Nothing beats a fresh slab of tofu. If you’re buying it in a plastic crate at a supermarket what you’re eating is already past its prime. Portland is, of course, fortunate to have Ota Tofu company who make the stuff locally and what they do is honorable enough, but I found a new love yesterday….

Bui Natural Tofu (520 NE 76th) makes it fresh and sells it at a reasonable price. They are a Vietnamese-American enterprise, so they do it a little differently than the Japanese-American Ota, offering all manner of tofu variations as well as the straight-up bean curd that your cruelty-free ass has grown to love.

The variety pictured here has scallion, glass noodles and savory mushrooms embedded within its fried golden brown exterior and is extremely delicious.

They have a deli counter for walk-in customers and cater to wholesale buyers as well. Bui’s exceedingly fresh product and friendly attitude make it well worth the drive to outer Glisan.