When I saw SOGO along South De Anza Blvd one day, I was excited. But to my discovery, it is totally unrelated to anything Japanese. SOGO Tofu is a small store (owners are Hakka Taiwanese) that has an astounding variety of tofu and soy milk products, all made with organic soybeans.
Sogo Tofu
1610 S. De Anza Blvd
San Jose, CA
According to my research, there is a full-blown factory(behind the small store) that turns the magic beans into dozens of sweet and savory creations. At this tofu specialty shop, this is what I sampled.
1. Prepared dishes at the counter (1 rice/noodle + any 3 items @ $5.99)
1 box will be too little for 2 persons, but 2 boxes will be too much. So, some portions were kept for next morning breakfast, just like eating vegetarian beehoon. It's a bit greasy though, esp. the one with thick yellow noodle. Vegetarian does not mean healthy.
2. Mochi Daifuku
Not too sweet, just nice. 很 Q ! And very big and round.
3. 豆花 (dou hua) or 豆腐花 (tofu hua) in Chinese
This comes separately with ginger syrup to drench over the soft tofu.
And if your total purchase is more than $20, they give you a free bottle of soy milk ( 豆浆, dou jiang)
Tag: bay area food, bay area, sogo, tofu,organic,organic soy
The mochi looks good.
ReplyDeleteIs the dou hua smooth, nice and sweet? I bought some from the Asian supermarket near my apt and that one doesn't taste smooth.
ReplyDeleteis that where you got the tofu for your pipa tofu?
ReplyDeletekoeiru, the mochi looks good and taste good too!
ReplyDeletesim, it's smooth, IMO. ;D
nice, and not-sweet. Comes in separate ginger syrup so that you can make it sweeter if you want to. the 豆浆 soy milk is also good. if not free, think it's 1.99.
keropok man, nope, not from here. too many things in such a small shop here that i can't decide what to buy that moment! i will take a look at their tofu next time i go. thks for remind me to eat cold tofu. LOL!
This is so exciting to me- all the mochi and tofu! Under ONE ROOF!
ReplyDeleteand yes, I remember SOGO-ah, brings back shopping memories!