Tofu restaurants in Asia
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Kawashima Tōfu
On the shopping street near the station, this renowned tofu shop has been in business since the Edo period and serves set meals (reservations required) around its 10-seat counter. Zaru-dōfu, its speciality, is scooped like ice cream and served on Karatsu-yaki plates. No time for a full meal? Try tofu soft cream for ¥200.
In the station are several quick, cheap and cheerful options for noodles, gyōza (dumplings) and the like.
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Okabe
This street-corner tofu restaurant is recognisable by the big illustration of a heavily laden tofu seller in a straw hat. Squeeze in at the counter and watch the team of women chopping and frying as you wait. There are only two things on the menu: an okabe teishoku (set meal with several types of tofu; ¥800) and a namayuba-don teishoku (dried 'tofu skin' on rice, with soup; ¥850).
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Yee Heung Bean Products
Housewives, workers and schoolchildren have been coming here for fried tofu ($10) or sweet tofu pudding ($5) for over half a century. These connoisseurs believe the tofu here is dense and smooth, with nutty notes.
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Yudōfu Sagano
This is a popular place to sample yudōfu. It’s fairly casual, with a spacious dining room. You can usually eat here without having to wait and there‘s both indoor and outdoor seating. Look for the old cartwheels outside.
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Kung Wo Tofu Factory
At century-old Kung Wo, stone-milled tofu comes braised, fried, stuffed or in the company of fruits (tofu snacks from $12). For nostalgic ambience, visit the old shops in Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City. There are new branches, including one in Wan Chai.
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Kung Wo Tofu Factory
At century-old Kung Wo, stone-milled tofu comes braised, fried, stuffed or in the company of fruits (tofu snacks from $12). For nostalgic ambience, visit the old shops in Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City. There are new branches, including one in Wan Chai.
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Kung Wo Tofu Factory
At century-old Kung Wo, stone-milled tofu comes braised, fried, stuffed or in the company of fruits (tofu snacks from $12). For nostalgic ambience, visit the old shops in Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City. There are new branches, including one in Wan Chai.
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Kung Wo Tofu Factory
At century-old Kung Wo, stone-milled tofu comes braised, fried, stuffed or in the company of fruits (tofu snacks from $12). For nostalgic ambience, visit the old shops in Sham Shui Po and Kowloon City. There are new branches, including this one in Wan Chai.
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Toyouke-Jaya
Locals line up for the tofu lunch sets at this famous restaurant across from Kitano Tenman-gū. Set meals start at ¥650 and usually include tofu, rice and miso soup. Problem is, it gets very crowded, especially when a market is on at the shrine. If you can get here when there’s no queue, pop in for a healthy meal.
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Tōshō
A traditional wooden building in a beautiful garden setting, Tōshō specialises in homemade tofu (the menu has some pictures), served in a surprising variety of tasty forms. It's a short walk from Danbara 1 chōme (段原一丁目) tram stop, left uphill after the Hijiyama shrine.
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Tofuya-Ukai
Make your reservations when you book your flights. You’ll be glad you did, for this is perhaps Tokyo’s most gracious restaurant, in a former sake brewery moved from northern Japan and an exquisite garden in shadow of Tokyo Tower. Seasonal preparations of the namesake tofu and accompanying dishes are served in more ways than you may have thought possible, in kaiseki style.
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Okutan
Just outside the precincts of Nanzen-ji, you’ll find Okutan, a restaurant inside the luxurious garden of Chōshō-in. This is a popular place that has specialised in vegetarian temple food for hundreds of years. Try a course of yudōfu together with vegetable side dishes (¥3000). It can get crowded here in the cherry-blossom and autumn-foliage seasons.
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Tōsuirō
We really like this tofu specialist. It’s got great traditional Japanese décor and in summer you can sit on the yuka (dining platform) outside with a view of the Kamo-gawa. You will most probably be amazed by the incredible variety of dishes that can be created with tofu. At lunch, the machiya-zen (tofu set; ¥2100) is highly recommended. At dinner, we suggest the Higashiyama tofu set (¥3675). Tōsuirō is at the end of an alley on the north side.
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Sasa-no-Yuki
Sasa-no-Yuki opened its doors in Edo times, serving beautifully presented tōfu-ryōri (multicourse, tofu-based meals). To find it, turn right out the station exit, cross the big intersection at Kototoi-dōri and look for the black-walled restaurant on your left about 200m up, past the pedestrian overpass.
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Dolkemaeul Tofu House
The star here is the excellent sundubu (uncurdled tofu) cooked in a stone pot and served with hotpot rice, soup, fish and side dishes. Add an egg to the tofu, spoon the rice into a bowl and pour hot water from the kettle into the rice hotpot to make burnt-rice tea that takes away the spiciness.
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BSD Dubu House
Over 20 varieties of spicy sundubu are on offer in this neat and clean basement restaurant decorated with collectables, but the traditional beef one is hard to beat. Add a raw egg to the sundubu, empty the rice into a bowl and add boiling water to the remaining rice to make burnt-rice tea. Side dishes include freshly fried fish.
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