Thistle's Adventures in Tofu Land
Nov. 7th, 2003 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thistlechaserSince I was ordering Chinese food for dinner, I decided to try tofu. I had had it once before, but in a chocolate pie (don't laugh!) and you couldn't taste it or tell the pie was anything but really rich chocolate.
I looked at the menu and picked one that looked good:
Sesame tofu - Golden crispy tofu glazed with a honey sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds.
When it arrived, it did in fact smell yummy. I took a little bite, and while it didn't taste as strong as it smelled (the taste was really, really mild/bland), it didn't taste bad. The consistency though... that's another story. My first "bite" was really a nibble. It was very spongy, sort of like scrambled eggs. But I like scrambled eggs, so I took a larger nibble. Not great, but okay. Then I made the mistake of taking a normal sized bite. I know a lot of this was in my head, but I almost couldn't swallow it, I literally gagged it down. The texture was just too... "wrong". I don't know how I can say that when I eat scrambled eggs a lot, but in a bigger bite it was different than that. And a whole mouthful? *twitch*
Oh well. I think maybe if the pieces had been a lot smaller (tiny), maybe it would have actually gotten crisp when they fried it? I don't know. I might try it again if it's in front of me, but not if it is... I don't know how to complete that. Not if it's tofu-ish. :) Well, not if it's like today's tofu.
I looked at the menu and picked one that looked good:
Sesame tofu - Golden crispy tofu glazed with a honey sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds.
When it arrived, it did in fact smell yummy. I took a little bite, and while it didn't taste as strong as it smelled (the taste was really, really mild/bland), it didn't taste bad. The consistency though... that's another story. My first "bite" was really a nibble. It was very spongy, sort of like scrambled eggs. But I like scrambled eggs, so I took a larger nibble. Not great, but okay. Then I made the mistake of taking a normal sized bite. I know a lot of this was in my head, but I almost couldn't swallow it, I literally gagged it down. The texture was just too... "wrong". I don't know how I can say that when I eat scrambled eggs a lot, but in a bigger bite it was different than that. And a whole mouthful? *twitch*
Oh well. I think maybe if the pieces had been a lot smaller (tiny), maybe it would have actually gotten crisp when they fried it? I don't know. I might try it again if it's in front of me, but not if it is... I don't know how to complete that. Not if it's tofu-ish. :) Well, not if it's like today's tofu.
