Bangkok’s favorite Sri Lankan crab restaurant in Phrom Phong is now offering Thai mud crabs alongside whopping great Sri Lankan crabs.
The most famous dish at the Ministry of Crab, or MoC, is the Crabzilla, which weighs in at over 2 kilograms. In fact, on a recent visit, the restaurant boasted a 3.5-kilogram kraken that was less of a main course and more of a video game boss. The Thai crabs, sourced from Samut Songkhram’s mangroves, are a little smaller but no less delicious.
“Thai crabs, the meat is a little bit tougher, but the taste is just as good,” said owner Chandini Gulrajani. “Thai crabs are not inferior to Sri Lankan crabs in any way. Sri Lankan crabs have this reputation of being best because of their size.”
Only six cities in the world have a Ministry of Crab, and the brains behind the Bangkok venue is Gulrajani, pescatarian and…
