu at Kurumazushi. I was already in love with the abalone at Century Tsukiji in Manila but I'd never tasted this curious creature of the sea so I hopped to the nearer Tsukiji,