The answer to what the gourmet Su Shi of the Song Dynasty tried is as follows: The gourmet Su Shi of the Song Dynasty once tasted tofu. He was not satisfied with the taste of Huangzhou tofu at that time. He made new innovations and entertained new friends. These friends came to him one after another.

Asked for the recipe, so Dongpo Tofu became famous.

Su Shi once tasted Dongpo pork elbow, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo jade grits, Dongpo leg, Dongpo sprouts, Dongpo ink carp, Dongpo cake, Dongpo crisp, Dongpo bean curd, Dongpo meat and so on.

Data expansion: Su Shi (1037-1101), also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, was known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman. He was known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian and Po Xian in the world.

A native of Meishan, Meizhou (now part of Meishan City, Sichuan Province), his ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province. He was a writer, calligrapher and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty and a famous figure in water control in history.

His father is Su Xun and his younger brother is Su Zhe. The three father and son are collectively called "Three Su".

In the second year of Jiayou's reign (1057), he passed the second subject in the palace examination and was awarded the title of Jinshi.

In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign (1061), he took the imperial examination and was awarded the title of judge of Dali and the judge of Fengxiang Mansion.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, he served in Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou, Huzhou and other places.

In the third year of Yuanfeng (1080), he was demoted to the deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian due to the "Wutai Poetry Case".

After Zhezong of the Song Dynasty came to the throne, he served as a bachelor of Hanlin, a bachelor of attendants, and a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and was assigned to govern Hangzhou, Yingzhou, Yangzhou, Dingzhou and other places.

As the new party came to power, he was demoted to Huizhou and Danzhou.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, he was pardoned and returned to the north, but died of illness in Changzhou.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, he was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Master, with the posthumous title "Wenzhong".

Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting.

His poems have broad themes, are fresh and bold, are good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, they are called "Su Huang".

He is unbridled and unrestrained, and together with Ouyang Xiu, he is known as "Ou Su". Together with Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Xun, Su Che, Wang Anshi, and Zeng Gong, he is known as the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". He is good at calligraphy, and together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, and Cai Xiang

Collectively known as the "Four Artists of the Song Dynasty", they are good at literati paintings, especially ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc. Their works include "Dongpo Seven Collections", "Dongpo Yi Zhuan", "Dongpo Yuefu", "Han Shitie", "Xiaoxiang Bamboo and Stone Pictures",

Pictures of Dead Trees and Strange Rocks" etc.