DonChef's Crab Bee Hoon Soup
The signature dish. A whole mud crab, milky herbal broth, thick bee hoon.
Quick answer
DonChef's Crab Bee Hoon Soup is a whole mud crab in a milky herbal broth with thick rice vermicelli, cooked at 39 Tyrwhitt Road. As of October 2026 it costs $39.80 (Regular), $58.80 (Medium), $73.80 (Large), $88.80 (XL) or $128.80 (XL+). Order a day ahead online. It is not Halal-certified, and the broth contains cooking wine.
What is Crab Bee Hoon Soup?
Crab Bee Hoon Soup is the dish the kitchen describes as “the signature dish which started it all”. It is a whole mud crab served in a milky herbal broth, with thick rice vermicelli (bee hoon), cooked at Chicken Pie Kitchen & Don Signature Crab, 39 Tyrwhitt Road. The kitchen says every dish is prepared freshly. The crab arrives in its shell, so you crack it at the table.
The soup and the laksa are the two crab dishes sold at the AMK Hub kiosk, as takeaway bowls. The rest of the crab menu is Tyrwhitt Road only. Read where the crab is served before you travel.
Sizes and prices
Five sizes share one price ladder. The kitchen prints a crab weight band for the first four. It has not told us whether those bands are live weight or cooked weight, and it has not published a weight for XL+.
- Regular$39.80350g to 400g
- Medium$58.80500g to 550g
- Large$73.80600g to 650g
- XL$88.80700g to 800g
- XL+$128.80Weight not published
Prices in Singapore dollars as of October 2026. Weights are the bands the kitchen prints on its menu; it has not said whether they are live or cooked crab weight.
Prices as of October 2026, from the printed menu of 28 February 2026 and the kitchen’s ordering system. Dine-in prices are subject to service charge and prevailing tax.
Choose the Regular for yourself, Medium or Large when you want more crab to work through, and XL or XL+ when the crab is the centre of a shared table. Sizes and portions explains the choice in more detail.
What is in the bowl
These are the statements the kitchen has made about the dish.
- Crab. The kitchen says its crab dishes use thoroughly cleaned Sri Lankan mud crabs, delivered daily.
- Broth. A milky herbal broth, which the kitchen calls DonChef’s signature. It is cooked with cooking wine and herbs such as ginger, yam and Dang Gui (Angelica root).
- Noodles. Thick rice vermicelli.
- Choices. You can ask for no bee hoon, no coriander or no spring onion.
We have not published the full stock recipe, and neither has the kitchen. What is in the soup separates what the kitchen says from what reviewers have reported.
How to order it
Pre-order online at least a day ahead for whole-crab dishes; same-day availability at the counter depends on the day’s crab. Pick the size at the ordering site, choose dine-in, pickup or delivery, and pay online at the time of ordering. For the three routes compared, see how to order crab bee hoon.
Dietary notes
The soup contains shellfish. It is cooked with cooking wine. The kitchen is not Halal-certified by MUIS and does not claim that any product is Halal; it serves no pork and no lard. The full wording is on the halal page.
Where the dish comes from
The kitchen says the crab dishes were first made as family cooking in the early 2000s, and went on the menu after customers asked for them. Chef Don Lim later cooked it at a Toa Payoh North coffee-shop stall, a chapter retold in the crab bee hoon side of the Don Pie story. Today the soup is cooked at Tyrwhitt Road under the DonChef name. If you want to know how it sits beside the black pepper and laksa versions, start with soup or dry crab bee hoon.
Questions people ask
Is Crab Bee Hoon Soup enough for two people?
The Regular is sold as a one-person portion. Some diners split it between two and add sides; we do not promise it feeds two. For a shared table, read sizes and portions.
Can I have it without bee hoon, coriander or spring onion?
Yes. The ordering system offers options for no bee hoon, no coriander and no spring onion on this dish.
What is the $8.80 bee hoon and soup top-up?
The ordering site lists a Bee Hoon and Soup add-on at $8.80: the herbal broth with plain bee hoon. Check the ordering site for the live price.
Is the soup suitable for pregnant women or children?
The kitchen's FAQ says some children and pregnant customers enjoy it, and advises asking your doctor or gynaecologist, because the soup is cooked with cooking wine and herbs. Read Dang Gui in crab soup.
Sources
- Kitchen menu PDF, 28 Feb 2026
- Ordering site FAQ, buy.chickenpie.sg