8 Crabs market themselves as Singapore's favourite crab delivery service, and they promise to deliver your freshly cooked Crabs within an hour. What sets them apart is that they are the only supplier of Sri Lankan wild catch crabs. 8 Crabs is the only company using grade AAA Sri Lankan sourced wild crabs, graded by the most experienced crab graders in the trade. These crabs are suppose to be bigger, meatier, more nutritious and have a better taste.

Feed Singapore Campaign

One notable gesture when I was reading up about 8 Crabs is their Feed Singapore Campaign. Due to Covid19, 8 Crabs feeds needy Singaporeans by offering up to 100 needy applicants a free meal with no questions asked. I feel this is a commendable initiative in times of such crisis and hope that no one will misuse this privilege. Please check with them for more information.

Variety of dishes at 8 Crabs


For a start, you will not want to miss their signature Sri Lankan crabs, which are prepared in 3 different ways. All 3 are award winning dishes, namely their chili crab, black pepper crab and salted egg crab. Prices of their crabs range from $68 for a large crab of an estimated 750g.

Do you know that :

❀Crabs naturally travel about 500m every night and they prefer to live alone?
❀However crab farmers breed many crabs in a confined space in order to be profitable.
❀This cause the crabs to get stressed very easily in captivity as many farms cannot replicate their natural habitat.
❀When these crabs are stressed, they produce ammonia, which is a sign of decomposition of seafood. Most restaurants purchased farm crabs because they are cheaper, as a result they had to use highly fragrant gravy to cover the ammonia smell.
8 Crabs, also sells other common Zhichar “煮炒” dishes like curry fish head, cereal prawns and calamari squid from their seafood range, Pork Ribs King, Coffee Ribs, Sweet and Sour pork, Prawn paste Chicken etc from their Meat and poultry range, common stir fried vegetable dishes, Horfun, fried rice and noodle offerings.

There is a 60 minute crab delivery guarantee and is offering free delivery for orders $120 and above regardless of which delivery option.

Delivery Fees

There are 2 options for their delivery:
❀$18 for 1 Hour Express Delivery,
❀$8 for same or next day delivery and
❀$20 for re-delivery due to failed delivery (more than 15 minutes unable to reach you),
hence do ensure that your address is input correctly.

Surcharges

Additionally, there is a:
❀$10 surcharge on Public Holidays,
❀$6 surcharge on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
❀$16 surcharge if the public holiday falls on a Friday - Sunday

*Do plan your meals properly, order ahead of time, if you would like to avoid all these surcharges, or simply order $120 to enjoy free delivery.

What we ordered



❀ Signature Coffee Pork Ribs



❀ Drunken Herbal Prawns

There is option for contactless delivery as well as to opt out of utensils which I did.

Overall Experience with 8 Crabs 

Their delivery was very punctual probably due to the one driver an order policy, and our meal was delivered piping hot. The lady who delivered our meal was very friendly. Their chili crab was very meaty and tasty on its own, without any ammonia smell and tasted even better with its gravy. Their crabs was well cooked and we noticed it didn't stick to the shell unlike those which we had eaten before. It is no wonder an award-winning dish.

Their Drunken Herbal Prawns on the other hand, was a little disappointing, and my family was not used to the taste. I personally felt that it was full of wine and lack of the "herbal punch" to it.

The coffee pork ribs was nicely sliced, best of all boneless, making it easy to chew for the old and young. It doesn't feel not grainy at all. However, I would like it better if the coffee taste is made stronger. Their prawn paste chicken on the other hand, was surprisingly still crispy even when it turned cold. We could taste the prawn paste and it wasn't too strong or tasted salty. I liked this dish.

Although we ordered only the smallest portion for all of us, there were enough to go around and everyone felt full after the meal. Overall, It was a good experience to try out zhichar dishes at home, although we missed the coffeeshop atmosphere.

In sum, I would highly recommend their meaty, sweet and juicy crabs. This is a must try!



*Do you know?
You can get 5% off your next order simply by sharing a picture of your feast on Instagram and facebook, tagging @8crabs?


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