The Mother's Day Signature Experience 2026 was a seasonal set built around an XL+ whole crab, cooked in either Chilli or Ginger and Scallion style. Mother's Day 2026 was Sunday 10 May. It was a limited run and has ended. We hold no price for the full experience.
Mother’s Day 2026 fell on Sunday 10 May, and the kitchen’s seasonal centrepiece for it was the Mother’s Day Signature Experience. This is a short, careful record of what the ordering catalogue says about it. We have left out anything the catalogue does not say.
What was the Signature Experience?
A set built around one very large crab. The catalogue names an XL+ whole crab, cooked in your choice of two styles: Chilli, or Ginger and Scallion. XL+ is the kitchen’s largest crab size, and it sits above the XL on the size ladder.
The product photograph shows a whole crab with its claws raised, steaming in a pink cast-iron pot, in the same visual language as the pot used the year before. We do not have a published description of what else came with the set.
Why choose Chilli or Ginger and Scallion?
They are different answers to the same crab. Chilli is one of the five signature styles the kitchen cooks all year, described on the crab page as a blend of sweet, spicy and savoury elements. Ginger and Scallion is a lighter, aromatic pairing, and it is not one of the six signature dishes, which makes it a feature of the seasonal set. That is a description of the two names, not a tasting note, because we are not going to invent one.
What did the crab cost?
The XL+ crab is priced at $128.80 on the catalogue’s standard size list. That is the price of the crab size across the signature dishes, and it is not the price of the Mother’s Day Signature Experience, which we do not hold. If you are comparing the two, treat $128.80 as a reference point only.
| Size | Price on the standard size list |
|---|---|
| Regular | $39.80 |
| Medium | $58.80 |
| Large | $73.80 |
| XL | $88.80 |
| XL+ | $128.80 |
How is it different from the 2025 offer?
In 2025 the centrepiece was steamed crab on glutinous rice in a pink pot at $288, with two set menus; the facts are in the Mother’s Day 2025 post. In 2026 the catalogue describes a single “Signature Experience” around an XL+ whole crab. The 2025 pot and the 2026 set both put a pink cast-iron pot in the photograph, and both were seasonal, crab-led and linked to the flagship. They are not the same product and we do not treat them as one.
What does it say about Mother’s Day at the kitchen?
Two years of evidence is not a pattern with a promise attached, but it is a pattern: the kitchen marks Mother’s Day with a crab centrepiece, announced for a short window. What we cannot say is when the next pre-order window opens, what it will include or what it will cost. The Mother’s Day season page keeps the facts of both years side by side, and the Join page is how you hear about the next one first.
What should you check if a similar set returns?
- The window of dates, which for 2025 was three days.
- The lead time. Whole crab dishes need a day’s notice.
- The outlet, because the full crab range is prepared at 39 Tyrwhitt Road.
- Shellfish allergies, since the centrepiece is a whole crab.
Update, 8 October 2026. This post is dated to the day we wrote it, because the catalogue gives no launch date for the 2026 set. It was a limited run tied to Mother’s Day and it has ended, so no price or availability on this page is an offer. Chef Don Lim still appears at the kitchen’s events, and any event announcement goes to the list first.
Sources for this post
- Kitchen ordering catalogue, read 8 October 2026 (Mother's Day Signature Experience, 2026)