City Officials Forced This Restaurant to Remove Its 'Stinky' Signature Dish. Now It's Fighting Back.

City Officials Forced This Restaurant to Remove Its 'Stinky' Signature Dish. Now It's Fighting Back.

The Golden Leaf restaurant had to stop selling stinky tofu after neighbors complained. The dish accounted for 20% of the restaurant's revenue.

Restaurant Fights to Serve Iconic 'Stinky Tofu' Dish After Complaints

Golden Leaf restaurant in San Gabriel, was cited for the smell of stinky tofu after neighbor complaints. The Taiwanese-American family says the dish is culturally vital to the community, but the city says it's a smell control issue — not a cultural one.