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Chili crab Singapore

World’s best Chili crab

Chili crab Singapore

Chili crab Singapore

Chili crab Singapore without a doubt it’s the best in the world, it’s my favourite pastime in this great city. Imported from Sri Lanka they are the biggest I have ever seen, up to 3.3 kilos.

Have a closer look

Chili crab Singapore

These monsters are certainly not cheap, from memory this one set me back about $120.

A 3.3 kilo monster

Chili crab Singapore

The East Coast Seafood Centre

Steve picks our lunch

Chili crab Singapore

The East Coast Seafood Centre  in East Coast Park, Singapore, best known for co-locating several major local seafood restaurants, including Jumbo Seafood and Long Beach Seafood Restaurant. It’s only about 10 minutes to the airport. The address is 1206 E Coast Parkway #01-07/08, Singapore 449883.

How about this monster?

Australian Expats love Singapore

They don’t get much bigger than this guy.

Chili crab Singapore

Chili crab Singapore

 As you can imagine it takes well over an hour to work your way through this wonderful meal.

Boat Quay Singapore

Chili crab Singapore

This is the main location in the city for chili crab, there are around 30 waterfront restaurants vying for your attention. Boat Quay is a historical quay in Singapore which is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore River on its southern bank.

Chili crab Singapore

Chili crab Singapore

Boat Quay is one of my favourite districts in Singapore.

Boat Quay Singapore

Chili crab Singapore

There are so many pubs & restaurants to choose from  here at Boat Quay, Friday & Saturday nights it’s a madhouse.

 Boat Quay

Chili crab Singapore

Such a peaceful riverside setting.

 Boat Quay is very popular with the locals

Chili crab Singapore

  A bunch of expats enjoying a few cold beers.

Local characters as well

Chili crab Singapore

Bright lights and loud music make sure you won’t miss this guy.  

Victorian London Pub at Boat Quay

Chili crab Singapore

A very popular watering hole in Singapore.

Can’t get fresher than this

Chili crab Singapore

Make sure you haggle over the price, you can usually get a 10% discount.

 Local map

Chili crab Singapore

 

David Herd at Boat Quay Singapore in 2014

Chlli crab Singapore

As I said earlier Chili crab Singapore is the world’s best, one my way to Istanbul on February 24th 2015 I have arranged a 9 hour stop over in Singapore so I can visit The East Coast Seafood Centre for another wonderful dining experience.
  Flashback to 1998 with the mudcrabs I caught from my jetty.

Chili crab Singapore

The biggest I ever caught was around 2 kilo, most however were 1.5, there is nothing like freshly caught mudcrab.
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Chili crab Singapore

 
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Author: David Herd

My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets. I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington. Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand. What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :) I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit. Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ???? Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia. Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.

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