Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Smelly Tofu
Ah Valentine's Day... the day where couples becomes the ultimate suckers for money making enterprises... The day where u willing pay 10 times the price for a rose and interestingly enough buy more than 1 stalk. Today's the day where restaurants are having a field day charging 20% more on their prices and yet, they have long queues! The day where people think nothing of paying more than $30 for 5 miserable pieces of Godiva chocolates where normally they baulk at the price...
Ah Valentine's Day.. where people REALLY get blinded by love.... suckers.... ha ha ha
Ok ok... to each his own... I for one, dun believe in Valentine's day... and every year, other half and I do not celebrate it. We just cook and talk. This year, we decided to break tradition: We decided to go to Geylang to eat smelly tofu.
Yeah... it's penance for me for a misunderstanding over the weekend. So as punishment, i had to bring him to eat smelly tofu (one really wonders who is being punished). The one in Geylang which is supposedly famous. Unconventional? U bet. Imagine it's Valentine's day and two idiots eat smelly tofu and end up not kissing each other the whole night... how... romantic... Ha ha ha
Even Black Adder was surprised:
Black Adder (BA): Happy Valentine's Day! So what are u doing tonight?
me: going to eat chou tofu in Geylang.. oei... u have the address?
BA: har? so... lomantic ah?
me: yeah... so where's the address?
BA gives address and then posts some reviews about the place:
"so smelly till the store was vandalized and other shops complained"; "if blue cheese and bitter durian won't do u in, this definitely will"; "like eating at a garbage dump"; and something about being marinated in animal innards or something... definitely not encouraging
Well... let me cut to the chase... I tried the Taiwanese version over the weekend and that was still quite appetizing... This one.. is really an acquired taste...The Taiwanese one, the lady actually cut it in 4 cubes and then frying it. The Hong Kong version, they fry the whole thing and then they cut it in 4... so u can imagine the "essence" that.. leaks out of it. Woah.... the moment the lady put it on the table, u can really smell it... and that is after you have been sitting at the shop for like 20 mins. U think u would have gotten use to the smell and then a fresh wave just hits u....
Verdict: I don't particularly hate it, nor do I particularly love it. It's not the kind of food that you will "jio" ur friends to go eat with u (which my friends have already strongly objected over the weekend).
People who are interested or for those of you who just have a death wish (ok, joking) here's the address:
Mini Star
789 Geylang Road (near Lor 41)
Walk past City Plaza towards Geylang.
Trust me, the nose knows once you get there and just follow your gut feel...
Ah Valentine's Day.. where people REALLY get blinded by love.... suckers.... ha ha ha
Ok ok... to each his own... I for one, dun believe in Valentine's day... and every year, other half and I do not celebrate it. We just cook and talk. This year, we decided to break tradition: We decided to go to Geylang to eat smelly tofu.
Yeah... it's penance for me for a misunderstanding over the weekend. So as punishment, i had to bring him to eat smelly tofu (one really wonders who is being punished). The one in Geylang which is supposedly famous. Unconventional? U bet. Imagine it's Valentine's day and two idiots eat smelly tofu and end up not kissing each other the whole night... how... romantic... Ha ha ha
Even Black Adder was surprised:
Black Adder (BA): Happy Valentine's Day! So what are u doing tonight?
me: going to eat chou tofu in Geylang.. oei... u have the address?
BA: har? so... lomantic ah?
me: yeah... so where's the address?
BA gives address and then posts some reviews about the place:
"so smelly till the store was vandalized and other shops complained"; "if blue cheese and bitter durian won't do u in, this definitely will"; "like eating at a garbage dump"; and something about being marinated in animal innards or something... definitely not encouraging
Well... let me cut to the chase... I tried the Taiwanese version over the weekend and that was still quite appetizing... This one.. is really an acquired taste...The Taiwanese one, the lady actually cut it in 4 cubes and then frying it. The Hong Kong version, they fry the whole thing and then they cut it in 4... so u can imagine the "essence" that.. leaks out of it. Woah.... the moment the lady put it on the table, u can really smell it... and that is after you have been sitting at the shop for like 20 mins. U think u would have gotten use to the smell and then a fresh wave just hits u....
Verdict: I don't particularly hate it, nor do I particularly love it. It's not the kind of food that you will "jio" ur friends to go eat with u (which my friends have already strongly objected over the weekend).
People who are interested or for those of you who just have a death wish (ok, joking) here's the address:
Mini Star
789 Geylang Road (near Lor 41)
Walk past City Plaza towards Geylang.
Trust me, the nose knows once you get there and just follow your gut feel...
# posted by Xallista @ 9:30 PM 
