Lao Ban Soya Beancurd

This is probably the best beancurd you can get in Singapore. Good thing is that they started expanding with several outlets in various districts

This is THE MOST amazing thing I ever ate. I would literally go back to Singapore just to eat this again. I got the original flavor and the taste and texture was so perfect.

This tofu tastes like heaven! It is so smooth and silky. I’ve never tasted anything like this. So simple yet so delicious. Wish they have this at the States :(

I 100% agree with the rest of the reviewers. I visited Maxwell Food Centre (as a tourist) and had Lao Ban for the second day in a row — that’s how good this stuff is. I’m not sure if there is an «original» store, but the two that I tried (Old Airport) taste exactly the same and are equally amazing in taste.
See Lao Ban (Old Airport) review here:
I went ahead and got the regular flavor (preferred over almond) and had it during the middle of my meal — who needs to wait to eat dessert?
Price is $ 1.50 SGD and there was no line whatsoever on a weekday evening.

LIFE CHANGINGLY GOOD.
Growing up eating this stuff for dessert, I was alway mehhhhh about tofu for dessert, but man, I have changed my mind after trying Lao Ban’s dessert! To be honest, we were eating Tian Tian chicken and sat down right in front of Lao Ban’s stall. Having a couple coins from change received from Tian Tian’s and seeing some folks buy bags and bags of tofu, I decided to give it a try.
First bite, amazing. The tofu is so soft and smooth and not overly sweet. A purchase of ONE turned into a purchase of many. I brought the extras back to the hotel and ate them the rest of my stay in Singapore.
I’m glad I went out on a limb and gave this place a try.

The best 豆花 I’ve ever had! Very smooth, light, not too sweet, fresh-​tasting. At $ 1.50, it’s a steal!
JONASAPPROVED!

Tried this at the old airport food centre location. Original flavor $ 1.50. Was wonderful! The beancurd was firm but not too firm, perfectly sweet but not too sweet… Yum!
There was a «happy beancurd» stall two stalls away which was selling the same thing for $ 1.50 buy one get one free. Being a cheapskate, I challenged my wife that she couldn’t taste the difference and we should buy the one that was half the price. We did a blind taste test and she could tell the difference immediately.

Meh, enough with the formalities, prim-​and-​proper-​attitude, and masked phrases. I’m just going to be a straight out bugger for this review.
You’re not Singaporean if you have never done your time in National Service (if you’re a guy that is; ladies exempt)…or if you haven’t had a fix from Lao Ban Soya Beancurd (choose any stall… this one just happens to be my poison of choice).
Of course, if you’re allergic to soy… I’d let it slide. But hey, pop a Zyrtec and I’m sure you can have one small bowl at least… it’s worth it. (Come on, I do that when I’m about to have shrimp knowing hives are a-​comin).
So yeah, if I have to tell you one soy product that is actually worth eating (despite the endless genetic mutations this particular crop has gone through nowadays), I’d swear by this little bowl of silky smooth awesomeness. Not to mention, it was one of few places I had to have a mini-​binge before my way out of good ol’SG! (If you’re wondering, the tally was 8 bowls).
If you’ve lived in Singapore for some time now and haven’t had this yet… I’ll…I’ll…I’ll…call the cops on you!
Unilocal 100: ⁵⁰⁄₁₀₀
/​My-​last-​3-​weeks-​in-​SG

A must try, a local favorite hot spot for this soft tofu dessert. Located in hawker locations of Singapore. Made with very soft tofu, served in hot/​cold with sweet ginger water.
So when you’re in the Singapore area, be sure to make a trip to taste this refreshing dessert!

Look, it’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a giant inexplicable queue!
Ok, so this isn’t that unusual in Singapore. Neither is a stall that basically serves a single item, nor a queue that begins before the stall even opens.
The 豆花 is still excellent though. It wasn’t quite what I expected having seen an entirely different concoction while living in Taiwan with the same name, but it wouldn’t be a stretch to say it redeemed (mostly) plain tofu. Sweet without being sickly so, a snack that one can consume without guilt unless one starts building a pile of empty plastic containers.
Of course, between here and Tian Tian, one can end up waiting for a long time at Maxwell Food Centre — but if one is Singapore, I figure it’s just part of the cultural experience to participate in one of the national sports. (Queuing is a Singaporean national sport, right?)

Located along old airport road, this humble stall in old airport food center has been serving tow huay to the neighbourhood for ages. It has been well known for their silky smooth tow huay. It has two stalls in the food center and you might be lucky to find one of them with no one queuing however if you visit them during peak hours, be prepared to see a long queue. They shouldn’t be hard to spot.
They serve different flavours, almond and original are the most popular flavour. There was this weird occasion where someone who queue 20 minutes and ordered only one tub of tow huay and the owner assistant was quite surprise. Though there is no minimum order, you would find people ordering many tubs at one shot.
As mentioned, the tow huay is refreshing and melts in your mouth. You would want to have another as one tub is just not enough.

As a person addicted to sugar-​highs, I usually take my tao huey with sugar syrup — so when I first heard about Lao Ban and how they don’t serve the beancurd with any syrup at all, I was seriously sceptical about it.
But one day after watching the corporate drones at Raffles CBD buy them by the tens, I decided to give them a try. The texture of this beancurd is similar to gelatin jelly instead of normal beancurd. Instead of splitting into smaller pieces, it melts away into a beancurd liquid in your mouth. Really interesting! To the point where we all got addicted to this new variety and no longer prefer the old beancurd!
The store I patronise only offers takeaway option and is located at the Raffles Place MRT Xchange, next to The Brownie Factory. They re-​stock at 11am, and 3.30pm each day, and queues are crazy to do be early and snag a spot!

I still remember the first time I actually had Lao Ban tau huay. A friend bought it for me and I was really skeptical about how good it would taste. There is so much rave and craze over this cold dessert, and it got me thinking, ‘What’s sooooo magical about it?’ And indeed when I first tasted it, I had that magical moment…
Lao Ban beancurd, unlike the usual traditional ones, is served cold and has a pudding like texture. I know there is this Lao Ban style beancurd recipe that is being spread online, but it doesn’t seem like anyone has achieved the golden balance as yet. It is definitely not easy to achieve the pudding texture, and then when you start eating it, all the soya milk start oozing out. Okay, I am not too good at describing it, but you get the point. The bottom line is: it’s delicious!
After trying it, I finally understand why the queue is so long. There are two flavors that you can choose from, original and almond. Usually I will just go for the original. Even my overseas friends enjoyed this a lot when they came over here. However, I do feel that they can make a little improvement by introducing a not-​so-​sweet recipe as the regular ones taste a tad too sweet to some.