The dish features a shell-on crab and a whopping amount of minced garlic, mixed with hints of spring onion, fermented black beans and chilli. The signature taste of the dish is deep-fried garlic with breadcrumbs and spices, with the addition of crab to absorb the intense flavours.
The dish is a signature of the typhoon shelter community, the large population of fishermen and their descendants who lived on boats in the shelters in the mid-20th century and were nicknamed "boat people". The boat population was said to originate from the Tanka native community in Hong Kong – a group of boat dwellers who resided on the southeast Chinese coast. Historically considered outcasts, this ethnic group has their own language, superstitions, wedding rituals and food, including the fiery typhoon shelter flavour.
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