Seven places in Hong Kong to feast on hairy crab cooked every which way
Chefs have come up with some inventive dishes featuring the meat and roe of the coveted crustaceans – and the best part of it is you don’t have to dig the delicacies out of the shells yourself
It’s that time of year again when fans of the small crustacean delicacies known as hairy crabs have a feast. Several Hong Kong restaurants have created some mouth-watering hairy crab dishes – and the best thing about them is the chefs have done the hard work of extracting the meat and roe so you don’t have to do it.
Probably the most decadent is what InterContinental Hong Kong’s Yan Toh Heen has billed as its “authentic hairy crab feast”.
Master chef Wang Hao from Shanghai’s Wang Bao He Crab Banquet has come to Hong Kong to prepare an eight-course set menu. Beautifully presented, highlights include hairy crabmeat roe and bird’s nest soup with lobster and vegetables, braised sea cucumber with hairy crabmeat roe, and baked rice with hairy crabmeat and hairy crab roe. The set menu will be available from October 14 to December 10.
Yan Toh Heen, Lower Level, InterContinental Hong Kong, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Tel: 2313 2323.
Shang Palace in the Kowloon Shangri-La also has a set menu of six courses available until the end of November. The highlights include braised hairy crab roe and diced bean curd with pan-fried spring onion cake, and steamed whole Taihu Lake hairy crab paired with Pagoda Brand Superior 10-year-old Shao Hsing Chiew.