Sin Huat Eating House
restaurant in Singapore
Sin Huat Eating House is a seafood restaurant in Geylang, Singapore, established in 1979. It is best known for its signature crab bee hoon, the creation of which food critic KF Seetoh has attributed to chef Danny Lee. The restaurant has received the Michelin Guide's Bib Gourmand distinction in multiple editions and has received international attention through coverage by Anthony Bourdain, who listed it among his "13 Places to Eat Before You Die" and praised its crab bee hoon.
History
Sin Huat Eating House has operated in Geylang since 1979. Food writer Meredith Sayles described the restaurant as having been established in 1979 and later taken over by chef Danny Lee.
Lee was previously a pig farmer and entered the restaurant business after the closure of his pig farm in the early 1990s. He initially prepared zi char dishes before developing a focus on seafood.
Crab bee hoon
The origins of Sin Huat's signature crab bee hoon have been attributed to Lee. According to an account of the restaurant's history, a customer asked Lee to combine a crab dish with hor fun rather than order the two dishes separately. Lee subsequently developed the combination into crab bee hoon and submitted the dish to an AsiaFood competition in 1997.
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