Chen's cooking tofu color red, beef grains crispy, numb, spicy, fragrant, crispy, tender, hot, hot, shape whole, very rich in Sichuan flavor characteristics, will soon be famous for broadcasting the world, the food seekers tend to rushing, the literati will often be here. There are good people to see its Chen's face raw hemp marks, they play for "Chen Ma Po tofu", this statement is not path and go then for the beautiful talk. The restaurant was thus named "Chen Ma Po Tofu Shop". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Ma Po Tofu was listed as a famous food in Chengdu.
2. Husband and Wife Lung Slices
This is one of the most famous dishes in Chengdu. Legend has it that in the 1930s, near Chengdu's Shao Cheng, a man named Guo Zhaohua, together with his wife, made and sold sliced beef lungs, which the couple handled themselves, traveling the streets and alleys, carrying baskets and selling them. As they operate the cold mixed lung slices of fine production, unique flavor, loved by the people. In order to distinguish the general lung slices stall store, people call them "husband and wife lung slices". After setting up store, more elaborate on the ingredients, beef, heart, tongue, belly, scalp, etc. to replace the initial single lung, the quality of the day two sister rabbit Ding Yi improved. In order to maintain the original flavor of this dish, "husband and wife lung slices" name has been used today.
3. Dan Dan noodles is a famous Chengdu snack. It is made of flour rolled into noodles, boiled, and scooped with fried minced pork. The dish is thin, thin noodles, marinade crispy, salty and slightly spicy, fragrant, very tasty. This dish is widely spread in Sichuan and is often used as a snack for feasts. The most famous of the dan dan noodles is Chen Bao Bao dan dan noodles, which was created in 1841 by a peddler named Chen Bao Bao in Zigong. The name comes from the fact that it was initially sold along the streets on a stretcher. In the past, dan dan noodles were sold on the streets of Chengdu in two compartments of a medium copper pot, one for cooking noodles and the other for stewing chicken or hoof meat. Now Chongqing, Chengdu, Zigong and other places of dan dan noodles, most have been changed to store business, but still maintain the original characteristics, especially in Chengdu dan dan noodles features the most intense.