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Mr. Agus ‘Tahu’

I have friend from Poland who hate to eat ‘Tahu’. So, during his visiting to IndonesiMr. Agus Tahu - (c) Photo by Jaceka all mostly he did when buying something food or snack at ‘warung’ (specially Indonesian named for small shop sell foods or beverages)  about asking if their any ‘tahu’ ingredient on the foods they sell.  Because, eating about vegetables soup, Gado-gado, soto or ells, mostly ‘contaminated’ with tahu. Mostly Indonesian people are like to eat ‘Tahu’ from fried tahu, boiled tahu with sweet-spices inside, fried chips tahu, until pieces a tahu as many of foods ingredient.

However, I try to explain to my friend who hate tahu if it have good vitamins and haminerals. It made by the white soybean even the issues of how it produced is bit of nasty. Then finally, my friend who hate tahu witness it himself at the Mr. Agus Tahu’s home ‘tahu’ production.

Mr Agus ‘Tahu’ is Javanese who had been living in district Tangkiling, Palangkaraya, Middle Kalimantan for about 4 years already since he had decide to separate from his parent living in Makasar. His Father also Tahu Production as father of his father did too. So, the ‘secret’ ingredients of Tahu production seem heritages from Agus Tahu ancestor. There was a moment when Agus Tahu father got ‘separately’ then Agus Tahu decide to live standalone. He move to Borneo A.K.A Kalimantan with his wife and open Tahu production  too.

Recently, Agus Tahu worked with two of his crew. Preparing from selected ‘beans’ until forming tahu to cubes. In his Tahu house production he already have chopping machine and made by himself refined machine with a fire-wood fuel.

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