Crab Curry in Koh Chang ปูผัดผงกะหรี่
Stir-fried crab with curry powder is a rich, eggy crab wok, the order for a pier seafood meal rather than a cheap lunch. Ruan Thai on Bang Bao pier cooks it from 09:00 to 21:00.
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Thaiปูผัดผงกะหรี่ · pu phat phong kari
Price300 to 400 THB a person
RoomRuan Thai, Bang Bao
Clock09:00 to 21:00
What it tastes like
- Crab in a salty-sweet curry-powder sauce, with egg and milk. Messy and meant to share.
How to order it
- Thai name: pu phat phong kari (ปูผัดผงกะหรี่).
- Say: Khor pu phat phong kari, kilo la thao rai, khrap/kha.
- Hear the kilo price before the crab goes to the wok.
Typical price
- 2026 cash: 300 to 400 THB a person.
Where to try it
- Ruan Thai Seafood, Bang Bao pier, Koh Chang, Trat. 09:00 to 21:00. 300 to 400 THB a person. Skip this, go here: skip the pier if you wanted curry rice; Nong Anat in Klong Prao is the 40 to 70 THB plate.
Spice level and diet
- Heat: Mild. Chili is optional.
- Diet: Crab, egg, and milk.
Next plates
- Back to the Koh Chang food hub for the neighbourhood rows.
- Use the Koh Chang page if you want the walk, not a second dish.
- Bang Bao Seafood is the nearby order if this plate is done.
- White Sand Pad Thai is the nearby order if this plate is done.
- Khao Gaeng is the nearby order if this plate is done.
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- Steamed fish instead?
- That is the other Bang Bao page. Ask the kilo price either way.
- Cheap lunch?
- No. Roadside curry is 40 to 70 THB.