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2016-10-09
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Can’t believe it is that time of the year again! I was told that Oct is the time to eat male crab while Nov would be for female crab. The fairy crab from this place comes from 太湖. The male crab $65/each has the clear-colour eggs which has a stronger in flavour as well as thicker in texture, while he female one $85/each has yellow-colour eggs and a lot firmer in texture but lighter in taste. We took away the crabs and it came with the herbs and vinegar. It is recommended to cook them fresh in the
Can’t believe it is that time of the year again! I was told that Oct is the time to eat male crab while Nov would be for female crab. The fairy crab from this place comes from 太湖.
The male crab $65/each has the clear-colour eggs which has a stronger in flavour as well as thicker in texture, while he female one $85/each has yellow-colour eggs and a lot firmer in texture but lighter in taste.
We took away the crabs and it came with the herbs and vinegar. It is recommended to cook them fresh in the same night but if you are really busy or if there is any change of plans, you may still keep the crab in the fridge with a wet towel covering the crabs to provide some moisture for the crabs to keep them alive.
For its size, it takes around 18 mins to steam in hot boiling water. And you will need to drink some sweet ginger water to “kill the cold” from the hairy crab.
Though the size was not the biggest, there were lots of eggs in the shell, as well as in every legs. The freshness from the crab was really great with the vinegar and I couldn’t help but demolishing 4 of them by myself! I can’t wait to eat more hairy crab later this month, or next month as I am sure the taste would be changing throughout these two months!
Apart from that, I really need to work on my crab eating skills as it was taking way too long to de-shell only 4 of them.......
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