Houston's Latest Food Craze: Crawfish Ice Cream

Phat Eatery, a Malaysian restaurant in Katy, Houston, has introduced a unique-to-Houston version of crawfish: curry crawfish, Malaysian style. The crawfish is slicked with sweet-and-spicy curry, flavored with warming spices and chiles tempered by turmeric and coconut milk. The dish has become increasingly popular, with the restaurant selling 300 to 350 pounds of the crawfish on a typical weekend. Customers can choose how spicy they want their crawfish, from level one to level five. The dish is available from March 11 through April 16, and prices for crawfish orders start at $20 for 2 pounds.