Oahu Noodle Factory

Great uncooked E-​Mein noodles! It’s a big factory with lots of noodle manufacturing kind of akin to the Look Fun Factory, but with wheat products rather than rice.

«Tahooooo! Tahoooo! Tahooooo!»
A very traditional Filipino drink is Taho. It is a street food, a comfort food that makes my heart skip a beat wether it be a cold or sunny day. Street vendors traditionally sell this on foot, while they carry two big aluminum or metal containers and balance them on their shoulders with a metal or wooden rod. These containers usually hold the Taho and Sago needed to create this drink. Can you imagine being a street vendor carrying this on your back only making 5 to 10 pesos per drink? Just the memory of how this warm beverage makes it even more personal everytime I consume it today. Most American Filipinos are used to purchasing Taho at chains like Goldilocks already premade and assembled in Turo Turo or Cafeteria style restaurants which are then microwaved before serving. If you are lucky, you live near a Chinatown that makes this silken tofu fresh and serve them in larger containers for you to bring home for the same price as a regular serving at a chain.
Taho is made of a soft silken dessert tofu/​warm bean curd, which is topped with a liquefied sugar syrup we call arnibal, and is often times accompanied by sago or better known as tapioca balls. The nice thing about freshly made taho is that if you are diabetic or just like to watch your sugar intake, you can ask them for less syrup. Taho, because of it’s soy content is so much healther than milkshakes or soda!
… AND NOW FOR MY REVIEW:
Upon a visit to Maunakea Market, my dad insisted that I try the «taho» at the Hometown Noodle Company. Being that I only had a few bites of SPAM for breakfast, I agreed… afterall, it’s been a while since I’ve had really good Taho! I was delighted by the fact that he scooped the soy with a beautiful seafood shell. I don’t know what kind, but I thought it was a really nice flare added to the whole experience. He served the Taho separately from the Syrup, which was perfect since my mother is diabetic. As my mom shopped at the fish market, my dad and I decided to dive into the first container… I was delighted! It was so authentic, it brought me back to the taho that I used to eat as a young girl in the Philippines! Goldilocks is usually one of the few places we can eat this back home and I usually prefer not to spend $ 2.50 there when I can go to TC Pastry or Chinatown and purchase a larger container for $ 3.00 and bring it home to share with my family. Another thing I loved about their taho is that the soybean is not broken into pieces… I always thought that the ‘funnest’ part about eating taho is keeping the soy as solid and smooth as possible, because once it breaks down, the brown syrup leaks throughout it and creates an ugly pattern in my cup. I know ANAL, but I’ve played this game in my mind since I could remember!
The Noodle company also serves up frozen noodles and pot stickers…