An Dong Tofu

3 words: durian sticky rice.
Depending on who serves it, the serving size will be different. One time I got one container that was only half filled :(usually they stuff it though!

Do not let them add up the total, they will purposely over charged you. They have a cash register but never use it, they’d add up the total in their head instead of using the cash register so they can cheat you. Recommend you guys add up the total again before you leave the store.

Came in at like 5PM on veggie day…
We were initially greeted by a bum outside (of which there were a fair amount) asking for money.
Usually you go into a Vietnamese veggie restaurant and they have an assortment of various stir-​fried or stewed items available for viewing on the other side of the glass. Not here. They had three items available — we should have taken that as reason enough to leave.
We ordered 2x Bun Bo Hue and 1x Bi Cuon. We sat down at the singular table they have inside. It appears to be two tables that were conjoined using glue. We were pleased to find that we would be sharing the table with the poorly behaved children of the staff. They were climbing on the table, breaking pencils, and being loud. It seemed to take forever for the food to come out as we had to endure the unwelcomed behavior of the restaurant staff’s spawn, and we became more and more frustrated.
The food finally came, and it was edible, but nothing special. We were pretty full after eating the Bun Bo Hue, and as we grew more and more uncomfortable being watched by the children while eating, we decided to take the Bi Cuon to go.
During the meal, some of the vagrants began quarreling outside and we were subjected to their foul mouths while we wrapped up our meal.
BTW, they charge $.50 for tap water in a cup… seriously
I would have found more pleasure in setting the $ 20 bill on fire than spending it on a meal at this flop of a restaurant.
Would give zero stars if possible

I love their sesame balls with mung beans! perfectly sweetened and crunchy! I bought some at 8:00am, and around 3:00pm they are still crunchy, how can this be? It is one of the best.

Tasty tofu! Hard to find parking but worth the trouble. They use non-​gmo soybeans (I read the label of the bags) and make practically everything themselves. Good tasting soymilk, desserts, food, sticky rice, etc. You can tell that the restaurant focuses on the food, no frills, cheap prices.
It must be a family owned business because you will see Vietnamese kids doing their homework on the table.
The customer service is not the best but be patient. They do not intend to give you a stink eye, mean face, or talk crap about you in Vietnamese. They just being real after hours of making food.
Compared to the bigger Vietnamese fast food chains like Lee’s or Huong Lang, the quality of the small to-​go trays is higher. It’s more fresh, the ingredients were not skimped and so it tastes better. You won’t find as many options as the bigger places though. Come here for the rice and item combinations, for durian sticky rice, or for it’s awesome soymilk.

I’m not feeling this place at all, I only came because my mom wanted to. The lady is rude and just plain nasty. Maybe it’s because our Vietnamese isn’t so fluent and it’s a hassle for her to repeat herself. I don’t understand how they have a 4star. 1 $ a piece seriously? Rip off. It’s not even hot and she said we can heat it up for you … IN A MICROWAVE. And said if we don’t wanna microwave it we can go somewhere else. Lady please fix your attitude !!! Paying 7.50 for rice and two piece of vegetarian fish tofu not worth it at all. Piece of shit place !!!

Why 5 Stars? Because it is one of the few tofu makers in San Jose to use Non-​GMO organic Soybeans for all their soy-​based products.
Tofu is always fresh, and their vegan bun rieu is amazing. Their quick serve buffet is ehh… So-​so. But you don’t come here for that. You come for their incredible fresh tofu, rice paper rolls, soy milk and young tofu.
This is a great place for folks who love truly omg handcrafted tofu. Once you try tofu from here, you will never buy store bought tofu again.

100% vegetarian, no garlic, no onions. Currently my favorite vegetarian place in south bay. The (2 item combo) fried bean curd and lemongrass tofu with clear noodle are always safe bets if you’re new to Vietnamese food. Will definitely be back :)

I always come here for fresh tofu, soy milk and other vegetarian take out food. They also do party trays.

I go here for their tofu dessert. Love their ginger syrup. I used to like thanh son tofu but their syrup tastes bad now.

Cheap, quick & good!
Typical Vietnamese fast food joint that serves vegetarian food. I love the fried bean curd (dau hu ky) with tofu filling. Crispy, greasy and amazing. They ran out when I came in the other day but were more than willing to fry more for me. Also love the lemongrass tofu & mushroom tofu.
Parking sucks and this isn’t the nicest spot out there. It took me forever to find a parking spot so my mom just hopped down and did the purchasing for me. You basically just come in, pick up your food & leave. I’d recommend coming early in the day when the food is fresh and available since they tend to run out towards the end of the day. If I lived near by, I would visit often to pick up some entrees to take home all the time!

Simple, good, and cheap eat at An Dong Tofu. They may not have the best service but the good food speak for itself. Love getting their tofu and soy milk. Overall, I would come back to this place if I am in the area.

Did I come here on a bad day? A really really bad day? Was this visit a bad dream? How are there good reviews for this place? HOW!??
The food was disgusting, old, stale, greasy as ef (is ef greasy? it is here.) and smelled like rotten tofu… It’s a smell that does not ever leave the cavities of your nostrils and immediately triggers your gag reflex.
I’ve had plenty of Vietnamese dishes but this place was no reflection of it. I felt like I was at the tail end of a black friday sale on Viet Veg food on the following Tue.
I dislike going to the east side more many reasons; this just gave me one more reason to add to my list. way to represent.

One of the best vegetarian places in San Jose! My family has been buying tofu from them for years. I recently tried their Bun Rieu Chay. At first, I thought it was not that great. My dad has been saying that they have the best bun rieu chay here. I tried at least 3 other places in San Jose. THIS IS THE BEST PLACE FOR BUN RIEU CHAY. It’s not like the real thing but it sure does come close.

I love their «Bo Bia» Veggie Spring Rolls! I also love their fried tofu with the black stringy veggies inside. They are delicious! The Bo Bia Spring Rolls are 3 for $ 3.50 and the fried tofu’s are 4 pieces for $ 1. Think of it as «eating healthy» for a small price and you can’t go wrong with tofu! I work right by here and it’s a little walk over here. I can get those Bo Bia Spring rolls everyday! Yummy!!!
My co workers have tried the #10 Bun Rieu and they say it’s delicious! I’m trying this next!

Solid 3.5 stars.
My family and friends enjoy their soy milk (sans sugar) and soft tofu with ginger syrup.
I suggest the soy milk sans sugar because it is more thick and you can always go home and add the right amount of sugar to your tasting.
I also advise you to get a large because it is bang for your buck!

I loveeeeeeeeee this place!
They have the bestest on-​the-​run Vietnamese vegetarian dishes. It is totally home made food. The food is delicious and the price is affortable!
They also have «dao hu duong» which can translate to sugar tofu. If you haven’t tried it, then you MUST! It’s a dessert that’s sort of like flan. It is super duper cheap, so if you stop by then you must try it out. It is only $ 2 something for a small container which is a lot for one person.
This place is great and Yay! I’m a fan!

I come here quite often because I am a part-​time vegetarian. It’s quick and cheap… Like all Vietnamese food to go places. Good service is non existent.
I’ve tried their fried noodles ($ 2 or $ 3 portions), hu tieu, canh chua (sweet and sour soup), fried tofu ($ 1 for 6 pieces), and bun rieu (tomato seafood noodle soup). All were vegetarian of course. You can get a meal for as cheap as $ 3-​$ 5. If you order take out be aware that you need to ask them to heat up the food if you don’t have a microwave.
Everything taste like how it’s suppose to. Nothing spectacular. Maybe because I never feel full after eating their food. Probably cause it’s not a balanced vegetarian meal. I do however like their bun rieu a lot even though it is on the sweeter side. I haven’t tried their Ginger sugared tofu or buying just raw tofu because they’re usually sold out by the time I come in.
Be careful, some of their pre-​packed food is not vegetarian. It says on the ingredients list.

«Ah Dang Tofu Dongs»
by Paul «Ding-​Dong» M
I walked in, smiled politely, and asked where are the Tofu Dongs. Were they all out of Dongs? I had to point my Dong-​like finger to the weird-​assed various vege stuff, staying warm in the little heated metal cubicles, and exclaim, «what the in darn tarnation is that weird crap». Well, I left the wify to sort through the warming cubicles, and looked up at the nice big sign for their Dong-​free soup.
One of the only reasons I had stopped for this God-​Dong place, was that they had the only empty parking space, in a tsumani of crazed Comical-​kasi Asian drivers bent on global destruction, or at least my destruction, it seemed. Besides, my Asian wife, was begging to somehow get away from all the crazed Asian drivers, so we needed a food break. I was also starting to out-​crazy, the crazed Asian drivers, and cut a few off in a few dare-​devil moves, that totally freaked my wify out… do not mess with former Brooklynoids!
The lady who helped us, was a bizarre combo of nice & mean, and had that no-​nonsense stoic, «I will chop off your American dong, if you mess with me» attitude. It was «like» at first sight! I think she was the Vietnamese version of the Nazi Soup guy, but female (I think). We ordered a shit-​load of stuff to eat there at their one small table and she asked for NO MONEY UPFRONT… WOW! When I offered to prepay, she refused like I was insulting her (but then again, I am sure if I tried to sneak out without paying later, she would expertly hurl a big meat-​cleaver into the back of my dumb-​head. When an another younger women came out to serve me the soup, my poor wify started to have a conversation with her, without realizing that the girl had no clue about English. I guess the clueless nodding and smiling was only obvious to me. Just call me a genius!
Right before I dug into the soup, I leaped out to the car to grab some take out tofu soup porridge, that we had just got from another place, to quietly add to our feast. I think the Boss Lady was too busy helping a customer to notice… but I doubt it (she had the eyes of a hawk)…and I was amazed she did not yell at me. I was a very naughty white boy!
I had just started to get really into the soup after I put in all the Viet fixin’s, when the Boss Lady bellowed, «What did you say to her (I correctly assumed she meant the clueless one… I read minds too!)? I calmly stated that we asked her something about the soup. Dong-​damn, what was her problem… but I still liked her for some bizarre reason. She was no-​nonsense for sure. Her apparent lack of interpersonal skills, had nothing to do with the good food, nor our enjoyment of such… and may have actually added to the appeal of this rather busy hole-​in-​the-​wall.
Just then, I noticed that there was what appeared to be a big Dong on my wife’s plate. It was a big green, almost pulsating, creature stuffed with a Tofuoid-​like meatball-​like substance. „Try it“, she said, as she shoved it toward my unwilling orifice. „Wait, wait, what the hell is it first“, I pleaded, just as a small image of Freud, started to laugh like the dickens in my mind.
Wify said,» Don’t worry it is delicious & good for you, it is a hollowed out
BITTERMELON
that has vege meat in it”. Which looked like this:

bitterdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdo
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bitterdongdongdongdongdongdongdongdo
Oh great, I had to Swallow a Big Bitter Asian Dong that did not taste so good to me… it was bitter!
P. S.- Hey you, stop snickering! :)
Ref from Wikipedia:
Momordica charantia, called bitter melon or bitter gourd in English, is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit, which is among the most bitter of all fruits…
… As the fruit ripens, the flesh becomes tougher, more bitter, and too distasteful to eat…
… Bitter melon has been used in various Asian and African traditional medicine systems for a long time…
Active substances
The plant contains several biologically active compounds, chiefly momordicin I and II, and cucurbitacin B. The plants contains also several bioactive glycosides (including momordin, charantin, charantosides, goyaglycosides, momordicosides) and other terpenoid compounds… It also contains cytotoxic proteins such as momorcharin and momordin.
… In 1962, Lolitkar and Rao extracted from the plant a substance, which they called charantin, which had hypoglycaemic effect on normal and diabetic rabbits…
Bitter melon has been found to increase insulin sensitivity. Another principle, active only on diabetic rabbits, was isolated… Tablets of bitter melon extract are sold in the Philippines as a food supplement under the trade name Charantia and exported to many countries…”

Went out shopping today with my friend Christina and after we finished with the mall, she mentioned that her dad always got the BEST tofu down the street so we decided to go looking for it! Though the lot was pretty packed, we found parking right in front and ordered our tofu. My friend ordered in chinese but according to the other reviews of this place, its called sweet ginger tofu. So yummy! We ordered two smalls, they were $ 1.25 each, perfect for our unemployed budgets !! :D I got home before trying it, and I like mine really hot so I scooped it into a microwavable bowl, poured some of the sweet honey-​like ginger sauce in there, and zapped it. Delicious! There was also a very lonely fish in a tank in the corner of the store. Go say hi and get some tofu while you’re at it !