Tofu for you – Heute gibt’s Tofu - picture story

Vegetarian's delight in Korea, cold buckwheat noodles, with
tofu and veggies, alongside served some kimchi

This is a picture story about me going around and looking at some of the available tofu’s here in China. It’s based on a discussion that I had with Arne from the vegetarian-diaries Blog. As a vegan, of course he is very interested in all topics concerning vegan food and Tofu should be high up on his list. Here are some impressions on the kinds of tofu that I found on a lazy Sunday afternoon walk. Many more such sorts of Tofu can be found on Chinese wet markets and in supermarkets. Tofu of all color, brands and styles, silken Tofu, firm Tofu, extra firm tofu, smoked tofu, fermented tofu, Tofu skin, tofu sticks, dried tofu threads, pickled tofu and so on and so forth. One could be misled in thinking that Vegans must be kings in China. But that is not so. Most of the time Tofu is being served alongside with meat and fish, but there is also a good number of dishes that feature tofu only, so Vegans do have a chance to survive in China. Out of these tons of “raw” tofu, hundreds of different tofu dishes are being crated. There is the most famous stinky tofu that has a quite perturbing smell; there is the immensely spicy Mapo tofu with a lot of pepper in the dish, there is the Kejia tofu that has stuffed meat inside, Chinese Tofu with oyster sauce, Egg tofu, General Tsou’s Tofu, all kinds of vegetable mixed with all kinds of tofu and so on and so forth. Here is some of the mind blowing assortment of different tofu that I found on a shopping day in the supermarket and the wet market only. Happy tofu to you…