Seattle Has the Best Tofu, Folks

Vegetarians! Serious Eats has determined, through a rigorous taste-testing, that Seattle's own Thanh Son tofu is the best tasting soy-curd around.

If you wander into their International District store in the afternoon and buy a pound for a whopping $1.25, you will be rewarded with a still-warm, sweet, tender, luscious block of tofu. Yes, I said luscious and tofu in the same sentence. This stuff is so good, you might want to eat it plain, just dipped in a little soy sauce.

Yelp, normally an unpredictable and slightly terrifying place to visit, also offered forth some gushing praise:

Thanh Son tofu is awesome. They offer fried tofu to buy by the pound in a couple of different varieties as well as fresh tofu that they've clearly just made. I am in love with the lemongrass and onion flavors of fried tofu and am glad that there is a cheaper place to get it than Uwajimaya (which carries the same product for more money). The only problem with the place is that it's not really close to anywhere you would ordinarily be, but it's worth the walk for some quality product.

Hands in the air, Seattle vegetarians. Hands in the air.