Chef Life Magazine Issue #45: Yin-Yang Tofu

This is a Chinese restaurant around the neighbourhood called 'HCN' which they don't state what it stands for. They serve fantastic Malaysian Chinese food and every now and then they come up with something really unique and innovative that'll just will blow your mind.

Here's a tofu dish which is housemade. As in the tofu is made from scratch. The white regular tofu that's deep fried till crispy on the outside and soft and silky on the inside. The black one is what's amazing. I was thinking it might be just regular tofu and they add in like food coloring or charcoal powder which is what I add to my burger buns to make it have the black color tone.

But after taking a bite, you'll realize you aren't even eating tofu. It has a very interesting texture that's hard to describe in a blog but it's sort of like tofu but slightly firmer and the taste is earthy like beans.

I asked the waiter what it was and he told me that it's made from black beans. Mind blown! This opens up a whole new realm of tofu-like making! I mean if this cubes could be made with black beans then you'd virtually be able to make them using any type of beans. This is just absolutely ah-may-zingg!

Review of the place and food:

Decor & Ambience ★★★
Food ★★★★
Service ★★★★

Didn't get to take more pictures coz this dish was the only thing I think was worth the talk. I'll get more pictures when I go back to this place again which is probably soon as it's just nearby my house. What a great thing to have.... A really good restaurant in the neighbourhood 😃