If I could, I’d eat hairy tofu everyday #foodie #shorts

[davidw.]

There is a legend related to the hairy tofu. It is said that the dish was invented by Zhu YuanZhang (朱元璋, the first emperor of Ming dynasty) during the war with the Mongolians at the end of Yuan dynasty. The people rewarded Zhu's army by giving them lots of tofu, and it was so excessive that the tofu started to grow "hairs". To avoid wasting food, Zhu ordered the army chefs to deep fry the tofu and then added lots of other flavors and ingredients, and the hairy tofu dish was born.

[amandaboom]

Fermented foods always has certain edible bacteria or mold, like french cheeses, sauerkraut, chocolate even. I absolutely love learning about the diverse foods in China!

And you speak it so fluently (as far as I can tell).

Gone seem to be the days where western people would think Chinese was impossible to learn.

[patmarie]

Tbh if people can eat blue cheese they can probably eat this

[jayzee]

we had hairy tofu in yunnan, stirfried with egg and green onions, and it was SOOO good, like super umami, we miss it to this day.

[PaddyMan]

Amy is always brave enough to try new food in China. 😋😋😋

[yl]

such a good replacement of cheese for vegan people

[kko-punch]

I actually am very jealous of Blondie that she is able to travel over China! I really need to get my act together to make commitments to travel as much as she can, in China especially!

[CrayolaCoffeeBean]

It’s really unfortunate that the governments of the world tarnish the reputation and history of the everyday people. I love seeing videos like this where the natives in every country find joy in seeing visitors eat the food ❤

[FrancesMeoww]

As a tofu lover I really wanna try this. Even though I got sick from eating spoiled tofu once 😂 I’m sure this stuff is different

[nicokyriak]

Tofu. The greatest invention that changed the course of History. Perhaps the King of dairy-free cheeses. Only a special mind could conceive of his invention.

[henrywahl]

Looks sooo good! I tried chao (stinky) dou fu in Tai Wan night markets, which I heard about in chinese class, but I heard about this one, and I hope I get to try it some day! Love your videos, thank you!

[zoudezhi]

why this video is not upload on Bilibili AMY!

[zellalaing]

My preference to food is very much textutre over taste so the texture of that puts me off rather than it being mold 😂

[nuttyfrootie]

I don’t like blue cheese, and has never liked it. But I’d dig this 100%

[Menkuna]

From what I learned edible mold is usually completely white and in other hairy tofu videos the mold was also white so this mold having some darker parts is slightly freaking me out 😭 (my fat ass would still eat this)

[sovitaseng]

Blue is eaten for its mold and some cheese that illegal to export from France has actual mites in there lol

[GinaCarden]

I just realised “hair” and “here” is pronounced slightly differently because of you. Thx haha

[D]

Mold is basically microsize mushroom. So not a surprise that can be eatable but I don't want to try it 😅😅

[DeeLite]

I would love to know of the health benefits of this tofu. I bet there are some. That dish looked yummy. I would enjoy it I think!

[speccysquaregolike]

I wonder if the mold helps give it a little crisp on the outside