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Yong Tau Foo Egg Plant

We had Hakka Yong Tau Foo for dinner yesterday. May not be all the different choices of Yong Tau Foo but at least three different types of it which was good enough for us. The Hakka clan is known for their simple cooking styles and their simple cuisines. Although simple, these Hakka cuisines were healthy cuisines and meant to feed many. So, very often, the cuisines are cooked in large quantities. There is also variety in the Hakka cuisines and often served in predominantly Hakka villages or small towns.

Yong Tau Foo Bean Curd Sheet

Other than our traditional Baba Nyonya cuisines, my mum often cooks Hakka cuisines for us when I was growing up. Long time ago in Malaysia, many of these Hakka cuisines were never available in restaurants as the Hakka people were seldom restauranteurs or professional cooks. There were more Cantonese restaurants established in cities and towns in Malaysia. But in the last few decades, slowly these Hakka restaurants are being introduced in suburbs and small Chinese dominated villages around Malaysia. Usually serving Yong Tau Foo or some cuisines similar to stuffed tofu, stuffed vegetables, wonton, or stuffed soybean sheet.

Fish Paste Stuffed Bean Curd Sheet

I still remember of several Hakka restaurants during my time in Malaysia like the famous Yong Tau Foo restaurant in Ampang and another in Kuchai Lama. Both of which are located in the state of Selangor. There is also one famous Yong Tau Foo shop in Mantin, Negeri Sembilan on the trunk road to Seremban. And a couple of Hakka restaurants in Serdang, Selangor that serve the famous paper wrapped fried chicken. They too have really good Yong Tau Foo. And further up to Kajang all the way to Semenyih, there are family restaurants famous for their hot pepper soup.