I learnt about this Stinky Tou Fu or known as Chao Tao Fu in Cantonese from those Hong Kong TVB series. Back to my first Hong Kong trip few months ago, I was in search of some exotic nice Hong Kong food and one of these I found was the Stinky Tou Fu.

Just plain looking at the Tou Fu from the television, I imagined that it smells like rotten cheese or sometimes the smell of a shit. Food critic in the TV keep talking how delicious it is, how nice it is very placing it into the mouth makes me tempted to try it in Hong Kong.

I was walking along Mong Kok area at the Kowloon peninsula in the night and on of the street by the roadside, I found a stall. It should be I smelled a stall. A food stall that gives out a strong smell of I-don’t-know-how-to-describe, it’s very strong, smell of rotten food. It attracted me to go and take a look.

I tell myself I gonna buy the stinky tou fu and have a try. It’s not expensive though, it’s only 10HK$ for 2 pieces of it. Placing it in a soft paper bag, with a few toothpick or sticks for you to eat it. You wouldn’t want to eat it with your hand because it’s pretty oily. Dip it into some sweet sauce and eat it.

It was not just the tou fus were selling there. They have plenty of foods around. Fish balls, sausages, not stinky tou fu, pig’s head skin, etc etc. Most of them are deep fried.

Personal thoughts is I don’t like the Stinky Tou Fu. Smells is not that bad but very strong sense of it, it’s maybe I didn’t put a lot of sauce on it, which eventually tasted very salty.

If there’s a second chance for me to visit Hong Kong, I’ll definitely remember to dip in more sauce for it.