Tau Fu Fah 豆腐花 | Desert for the Chinese

Tau Fu Fah
Ready for the traditional dessert in Ipoh?

Tau Fu Fah is the Cantonese name for soy bean curd, which is served in sweet syrup or Malacca sugar syrup as a Chinese traditional dessert.

Still remember the road named Dato Tahil Azar Road? In between the Hakka Mee restaurant and the Salty Chicken restaurant, there is a small shop, named "Kei Foong" or "Funny Mountain".

Erm... The shop is just about the size of a store room. Don't be surprise, this is indeed the famous soybean milk and dessert shop.

I think this is one of the oldest dessert stall in Ipoh. It's been 3 generations, over 50 years. My dad used to bring me here for my favorite dessert when I was a kid.

Okay, back to the stall. Why would people coming to this little stall until causing traffic jam? (People usually just park the car along the road and have a drink in the car before they continue their journey, the stall is really too small for more tables.)

Everyday, the boss started to prepare the drink and dessert early in the morning. The whole process consumes about 3 hours. By following the secret recipe from his ancestor, the soybean drink and dessert taste nice, smooth and rich in nutrient. 

In addition, it is claimed that only the water in Kinta Valley/Ipoh can make this Chinese traditional dessert as smooth and tasty as it is. Therefore, you will never find another branch of it in anywhere within the Malaysia.

And guess what, it costs you less than RM3 to taste this yummy dessert! How could you resists to have a try on it?

Address: No. 49, Jalan Dato Tahil Azar, 30300 Ipoh, Perak.
Tel: 012-5886167
Operating Time: 10.30am - 7.30pm (closed every 2-3 weeks, not fixed)

However if you are not Ipoh Lang, you can always make yourself one. No worries, I will guide you.  Firstly all you need to do is prepare all the ingredients as follows:-

Homemade Tau Foo Fah (豆腐花）/ Soymilk Custard

Soymilk ingredients:
 

300gms soya beans, soaked overnight
1.8L water

1. Blend the soya beans with water ( i did that in 4 portions)
2.Pour the soya milk into a cheesecloth ( i used a clean baby cloth diaper) and squeeze out the soya milk ( also did that for couple of times) into a large pot.
3. Before putting the soya milk on boil, i actually strained the soya milk again to ensure it's totally grainless.
4.Boil the soya milk ( make sure it's totally boiled.)

from the pot..after scooping the bubbles out

soft and silky smooth

Soymilk custard /Tau Foo Fah (makes around 7 bowls)
Ingredients A

5 1/2 cups of boiling soy milk

Ingredients B

1 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp GDL
1/4 cup cold water

Ginger sugar syrup

6 tbsp sugar
1 cup water
1 piece of old ginger, thumbsized, crushed
(bring to a boil until sugar dissolves)

Method:

 
1.In a small cup, mix ingredients B
2. Pour the boiling soy milk in a gushing motion at 2 ft above the pot with GDL mixture.
3.Give the mixture a quick stir and cover it with a cloth before putting the lid on. Leave for 30 minutes.
4.Scoop away the layer of bubbles on top of the soy milk custard and now ready to serve.

            Mission Accomplished!!!!!!!