U Food x 博藝會 陽澄金黃蟹宴 Crab roe feast

I was delighted to be invited to a crab roe tasting session at Spotlight recreation club and Ufood, not only is the food is good but the facilities there are grand.

Below is what I tried:
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Shanghai style pork dumplings with crab meat:

 

When I removed the lid, the dumpling colour was golden and the smell was lovely.
There was lots of juice inside the dumpling.
There was so much crabmeat inside the dumpling that it had extremely rich crab taste.
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Yangcheng lake hairy crab:

 

 

I havent had this for ages so I was really missing the taste. We were given two male crabs because the current crab season is male crabs.
The crab shell was so easy to open and once it was open, there was rich orange roe.
The roe was extremely delicious, similar to egg yolk.
There was some white bits in it which tasted delicious too, it was thick and sticky as well.
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Snake soup:

 

The snake soup had too much ginger.
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After the snake soup, my mouth still tasted spicy hence the fish taste was slightly affected.

 

steamed cod filet with XO sauce:
The fish was nice and tender and the tofu was really smooth.
deep fried cod filet with salt and pepper:
This was quite nice, especially with the salt and pepper seasoning, however the batter was slightly too thick.
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Deep fried roll:
Inside this fried roll was sliced bamboo shoots, chinese radish and taro.
The filling was lovely and creamy.
Sauteed shrimps with vegetables:
This was covered in crab roe sauce, and between the vegetable were a piece of Chinese ham and ginger.
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Cabbage and meatball soup:

 

I liked this soup and it was chicken soup with meatballs, the meatballs had mushrooms in it.
The cabbage was full of chicken soup flavouring but they could have been cut into smaller pieces.
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Crab meat udon:

 

The udon here was slightly different, it was flatter similar to Tagliatelle, which made is softer and absorbed the rich crab roe sauce.
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Ginger tea dumplings:

 

These were deliciously filled dumplings with sesame and the ginger tea was pleasant to drink.
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Aloe and purple rice pudding:

 

I really liked this dessert, the aloe on top looked really nice and the aloe and purple rice tasted good together.
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Crabilicious crab products @ Kanizen

I have always wanted to check this place out but there is no menu at the front of the restaurant and you cannot see what is inside which makes it even mysterious!

Hence explains why there are so many celebrities dining there.

When I attempted to dine there it was hard getting a table because it was always fully booked even on a Monday!

Finally got a table but the place where I sat did not have those cute tiny crabs but it wasnt a bad seat because there was a celebrity sitting opposite.

When you enter the restaurant there is tank of crabs and you have to enter another door into the restaurant.

 

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Crab roe paste:

crab roe paste

 

The crab roe paste was lovely and thick and its unami taste was strong.
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Tempura:

Hokkaido egg tempura (front)

 

The tempura platter contained a tempura egg yolk which was my favourite, it was still molten inside and the exterior of the egg yolk was light and crispy.
As well as the yolk there was a crab claw, but the crab taste was not that strong.
The crab perilla leaf dumpling was better though it had tasty crabmeat inside.
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Ginger ice cream:

Ginger ice cream

 

To finish off there was ginger ice cream and the sweetness was just right, it had pieces of ginger in it and the texture of the icecream was nice and smooth.
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