Tofu is a kind of fermented tofu is quite heavy smell. This is a popular, light snack that is often sold at night markets or on the roadside rather than in restaurants.
Long rotten tofu has become a familiar Chinese snack. The rotten tofu is not sophisticated food, luxury, expensive but fascinating how many people first tasted through this dish by folk, idyllic and especially the "thum" This strange attraction.
Chinese people especially like to eat fermented tofu for a long time, have a heavy smell. Especially the rotten tofu taste better if the spicy taste of roasted peppers or curry powder increases the appeal of this street food. The rotten tofu is from King Kangxi. At that time, there was a poor student who failed several times. He had run out of money, he could not return to his hometown but had to stay in the city waiting for the next exam. In order to survive the day, he decided to make tofu to sell. However, the sales are not as expected, the tofu is much to make him poor poet very sad. However, from the hard to see the wisdom, he decides to cut tofu then bring salted crayfish. After a few days, tofu is marinated with very strange taste, slightly thum. However, the strange smell is attractive to diners, since then the rotten tofu was widely sold and became the popular folk food of the Chinese up to today.
TaoLi
Jiefang St, Xihe Qu, Fuxin Shi, Liaoning Sheng, China
rotten tofu- Famous Chinese dish
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