Hong Kong, Shanghai

Forget about picking at your hairy crabs and digging out bits of meat and roe. At Shanghai Min in Hong Kong, it's all done for you, and some. The exclusive Shanghainese restaurant is offering a modern twist on traditional hairy crab dishes, and these include a crab cream soup, steamed hairy crab in rice wine sauce, and an opulent hairy crab cream steamed with shrimp balls and silken tofu. Feast in style from Oct 1 to mid-December.

Shanghai Min Tsim Sha Tsui, 10/F, One Peking, 1 Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. 852-2527-8899. - Pauline D. Loh