The crab bee hoon side of the story

Ask someone who ate at Toa Payoh North in 2017 about Chef Don Lim and they may not mention pies at all. They will talk about the crab. The crab bee hoon soup is the other half of the brand today, and it was born in Toa Payoh.

Why does a pie chef cook crab?

The menu at Tyrwhitt Road says the crab dishes started as family cooking in the early 2000s and went on the menu because people kept asking for them. When Chef Don sold the Don Pie brand around 2014 to 2015, reports say he could not sell pastries for a while. Crab was the dish he already knew people wanted, so crab is what he cooked.

What was Don Signature Crab in Toa Payoh?

Don Signature Crab opened in a coffee shop at Blk 206 Toa Payoh North around March 2015. It was a small stall, often described as a one-man operation, serving crab bee hoon soup in a claypot. In 2017, crab dishes started at about $25, and the stall opened from noon to 8.30pm. In 2019 the crab moved with Chef Don to Toa Payoh Food Centre II, where it shared a stall with the returning pies. The Blk 206 years in detail, or the wider Don Pie Toa Payoh story.

What is crab bee hoon soup?

Crab bee hoon soup is a Singapore zi char dish of rice vermicelli (bee hoon) in a rich broth with a whole crab, usually a mud crab, cooked so the crab’s sweetness goes into the stock. Some versions are milky and peppery; others lean on herbs.

Don Signature Crab’s version is described on the menu as the signature dish that started it all, with an umami stock cooked with herbs including dang gui (angelica root). Reviewers over the years have picked out a herbal, umami broth with ginger, and fresh crab. The menu says its mud crabs come from Sri Lanka and are delivered daily.

What crab dishes are on the menu now?

The February 2026 menu groups the crab dishes as “The OG Crab”, priced by crab weight:

The OG Crab dishes are Crab Bee Hoon Soup, Chilli Crab, Black Pepper Crab Bee Hoon, Crab Laksa Bee Hoon and Cheese Crab Bee Hoon (cheese from Medium upwards). There is an optional flaming Maotai add-on for $8.80. Prices are as of October 2026 from the February 2026 menu, and dine-in carries service charge and GST, so check before you go.

What else is on the seafood side?

Prawn and lala bee hoon dishes, from $16.80 for a regular, a prawn and scallop laksa, herbal and drunken prawns, crab meat fried rice and grouper. Reviewers on Burpple have been especially fond of the Lala & Prawn White Bee Hoon and the laksa. Some have also found bee hoon portions small, which is worth knowing if you are feeding a big appetite.

Where can I get Don Signature Crab today?

Only two places sell the crab dishes:

1. Tyrwhitt Road flagship, 39 Tyrwhitt Road. Dine-in or takeaway, the full seafood menu.
2. AMK Hub kiosk, #B2-44. Takeaway. Handy for anyone in Toa Payoh, three stops away.

Wisma Atria, White Sands and Tiong Bahru Plaza sell pies only.

Is it halal?

No. The kitchen uses no pork and no lard but is not Halal-certified, and the crab soup is cooked with Chinese cooking wine. See is Don Pie halal for the full position.