A rather slow, lazy weekend. Saturday night, revisited an old favorite for dinner, Under Bridge Spicy Crab, on Lockhart Road in Causeway Bay. This place (actually four separate shops along Lockhart and Canal Roads) has been around for more than 20 years, a lifetime by Hong Kong standards.
Look at the celebrity photos on the wall and the largest picture is Anthony Bourdain – who didn’t actually eat there, the owner cooked him their signature typhoon shelter crab dish while on a junk in the harbor.
Hadn’t actually been there in a few years and was happy that the food was as tasty as ever though the prices had definitely increased. The crab that we shared, a big sucker (450 grams, I think? I suck at metric weights) cost $780.
Anyway, the pictures below are from the restaurant’s web site (Chinese language only) and are 2 of the 3 dishes we had (the third was a simply stir-fried noodle). All that brown stuff? Garlic. Lots of it. And the red stuff is chili – tell the waiter if you want it mild, medium, or death-defying and they’ll gladly oblige.
The plates themselves were not as artfully arranged as in these photos but we survived. It was goooooooooood. One tip if you’ve never been there and intend to go – dress down, you’re gonna get messy.
Hi, I’m Spike. Born and bred in The Bronx but I've been calling Hong Kong home since 1995. I'm a corporate IT professional, music and film critic and aspiring photo-journalist. I've been writing Hongkie Town since 2004 and have been writing the "Spike" column in BC Magazine since 2006. You can follow me on Twitter 
