It is finally hairy crab season, a time of year when the flesh of the crustaceans named for their furry claws is particularly delectable and supposedly the richest in fat.
These are some of the Hong Kong restaurants serving seasonal dishes featuring an abundance of that gloriously rich crab fat.
1. Summer Palace
Four new dishes feature on the 10-item menu – poached fresh clam and baby cabbage, steamed fresh egg white with Boston lobster, and baked Hokkaido scallops, all smothered in hairy crab roe sauce, and braised stuffed bird’s nest with bamboo fungus in hairy crab’s roe.
Level 5, Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, Supreme Court Road, Admiralty
2. Man Wah
The Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong hotel’s Cantonese restaurant has special menus that feature new dishes such as braised red bird’s nest with crabmeat, crab roe and Chinese yam. If you prefer to take apart and dig into a whole hairy crab, you can also order a big, eight tael (300 gram) one.
