I asked why it was only half an egg with the “lava” option, but no one could answer me. The same customisation process applies to the mapo tofu, where one can choose between minced meat (RM15 ...

Mapo tofu is one of the most well-known dishes from Sichuan in southwest China, made of tofu, minced pork, and spices. A plate of well-cooked mapo tofu is aromatic, soft, and numbingly spicy.

The mapo tofu is best eaten with plain white rice, but the restaurant’s Sichuan-spiced fried rice with sakura shrimp, egg and garlic ($13.90) is hard to resist. It pairs well with other dishes too.

Mapo tofu conjures up images of combined seasonings or various seasoning pastes. But Inada was inspired by what he read in a book that said the original mapo tofu dish was much simpler than those ...

The beauty of this vegetarian, oven-baked version of mapo tofu is that you can adjust the spice levels in the sauce as you like. A jar of chilli bean paste is an invaluable investment for your ...

This is a Sichuan classic that’s an easy 10 minutes to prep and 10 minutes to cook. Mapo tofu is a traditional Chinese dish which many Asian people of different nationalities enjoy. Sometimes I ...