So too are the tiny scallops harvested in Peconic Bay.

Here comes a plate of tiny scallops over rice; they're marinated in sake, which lends them a haunting sweetness.

The adductor muscles, which resemble the tiniest scallops you ever saw, are sold separately but taste terrible, like wads of paper.

These are not tiny scallops.

Another excellent first course was his soupe aux etrilles (green crab), a nuanced, jade-green shellfish broth, laden with leeks, carrots, mussels, chiperons, periwinkles and tiny scallops.

An ombred pale blue dress was covered with pearl embroidery in tiny scallops, like the scales on a mermaid.

But cold seafood salad ($8.95), a special, was too cold, making it impossible to taste the difference between the tiny scallops, the scungilli and the octopus.

Salmon, red snapper and shrimp passed muster, but tiny scallops and mussels were dry.

The noodles are preceded by peanut-ae (pronounced peanut-EYE) a dish of cooked spniach and tiny scallops moistened with a peanut-sesame sauce.

But the dish I would go back for is pickled scallops ($4.50), a big plate of tiny scallops, turned brown by the pungent-sweet brine and served cool.