A long time ago You Jam heard that Japanese people are super fond of Chinese cuisine, especially Ma Po Tofu, like your wife, Niigaki Yuki, who likes to slurp up a big bowl of it when she's hungry. So it's no wonder why so many people are opening Chinese restaurants in Japan, and one of their signature dishes is Ma Po Tofu.

It is also common to see scenes of eating Ma Po Tofu in Japanese movies, and it can be said that it is one of their must-order dishes. Various Japanese variety shows have also featured the creative spirit of Mapo Tofu.

In fact, not only in the movie, but also in the real life of the Japanese people, Ma Po Tofu is a very common home cooking, and it is also the Japanese people's favorite Chinese cuisine. You can even buy conveniently packaged Mapo Tofu in many supermarkets in Japan.

The history of Ma Po Tofu actually began with one man, Chen Jian Min, who founded the Sichuan Restaurant in Japan with a friend in 1958. At the time, Japan was recovering from the war and many people were malnourished, so in order to teach housewives to feed their children inexpensive but nutritious food, Chen combined Ma Po Tofu with Japanese tastes, and that's how it came to be known as Ma Po Tofu today. So the Japanese Ma Po Tofu is not really authentic Ma Po Tofu, it's an adaptation, and it's quite similar just by looking at its appearance, right?

Japanese people see Ma Po Tofu as spicy and sweet, which is very stimulating to the taste buds. But many Chinese feel that the Japanese spicy is at best our mildly spicy, and now less spicy is okay? Who the hell wants sweet mapo tofu? I don't think they're tired of it, right? But there's no way around it, it's what the Japanese like to eat. In fact, not only Ma Po Tofu, many Japanese favorite Chinese cuisine is actually improved.