I gotta be honest with you, I don't think there's a way to make tempeh taste really good. I reckon the best you can do is to mask it by smothering it in flavourful things but even then I still find myself preferring tofu over tempeh with the same preparation method.

I know this isn't a very helpful comment but sometimes there are foods which just aren't on the same tier as others and tempeh is one of those things in my opinion.

Fun fact though: tempeh is arguably the only fermented soy product that developed independently of all the other fermented soy products, which is kinda neat.

[–] DengsCats@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reading this as a SEA person, made me irrationally mad. Tempeh Goreng with rice and sambal (chili gravy) is so nice.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, don't get me wrong I'm terminally Angloid (as if that wasn't apparent from my original comment lol.)

I didn't mean to make you mad. I wish I could appreciate tempeh as much as some people do but I have a pretty sensitive palate. To each their own.

[–] DengsCats@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Oh no I wasn't mad mad, just breathing heavily on my phone :))

Also tempeh is Jawa(Java) food, which is considered the least spicy type of food in the region.

Yeah, each to their own. True dat comrade