Dueling Dishes: Battle Ma Po Tofu

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 24, 2010
Legend has it that ma po tofu is named after its creator, a woman with pockmarks on her face who first popularized the dish in China's Sichuan province. You see, ma po loosely translates to “pock-marked woman”, as I'm sure our resident translator...
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