Street Food Warms Your Heart: Spicy Thai - Thai Cafe at 115 Aljunied Ave 2 #01-35 S(380115)

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Spicy Thai - Thai Cafe at 115 Aljunied Ave 2 #01-35 S(380115) - Signature Basil Black Pepper Crab

This is the Signature Basil Black Pepper Crab served at Spicy Thai - Thai Cafe at 115 Aljunied Avenue 2.

Core Ingredients - Founder Ron Poh shares that he uses live fresh Sri Lanka Crab (from supplier Sri Lanka Marine Pte Ltd who ships about 15 crabs daily to Spicy Thai - Thai Cafe), black pepper, basil. Founder Ron Poh prices his Sri Lankan crab (about 600 to 650 gm per crab) at average rate of about S$35 per crab.

How it is prepared - Typically this dish is prepared by stir frying the basil, black peppercorns & crab together for about 15 minutes till the crabs are fully infused with the flavor & aromas of the black pepper corns & the basil & is deemed cooked.

Notice that the Black pepper crab served here are not as starchy as those served in other restaurants - Chef Moonpeng Meedee does not use much oil in this recipe because he uses herb basil whose flavor might be lost if too much oil is used.

Ron Poh share that most customers prefer female than male because female crabs have more meat. He pointed out that male crabs have bigger pincers but smaller body.

How Ron Poh's crab dishes stands out

Here at Spicy Thai - Thai Cafe Ron Poh charges S$35 per crab per dish so it comes to be more affordable than those restaurants that charges by the weight.
Ron Poh's crab dishes stands out from other traditional seafood restaurant that serves crabs in that he has a Thai twist to the crab dish recipes. So besides the Basil Black Pepper Crab he also serves Steam Crab, BBQ Crab, Creamy Butter Crab, Black Pepper Crab, Thai Style Curry Crab, Thai Style White Pepper Crab, Stir Fry Bee Hoon with Crab, Stir Fry Tang Hoon with Crab, Chili Lady Boy Crab.

Tasting Notes - The crab meat is very fresh, tender, juicy, sweet & fully infused with the rich spices used in this recipe, with a good mix of the black peppercorns to lend a strong peppery flavor & a distinct tinge of the fragrant Basil aroma to lend an appetising bite.