Mad about crabs

A pick (left and right) is a fancy digging tool to pull off legs and claws, and to pick out the meat and roe.

Ginger tea is not only a part of a hairy-crab feast, it aids digestion after any meal. Just boil pu'er tea, black tea, brown sugar and slices of ginger together to easily make the soothing and healing ginger tea at home. You can also add longans, red dates or some dried chrysanthemum flowers.

Our set menu also includes braised giant grouper with bird's nest and crab roe sauce, wok-fried South Africa baby lobster with crispy garlic, chili and black beans, and simmered pea-sprout vegetable with flower mushroom and Chinese liquor.

The whole package is good value for money. The crab specials will continue through Nov 30.

If you don't prefer the expansive set menus, you can pick and choose from an extensive range of a la carte crab-based dishes, including braised noodles with crab roe sauce and crisp "YingHua" shrimp (88 yuan), pan-fried matsutake mushroom with shrimp mousse and crab roe (288 yuan), braised crabmeat jelly with "Hua Diao" wine (168 yuan), and braised crab-roe soup with hasma (frog tissue) and bean curd (188 yuan).

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