"Chen Mapo Tofu" was founded in 1862. How much romance has she performed in this historical stage of nearly 150 years? This dish is characterized by a combination of spicy and crispy. The most interesting thing is that restaurant owner Chen, nicknamed "Mapo", didn't expect to be famous all over the world when cooking this dish. It was only because of its heavy taste and spicy stimulation that passers-by bought more. "Mapo Tofu" is the first representative of the lower-class dishes that entered the modern famous Sichuan cuisine, and now it has spread all over the world with her unique charm.
During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a small restaurant near Wanfuqiao outside the north gate of Chengdu, and the owner's surname was Chen. His wife Chen has a pockmarked face, and people call her "Chen Mapo". Chen Mapo has a kind heart and excellent cooking skills. Ordinary materials can be magic by her single hand: she only uses a small piece of beef to chop and stir-fry tofu, a small piece of tofu is cut into pieces and cooked, and a small piece of green garlic is cut to taste, which can make amazing beauty: beef is fresh and translucent, tofu is white as jade, green garlic is fresh and tender, and the whole dish is red, green and white, plus pepper, pepper and tofu. People affectionately call this dish "Chen Mapo Tofu". Due to its growing fame, this restaurant was later renamed as "Chen Mapo Tofu Shop".
At that time, this dish invented by Chen Mapo not only entered many people's family recipes, but also occupied the first and second position in almost all Sichuan restaurants. Now it has become a veritable "international famous dish" overseas. At the same time, "Chen Mapo Tofu" is also the first famous shop named "China Time-honored Brand" by the state.