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The best dessert in Beijing

The Best Dessert in Beijing-Tofu Brain

Tofu brain is a traditional snack with a long history and one of the most popular desserts in Beijing. It is a semi-solid food made of soybean milk, which is made by grinding soybeans. It looks like tofu and tastes delicate and tender. Usually eat with brown sugar water, sweet but not greasy, warm and delicious. This kind of food often appears in the night market and breakfast shop in Beijing, which makes people have a long aftertaste in the busy city.

The production technology of tofu brain is very particular. Soymilk can only be made into tofu brain after careful cooking, and there can be no mistakes. The quality and cooking time of soybean milk will directly affect the taste and texture of bean curd. Therefore, tofu brain is a refined food, which needs a rigorous ingenuity in the production process.

Although bean curd brain is just an ordinary snack, it fully embodies the love and pursuit of food by Beijing old Beijingers. There are too many stalls in this metropolis. They have no signboards, signboards and storefronts, but they definitely have their own unique flavor. Tofu brain is one of them. This dessert shows that Beijingers cherish traditional food and pursue a new life, and has become an indispensable part of the city.