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No. 3 Crab Delicacy Seafood

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265 Outram Road, Tel: 6327-2148 Open: 11.30am to 2.30pm, 5 to 11.30pm

Arm yourself well. Wear dark clothes so the splashes of gravy don’t show. Order a few plates of thick laksa noodles or steamed, fluffy mantou.

You’ll need them for the curry crab ($42 per kg for the crab) experience at No. 3 Crab Delicacy Seafood.

Forget butter crab and black pepper crab. When you dine at this small, friendly restaurant, always order their special dish: mud crabs in a mildly spicy, coconutty gravy.

Your spoon reaches automatically for the orange gravy. Made with a wet spice mix and a blend of ground spices that owner Thomas Lim concocted himself, the broth is not too chilli-hot and not too rich with coconut milk.

What you get is a slight tingling on the tongue which perks up the appetite instantly.

Drown those noodles ($3 a portion) in the gravy, let them sit in the juice, then eat. Then reach for another portion of noodles and gravy and do it all again. I know you’ll want to.

There’s also steamed mantou (six for $2.40), better than the fried ones because they soak up the gravy like sponges.

When you get to the crab, you’ll find that the crustaceans have imbibed some of the curry flavour and taste sweet and juicy.

I’ve never had a bad crab here and it’s probably because the owners also run a wet market stall, Lee Hoe Seafood at Tekka Market, selling fresh seafood.