Last weekend was fun as we had so much fun wallopping up some good food! We had our 1st crusteceans fiesta… one dish cooked by me and another by PiggyBeng. Yeah, PiggyBeng wanna show one of his ‘speciality’ and to make him even happier, I told him I will post his ‘dish’ up!
The last box of Prima Taste DIY food box I have was the Singapore Chilli Crab. To prepare this dish, I have to use the most expensive main ingredient – crabs! Since we can’t find Sri Lankan crabs as suggested by the box, so we substituted with some sea flower crabs instead. The crabs cost us RM19 for 4 medium size. Very unfortunate, one of it turned out to be rotten! The stewpig fish monger still claimed his crabs all very fresh! What a crap!
Then I realised the paste for the sauce did not have coarsely chopped garlic and ginger so I added a whole load myself as PiggyBeng loves those ingredients! I was glad I did that or else it won’t taste as good as it should! The additional garlic and ginger turned the whole dish extra yummy, that we whacked the whole bowl in less than 30 minutes!
The verdict: Good to try but remember to add the chopped garlic and ginger… really spie up the taste a whole lot more!
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I haven’t had crabs for so long..!! i’m dying of envy now.. hhahaha!!
I want some of those. My friends in Singapore have promised to take me to try those when I visit.
will u be posting ur step by step instructions on how to prepare and steam/boil/fry?? the crab in ur food blog? we can get the Prima Spore chilli crab paste here also but i hv never cooked crabs b4 *LOL*
MamaBok,
It seems everytime I post about food you are here leh! Wah… you have very high six sense lor! LOL
SA,
I like pepper crabs more but when I don’t get that, chilli crabs is the closest to satisfy the crab crave!
G,
Aiyoh… me using flower crabs so the preparation is also a bit different from what was suggested on the box. This is also my 1st time preparing crabs but luckily it turned out edible! LOL
I just had lunch but this make me hungry again….crab is my fav!
Eh, didn’t know they sell Prima Taste in Penang too… Ya, if you use the gigantic Sri Lanka crabs which is very meaty, it’ll taste fabulous. I think the Prima Taste Chicken Rice pack is also good.
Yum, yum, you make me crave the Singaporean chilli crabs leh….! I miss those very very much!
wow. that’s real talent. my stove stays very clean, because i don’t cook much. hahaha.
Wah..so yummy la..you’re definitely a good cooker!
michelle,
We love crabs too so no matter how expensive we will satisfy this crave!
binky,
This one was bought by my friend from Singapore who came to visit me last month. This is the 3rd food box I tried. Penang still do not have them but found out KL has them… It says Aeon which is Jusco, so might check out the Jusco here one of this day.
Irene,
my hubby loves homecooked food so I have no choice but to make a mess in there!
huisia,
this one DIY box very easy one just pour in everything as instructed and won’t go wrong!
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