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Item: Sexy Crab
Rating: 3
Author: eatwai

Sexy Crab

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10860

Tsim Sha Tsui

$401-800

International Crab Specialty

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[ Sexy Crab | 尖沙咀 ]

After passing by this restaurant every time in K11, it is always packed on weekends so we end up going to BEP instead, not to mention the insanely steep prices.

But we finally came as a party of 3 to celebrate my mom’s birthday on a regular Tuesday evening. We made a booking but it seems unnecessary as we were the only people in the whole restaurant the whole night 😬🤭

We asked about their Old Shanghai Detour menu but it is only for 2 people and they can’t accommodate 3 so we got this and ALC a separate item. The price for the menu is $788 per person not including the service charge so the total is 1.7k. I calculated the dishes in the menu and the price it would be for ALC would be around $800 as there is only one bowl of noodles in this set. Nonetheless, you come here to spend money.

Each set comes with a non-alcoholic drink so we got the “it’s a Date” and “Lipstick Stain” which is the red date and wolf berry tea and the Da Hong Pao Ginger Tea. Both are worse than what you can get elsewhere but glad they can refill with hot water.

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Sexy Caviar Blini

We started with this eye-catching box which had a tiny tin of crab roe pate, another tiny tin with caviar, cubes of cream cheese and four blinis (mini pancakes). I have to say, the pancakes were quite tasty, fluffy and soft without being mushy. The crab roe (pate?) tasted like smoked salmon pate and went well with the cream cheese. As for the caviar, it added a great saltiness and brine but I’m personally not a fan of caviar as it is mostly used to increase prices and make people feel more expensive. I only like caviar when the chef is able to incorporate it into the dish and not only have it as an expensive garnish. The quality of the caviar is not the best as a few roes were deflated.

Typhoon Cigar - Snow Crab Spring Roll

The second appetiser is this spring roll which was bigger than I expected. This dish is also the epitome of their restaurant which is a facade for people who want to pretend they are doing exciting stuff (ahem) and probably aimed at the young, upper class. They give you a cigar holder as if the spring rolls are cigars and you can pretend to smoke. Funnily, the cigars don’t even fit in the holder🤣

As for the actual spring roll, they are golden brown and very nicely fried thus there is a strong crunch on the outside and the pastry flakes as you bite through. The filling however was very lacklustre. The taste of (snow) crab is non-existent but I definitely tasted some shrimp. The meat is also packed very industrial-like (with a rectangle of meat). I did however enjoy their plum salt that is under the ’cigars’ and viewed as the ashes which gave the flavour this otherwise boring spring roll would be.

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Plenty of Fish - Rich Yellow Croaker Soup

The set comes with two bowls of soup which are served in traditional Chinese tea cups so the portion is rather small. This soup kinda reminds of me 番茄魚湯 😅but you can still taste the depth of the fish and you can definitely recognise that it is yellow croaker. I wished there were pieces of fish meat in the soup as well but still a nice and warming bowl of broth.

Packing Meat and Collagen (3pcs) $98

We also ALC this dish as we knew the set alone cannot fill our stomachs.

There are 3 plump wontons filled with pork and crab roe swimming in a pork bone soup that has been simmered for 8 hours. I will say that the dumpling wrapper is rather thick but still slippery and the filling is perhaps 20% crab roe but the flavour is still permeable. But I feel like 灣仔碼頭 makes better wontons. The star of this had to be the pork bone broth, super similar to the tonkotsu broth and thus it is rich, hearty and ultra-savoury.

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The Golden Era - Pan-fried Scallops and Butternut Squash Puree

As for the mains, we were first served this scallop dish which looked very commercial but tasted surprisingly good. The size of the scallops also exceeded my expectations as they were huge! and each set comes with 3 pieces so we had 6 in total. The scallops themselves could be worth $500 so I feel this is where we got our money’s worth. Fortunately, the cook on the scallops is spot-on, there is a slight crust and the inside is still opaque and tender. The only flaw is a lack of seasoning but can easily be overlooked. The puree tasted of nothing and was also a bit cold. I liked the carrots and broccolini but both a tad been undercooked and could be cut.

Sexy Crab - Extra Rich Crab Roe and Crab Meat over Noodles

The most anticipated dish of the night! The presentation was gorgeous and it truly made me feel like it was worth every dollar. The server said this is usually a one-person portion so we all only got one bowl (their bowls are also quite small).

I mixed everything together (female crab roe, male crab roe, crab meat, crab oil, soy sauce, crab and chicken broth) according to their instructions, leaving the vinegar last for personal preference. Their handmade noodles are chewy and bouncy and contributed to the success of this dish. The amount of crab meat kinda shocked me, it may look quite small but there is actually quite a lot once you mix it all together. The crab and chicken broth solidified into a gelatinous jelly as it was no longer hot.

The vinegar was highly needed to cut through the oil from the crab and the vinegar they serve is also thicker and sweeter than the normal ones used for crab. Perhaps they reduced it and added a sweetener? But it was so good and we ended up using the rest of the vinegar as it was good with the scallops too.

I was definitely not satisfied after the small bowl of noodles but the dish itself was decent and tasty. Just not sure if it is worth $400 by itself.

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Daily Dessert

Their daily dessert was warabi mochi which is coincidently my mother’s favourite wagashi but she said this version has made her doubt her love for this dessert.

The texture is nothing like mocha and is very cakey, grainy and just fell apart very easily. The kink (roasted soybean powder) was given too generously and thus it made us cough when eating them. Moreover, the brown sugar syrup is extremely sweet and I regret so much.

You can tell they import this elsewhere and I would have preferred the desserts they have on their menu instead.

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推介 🙅🏻‍♀️

💬 Overall, definitely a try-once-only experience but honestly it’s 不過不失. The only thing I recommend is their signature noodles as you can taste the labour put into them (they have a factory where people deshell the crabs) but I truly cannot imagine people coming here more than once. The service is also pretty bad as they are mostly on their phones and quite slow too. The bill came at 1.9k and we all agreed it was a bit too much

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