Wo Chong Company

I try to eat vegan and inexpensively, so Wo Chong is a tofu mecca for me.
Chances are, you’ve seen their tofu at all sorts of stores in sealed, plastic containers. You’ve probably eaten it and never thought twice about it… but all I can say is that you can go to their store and buy 20 cent pieces of fresh tofu at the counter, and it’s infinitely better and much less expensive.
The clerk doesn’t speak English, so lay out, say, three dollars and point to the tray… and you will have a huge bag of tofu that is as fresh as you can get, and will keep for several days without having to store it in water.
Fresh tofu is an eye opener, especially with a simple sauce, ponzu, green onions, ginger, wasabi, etc. Today, I took three blocks of this tofu — 60 cents worth — sliced them in half lengthwise, and simmered them with some sliced broccoli and green onions in a mix of water, soy sauce, black vinegar, ginger paste, red chili, and sesame seeds until the broccoli was tender and the sauce had reduced a bit… then thickened it with a water /​corn starch mix and seasoned to taste. I had a great, easy to make meal that I would probably pay $ 6 for in any Chinese restaurant. There’s no reason veganism has to be expensive, elitist, yuppie cuisine!
If you really want to help save the world, you do it more good by supporting inexpensive, fresh, healthy, local products than fru-​fru «organic» yuppie-​branded tofu imported from long distances at four times the price. They do have their own fresh organic tofu, also sold behind the counter, but there’s a lot to be said for supporting affordable products that help feed their local communities, too!

Best tofu in the Bay Area!!!
#buylocal

I’ll let you in on a secret…
Fresh noodles and fresh tofu made daily. This is where many restaurants and families source their stuff.
Go here if you’re making any sort of ramen or noodle dish and need superior noodles.
85 – 90 cents a bag. A steal for any home cook looking for that chewiness and give that dried noodles can’t get.
$ 5 for 6 bags of noodle that will feed 20 people.

If you want fresh tofu & soy products, this is definitely the place to go. My parents have been buying the Wo Chong brand for years and now that I have my own kids, I’ve been doing the same. I like to support my local businesses and Wo Chong has been around for 3 generations, over 50 years in San Francisco. Everything is made locally in San Francisco and I was so happy when they started producing organic tofus. There’s so many brands of tofu on the market nowadays but I always choose Wo Chong because I know they’ve perfected their recipe & they’ve been around for such a long time.

Tofu! If you want fresh tofu — come here. Most grocery stores and restaurants get them from here too — as well as bean sprouts, both the young ones and the yellow bean ones.
They also carry fresh soy milk at extremely reasonable price. They used to carry individual sized but now only in half gallon. It’s sweetened and delicious.
Other items they carry are fresh noodles and other vegetables and fruits.

Like the «green store», Yung Kee, and even Golden Gate, this is a long-​time staple of Chinatown, though now at a new location. From their original Jackson Street store, they moved to Ross Alley for a few years before settling here. They are still in move-​in mode. This is still a great place to shop for tofu in a variety of preparations and the prices are more reasonable than buying at your local supermarket chain. The factory delivers fresh batches daily. My favorites are the firm squares and their fresh soy milk. It doesn’t get more neighborhood local than this.