AI6YR Ben

LA Times: Neighbor complaints get a classic ‘stinky’ dish booted from local restaurant

"...A Taiwanese restaurant in San Gabriel received violation notices and citations regarding the odor of its signature dish, stinky tofu...."

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https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2026-03-23/san-gabriel-stinky-tofu-neighbor-complaints

#stinkytofu #tofu

San Gabriel restaurant ordered to stop serving stinky tofu over complaints

Neighbors’ complaints against a family’s livelihood: One L.A. restaurant fights for its right to be stinky

Los Angeles Times
Mar 23 at 2:21pmWeb
Show threadKaren20h ago
@ai6yr lol...surely restaurants in San Gabriel serve more strongly flavored food than the stinky tofu!
Show threadAI6YR Ben20h ago
@kpdooty Sounds like it's one specific neighbor that has triggered the code violation, somewhere downwind....
Show threadme_valentijn19h ago
@ai6yr
I can see how someone might not be experiencing the expected quiet enjoyment of their home when the smell of feces, a CNS toxin, and methyl sulfides waft their way from time to time.
Show threadBakersRelay19h ago
@ai6yr Well, it could have been durien…
Show threadR. C. Salas14h ago
@ai6yr Said neighbor should probably avoid the night markets in Taipei, then...that smell is _everywhere_.
Show threadzompus14h ago
@ai6yr @paparatti To be fair, if it was left up to me *I* would order them to stop serving stinky tofu
Show threadColorblind Cowboy14h ago
@zompus @ai6yr @paparatti Stinky tofu. Man. That scent is pervasive. And after you eat it, you taste it for hours.