Mapo Tofu

Chinese called this Mapo tofu 麻婆豆腐, loosely translated in English as 'pockmarked woman tofu'. Several legends all slightly different telling the story how this dish was developed. The story I read said at the end of Ching Dynasty, in Chengdu (Sichuan) by the Wan Fu bridge, a pockmarked woman took over her husband restaurant after he died. There were few street traders who frequently ate in that