Lao Ban Soya Bean

I don’t even know how to begin to describe the texture of the soya bean curd at Lao Ban. This location at Old Airport Food Centre is the first time I had it (second time, Maxwell), after a recommendation (no, an «OMG THIS THING IS HEAVEN) from my cousin from Australia. $ 1.50 SGD each??? What a steal.
I’m told that I made a face that showed exactly how much I loved this stuff… and it’s too R rated for this review. The bean curd is silky, smooth, sweet (but not too sweet) and it’s gelatinous, but not like jello. It basically melts in your mouth. This cold dessert is exactly what you need in hot/​humid Singapore after a hot meal at the various stalls surrounding Lao Ban.
I’m not exactly sure what ingredients this stuff is made of, because it doesn’t really taste like your usual Asian soybean dessert/​drink. It’s more milky than soy bean-​y, if that makes any sense. I also preferred the regular flavor over the almond flavor, as the almond is a bit too strong for my taste.
This stuff needs to come to the US, please.

I’m a HUGE fan of Lao Ban soya bean.
The soya beancurd is silky, soft and sweet. Best thing ever.
The wait is usually very long as people buy it in bulk. This is definitely a must eat dessert.

Best Soya Beancurd tasted in town. Perfect texture and sweetness. Worth doing the line-​up.

This place is fantastic. The Q was not too bad because we came early. They are so busy that the first thing they ask is «how many do u want?» Very silky and soft. Bit sweet for me but most will find it just right. S$ 1.50 will make u happy.

THIS SHOULD BE KNOWN AS CRACK TOFU BEAN CURD PUDDING.
Yes folks, its that good. I would like to think that I have had my fair share of outstanding things, especially when it comes to tofu pudding. It’s not as authentic as say the Taiwanese style, but much better than the Hong Kong style… Lao Ban is uniquely Singaporean style, and I LIKE IT.
Let me tell you, this place is just out of this world. Reasons being:
* Texture is amazingly silky and smooth. Tastes like heaven in a spoonful
* I see everyone buying in bulk. You know its good if thats the case
* The original flavor has great soy taste, the almond reminds me of one of my all time childhood favorites, Almond Jello
* its $ 1.50! I used to pay $ 2USD in Los Angeles!
Just thinking about this is making me drool. Hurry up, go find Lao Ban and buy in bulk!
I mean dude, it was so good I even took a photo and posted in on Facebook as a status update.
Please Be Hurry. You go now and buy.

Talking about Lao Ban, this is the best Soya beancurd. Whenever, we’ve meal at Lao Ban, we will definitely buy the Soya Beancurd. Not one container but few containers. Even when am not going there for meals, I will ask anyone who go there to pack few containers for me which I will stock up some in fridge for myself and mum.
There’s almond flavour but I still prefer original. Their soya bean drink is also nice but I find it’s more expensive as their portion is lesser.
Thou, nowadays there’s a lot stall making the same texture of Beancurd as Lao Ban but the smoothes and taste are not the same. Lao Ban Soya Bean curd is still the best I’ve tried.
I hope it can open more stalls at other places as for me, it location is not so convenient.

I can almost forget about getting myself a portion of this when I’m at Maxwell. Even though I’m a strict supporter of the traditional tau huey and hardly consider this tau huey (it’s more like soy-​flavoured pudding to me), I can get where the rage is coming from.
It’s not really pudding-​like like the rest of its copycats and actually ‘resists’ before you take the spoon away from the container, and it melts in your mouth. $ 1.50 is too much ($ 2 for the flavoureds!), but its good for a one-​in-​a-​while spoiling. It’s good.

The owners must be rolling in the deep. In money. Imagine, that each box of beancurd sells for $ 1.50. The cost price of each is probably at most 50c (including material, labour, rent). The fridge sells out with beancurd every hour. That’s like at least 300 boxes in there. That’s $ 1 profit x 300. Multiply it by 8. That is 2400 in cash every day. Wow. Can you imagine?
That being said, I really like the beancurd because it’s nothing like the traditional kind. Only recently introduced in the past 2 years, the Lao Ban version tastes like slightly solid vitasoy that explodes into liquid form the moment it reaches your mouth. It is so good. I am willing to queue up to 15 minutes for that, which is the average time for the goods to land in your hands. There are some who don’t understand the fuss nor like it a lot though so even for this, tastes are very much of a personal opinion.

The first thing that you would notice when you step into this hawker centre is the long queue from this certain stall at the 2^nd row of shops. As you walk closer, you would see that everyone who leaves that stall has bought at least 10 boxes or more of that soya bean curd, even though there are other bean curd stalls next to it but everybody prefers this stall.
It is made fresh and delivered to the stall and it has certain timings that the stall will open for business as once the beancurd sells out, they have to wait for another batch to come in. If you are a regular patron you would know the timing to start queuing.
What makes this beancurd so special is that it has a slightly more milky and smooth taste compared to the regular bean curd out there. There is a top layer when you start digging your spoon into the bean curd and that is the best part of the dish. It slides right to your throat and instantly melts in your mouth, leaving a very nice and refreshing aftertaste. The one thing i have not gotten used to is the powdery end when you slurp finish the whole bowl. Thats probably the only thing to complain about this bean curd. Thumbs up!

DAYUM! this tauhuay is da bomb.
I absolutely love the pudding-​like texture of this tauhuay as compared to the more traditional version. The only thing I dont like about it is the long queues. Its so painful having to wait and wait and wait to finally get to buy the tauhuay. Worse if you didnt buy enough and then regret it after.
My advice is to buy more and keep them for later!

I was there before it got famous. *Proud face* One fine day, me and my colleagues were having lunch and we decided to try this new stall of Tau Hway. Boy were we surprised. What texture is this? Why is it so silky and why does it roll down our throats so easily, and it’s so sweet and delightfully light! We da-​bao-​ed for other colleagues who didn’t get to come out for lunch and the rest is history.
I recommend the almond tau hway. If the best tau hway had a child with the best almond pudding, this will be it. Also, my male colleagues have commented that the lady at the counter sets their hearts a flutter, I don’t know if she’s still there though.
There’s now a stall below my block selling tau hway with a similar pudding texture. It seems that the secret is out, such stalls are sprouting out in every neighbourhood! But of course the original is always this — Lao Ban at Old Airport Road.

Very yummy! This beancurd tastes more like pudding than beancurd — so deliciously smooth and cold it’s a great light desert to have. A very clever twist on the traditional beancurd I reckon — I’ve gone back many times to get more. There are always long queues though, so prepare to wait, and go earlier on in the day to get it. It usually sells out by the late afternoon!

The snaking queues and stories of early afternoon sell-​outs make this place almost legendary. It was only a couple of months in to my new work place that I got to try this wonderous ‘different’ beancurd and see what the big deal was.
I like it because it doesn’t actually taste like your usual Soya Bean (not the biggest fan), there is talk of coffee creamer being one of the main ingredients in this soyabean dessert and it does taste quite strongly of that. Still it does go down quite smoothly, but I’m not going to queue for a hour just to buy a bowl! One thing we did was do a pre-​bulk order, where we collated orders from fellow colleagues and placed an order 2 days in advance. Seeing the faces of people as you walk away from the store with a carton of 100 bowls of Tao Huey, was legendary.