Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Mapo Tofu

This dish was invented by the wife of Chen Senfu (陈森富) from Sichuan. His wife had a pock-marked face; in Chinese called mazi (麻子), hence everyone called her Chen mapo (The wife of Chen with a pock-marked face).

mapo tofu

Chen (陈)=the family name of the husband
ma (麻)=pock-marks
po (婆)="madam" or "the wife of..."

As she was the one who created the tasty tofu dish, also the appearance of the dish itself looked like having pock marks, that's why the dish was named after her: Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐), the pocked-marked tofu.

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