Melben Seafood - Best Crab Bee Hoon

Where do I even start.  Well, first with a HUGE thank you to Kai for introducing me to the most scrumptious food on earth…Crab Bee Hoon.  OMG! 

I have always been a crab purist, eating it just steamed and maybe with a slight dip in melted butter or a drop or two of lemon juice.  I find that to truly enjoy the taste of such a delicate food you mustn’t slather it with spice after spice after sauce after whatever…If you have a nice, fresh crab it’s so sweet and succulent it truly needs no spice.  The natural seawater would have already slightly salted it and that’s all you really need.  Bad crab, on the other hand can be dry, salty and tasteless, but don’t even go there.  Yuck. 

So, while visiting Singapore, which is now our home, our friend Kai took us to Melben (yes, as is Melbourne).  He strongly suggested the Crab Bee Hoon although I was skeptical.  Once it arrived (in soup), I was a bit hesitant to take a piece as I really don’t like having sauce/soup all over my hands and it was damn hot.  However, once the crab cooled down a bit, I grabbed a piece, took one bite and aaaahhhhh I was in heaven.  Seriously???  Holy crap!  I have never had such a delightful taste dancing around in my mouth.  The buttery soup kept the crab soft and tender, but it wasn’t so creamy that I felt sick after eating nearly ¾ of the crab.  Yup, that’s right, amongst the three of us, I dare say I dominated.   When there is crab, watch out, I do have a tendency to get over zealous. 

I have not even mentioned the noodles that are swimming around in the soup and of course the soup itself.  It’s hard to describe what the flavor actually is.  It’s like a butter cream soup, but not thick.  I found myself slurping the remaining soup in-between bites of crab.  It added to the flavor of the crab and sent me into heaven.

This is our go to restaurant whenever we have visitors unless they are like Adrian and use a fork and knife to eat crab.  Really?? I know your mamma raised you with manners that say no food eaten without fork and knife, but every now and then you need to cast all that aside and indulge.  My mamma raised me as a crab lover like herself and oh how grateful I am for that.  I am too easy to please. Just tickle my taste buds and your “in”. 
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