Vietnam
Being a refreshing dish, with a cooling effect, suitable for enjoying on hot summer days, tofu has won the hearts of many people. Tofu is made from soybeans, has an ivory color, rich taste, and light aroma, so it easily makes others fall in love. Tofu is soft and smooth, melts like jelly, and is one of the favorite snacks in all regions of Vietnam.
Traditional Hanoi tofu pudding is poured with jasmine-flavored sugar water. Later, there were many variations such as mulberry tofu pudding, green bean tofu pudding, lotus seed tofu pudding, coffee tofu pudding, green tea tofu pudding, chocolate tofu pudding, caramel tofu pudding...
Hanoi tofu stall
Tofu pudding in Hue, Da Nang and the central provinces is called dau to, which has a different taste from tofu pudding in Hanoi. Hue tofu is sprinkled with crushed or sliced ginger, fragrant and spicy, the tofu pieces are also softer. Hue tofu can be eaten with sugar sprinkled on top or without sugar.
Hue Tofu
Southerners often call tofu pudding as tofu or tofu in sugar water. Compared to tofu pudding, tofu is thicker and thicker, eaten hot with coconut milk and sugar water, with a little ginger and many places also add small tapioca balls called banh lot. In addition, in the southern provinces, especially Saigon, there is another way of processing tofu, which is tofu mixed with ice water, coconut water... called ice tofu. Ice tofu has a characteristic mild, refreshing smell that is very popular with students.
Saigon ice-cold tofu, with sugar water, coconut milk, dried coconut and ginger
Taiwan
Taiwanese tofu pudding is often served with nuts such as peanuts and beans in broth made from many different flavors, from green beans, taro, red beans to brown sugar, rock sugar, etc. You can add ginger, tapioca pearls or chestnuts. Diners can choose their favorite nuts and broth. Taiwanese tofu pudding is delicious hot or cold.
Taiwanese Tofu
Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, tofu pudding is a dessert that can be bought in supermarkets. Hong Kong tofu pudding is thin, smooth, light and mild in flavor, served with broth, brown sugar and ginger, and can be topped with black sesame jam or coconut milk.
Hong Kong Tofu
Malaysia and Singapore
In these countries, tofu is usually very smooth and thick, eaten hot or cold depending on the taste of each diner, along with sugar water or syrup, many people even add a little jelly, ginkgo nuts or soybeans to make the dish more attractive. Malaysian and Singaporean tofu can have many different flavors such as mango, melon or sesame seeds... Recently, this dish has been varied by adding gelatine, making the tofu smooth, chewy, and thick like pudding jelly.
Singapore Tofu
