Crab bee hoon () is a
Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
an
rice vermicelli
Rice vermicelli is a thin form of rice noodle. It is sometimes referred to as "rice noodles" or "rice sticks", but should not be confused with cellophane noodles, a different Asian type of vermicelli made from mung bean starch or rice starch r ...
dish with whole
mud crab
Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as:
*''Scylla serrata''
*'' Scylla tranquebarica''
*'' Scylla paramamosain''
*'' Scylla olivacea''
*Members of the family Panopeidae, such as '' Panopeus herbstii''
*Members of the fa ...
served in a claypot and spiced milky broth.
Bee Hoon or rice noodle has the ability to soak up the stock from any dish and that's the reason it is so popular among the locals. There's also a dry version, where thinner rice noodles are tossed in a hot wok before stewing in a broth until every strand is permeated with similar sweetness.
Cultural impact
CNN travel listed ’’Crab bee hoon at
Sin Huat Eating House
Sin Huat Eating House is a restaurant located in Geylang, Singapore. It is run by Danny Lee and primarily serves seafood dishes, including crab bee hoon.
Description
Sin Huat Eating House is located in Geylang, Singapore. The restaurant primarily ...
as one of "top 5 food picks from Singapore's most notorious red-light district". Crab bee hoon shot to fame when
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael Bourdain ( ; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author and Travel documentary, travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the huma ...
raved about the dish after trying it at Sin Huat Eating House during a segment of ''
A Cook's Tour''. Bourdain named it one of "13 Places to Eat Before You Die," at number 5.
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27 September 2011. Retrieved 2016-01-24 He's also describing its crab bee hoon as “giant Sri Lankan beasts cooked with a spicy mystery sauce and noodles — pure messy indulgence.”
See also
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Singaporean cuisine
Singaporean cuisine is derived from several ethnic groups in Singapore and has developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes in the cosmopolitan city-state.
Influences include the cuisines of the Malays/Indonesians, C ...
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List of noodle dishes
This is a list of notable noodle dishes. Noodles are a type of staple food made from some type of unleavened dough which is rolled flat and cut into one of a variety of shapes. While long, thin strips may be the most common, many varieties of ...
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Rice noodles
Rice noodles are noodles made with rice flour and water as the principal ingredients. Sometimes ingredients such as tapioca or corn starch are added in order to improve the transparency or increase the gelatinous and chewy texture of the noodle ...
References
Crab dishes
Singaporean noodle dishes
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