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all my life i’ve been disgusted with tofu.  i cant stand the look of it, the texture, the taste…..and smell?  does tofu have a smell?  lol…anyway, dino (my lil bro) has been talking about this tofu place that i HAVE to try.  it’s tofu like i’ve never had/seen.  well, last week we were having a fun day together so i thought “fine, why not.”  the thing is, once i find something i like at a restaurant, i always order that same dish.  when i’m feeling adventurous i order another dish but i end up hating it….happens 95% of the time.  so over time, i’ve realized once you find a dish you like always order it.  you’ll know what to expect, you’ll know you like it, and in the end you’ll be happy.  so anyway, dino convinced me to finally try it.  this was our experience:

we drove into the town center, as we enter i look to my right and the first thing i see is a noodle restaurant.  i didnt bother to look anywhere else so i asked dino “is it at that noodle place?’  dino looked at me like i was crazy and started laughing saying, “NO, it’s that TOFU place right next to it!!” there was a humongous sign right next to the noodle place with a gigantic TOFU written across.  i’m such a dork.  hahahah.  i’ve got serious tunnel vision.  oops.  so we go into the restaurant and the atmosphere is okay.  it was very oriental, but what stood out to me was their dishware.  they had real copper dishes, metals, etc.  even the chopsticks were made out of copper — they were so heavy!  it was pretty ghetto thought that they had tables share water and hot tea – both in a plastic container.  so when it seemed like we hadn’t touched our water they took it and brought it to a new table.  weird.

then the food started coming.  the rice was yummy.  the sides were pretty good.  i only had the seaweed paper and a bite of the fish.  the seaweed paper i devoured..kinda.. it’s been a long time since i’ve had it.  the fish….bleh.  then the korean bbq came on a hot plate.  the onions came freshly sliced but within a few minutes was carmelized….YUM!  the korean bbq was pretty amazing…makes me wanna go to a korean bbq place soon.  ahha.  the tofu finally came and it looked like soup.  then dino did his magic and added an egg and broke down the tofu, then mixing it all together.  i tried it and it was pretty good.  i wouldnt say it was amazing or that i would crave it but i would eat it if it was there.  it actually reminded me of a filipino dish.  i dont know what it is called but i will post the name when i find out.  so yah.  I HAD TOFU. unbelievable. afterwards, we had some ice cream.  it was pretty good….until i dropped it on my chest and lap.  ahhaha… typical, clumsy me.

because i am so picky, i think someone would have to really rave about a new dish for me to actually try it.  i am still cautious about trying new items because of past experiences.  so… do any of you like tofu?  are there any dishes that you rave about that you can suggest for picky me to try?  that reminds me.. tara (jake’s sister) took us to a cuban place in old town orange.  i forget the name, but i was scared the food was gonna be disgusting. i started seeing some food come out to other tables and they did not look appetizing.  we finally got our food…and i LOVED it!  it tasted really good.  i would mosdef go back again.  too bad jake didn’t like it. i’d have to find someone else to go with me. haha.

enjoy the pictures from the tofu place.