Tahu tek-tek (also written "tahu teck-teck") is the Surabaya mobile street food of fried tofu and lontong in peanut sauce — named, like nasi goreng tektek, for the bamboo-striking signal of the mobile vendor. It is conceptually related to gado-gado (the national peanut salad) but operates through a different flavour logic: the Surabaya peanut sauce is thinner, more assertive with petis udang (shrimp paste sauce specific to East Java — a thick, black, intensely concentrated fermented shrimp reduction), and the composition prioritises tofu as the primary element rather than as one component among many vegetables.
Tahu Tek-Tek — Surabaya Mobile Tofu and Peanut Salad
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