I ate lots of deep fried mild beige stinky tofu in Taiwan. Once I had a meal with a bit of old grey stinky tofu - the smell of summer garbage was disturbing. Try the slightly aged mild beige stuff first.

While we’re at it, try a translucent thousand year egg too, preferably as part of a dessert. Not bad, just weird.

Stinky tofu is much milder in flavor than aroma. At least the stuff I ate in both Yunnan and Taiwan was, Hunan may have a different kind.

I found it incredibly tasty, like a mild gorgonzola. Fried or boiled in soup are both amazing.

In Taiwan it’s super convenient because as soon as you get punched in the nose by the aroma of hot, unwashed crotch you can follow that scent and you’ll almost always reach an amazing night market with a range of delicious food and other vendors.

Hey at least they tried it. I’ll give them props for that.

I probably wouldn’t based on the name, if I’m being honest.

The design is very Hunan

It always amazes me the types of things humans come up with to eat. I can only assume the origins were from necessity and became part of culture, rather than someone’s idea out of the blue or for a dare.