Penang Yong Tau Foo 檳城釀豆腐

Padang Brown yong tau foo (29 March 2014)


Penang Yong Tau Foo (檳城釀豆腐) is a soup dish of Hakka origin that is often found at Penang coffee shops and hawker centres. The name yong tau foo is Hakka for stuffed beancurd. This refers to the various beancurd-based items that are stuffed. They include beancurd stuffed with meat, stuffed soya puffs and stuffed such as ladies' fingers, chilli and brinjal.

Customers select the items that go into the soup and then hand the selection to the hawker, who cooks up the soup and serve it with an accompanying dip of sweet sauce and chilli sauce. The sweet sauce is dark brown in colour while the chilli sauce is vermillion. These may come in separate saucers or placed together within a larger saucer. This dish can be found throughout Malaysia. The Penang-style yong tau foo comes with the clear soup made from stock. Unlike the Ampang style, there is no dry version.

Here I am trying out the Yong Tau Foo at Padang Brown Hawker Centre (29 March 2014)

Yong Tau Foo in Penang Hokkien

This section is in Penang Hokkien and is part of Learn Penang Hokkien. It helps you practise reading in the language. Refer to the Penang Hokkien Dictionary for words that you are not sure.

Yong3 Tau3 Foo3 si3 cit3-hang3 eh3 Khek1 Lang2-eh3 ciak1. Uh3 kui1na3-leh3 thnua1 ti1 Penang beh3 yong3 tau3 foo3. Penang-eh3 yong3tau3foo3 ka3nia3 uh3 tam2 eh2, boh3 kong4 cin3cnia1 siang3ka1 Ampang eh2. Yong3tau3foo3-eh3 mi3knia3 si3 siang3ka1 hu3wan2, bak1wan2, tau3knua1 cni3 bak1choh3, ha1kau2, kark1tau3, keo2 kah1 huan3cio1. Yong3tau3foo3 phang2 lai2 ka1 tnee3 cniau3 kah1 huan3cio3 cniau3 hor3 lu1 un3.

Translation
Yong Tau Foo is a type of Hakka dish. It is sold in a few stalls in Penang. The Penang-style yong tau foo has only the wet type, not much like that of Ampang. Yong tau foo ingredients include fishballs, meatballs, beancurd stuffed with minced meat, prawn ravioli, ladies' fingers, brinjal and chilli. Yong tau foo is served with saucers of sweet sauce and chilli sauce for dipping.

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