Beancurd with Fragrant Lemon Grass

I first tasted this delightful dish at le cheval, a popular Vietnamese restaurant in Oakland, California. Lemon grass is a herb most identified with Thai and Vietnamese cooking, but the Chinese, like me, are eager to adopt whatever new foods and ingredients will enhance their own cuisine; it is a matter of east meeting east.

Lemon grass has a mild but distinctive flavour which goes very nicely with the congenial beancurd, imparting a refreshing taste to this vegetarian main-course d