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That is some goodness right there. for me, the apex of sichuan food, my absolute favorite, improbably enough, is a tofu dish. this tofu dish. the legendary mapo dofu. or "pock mark granny" tofu. ground pork or beef, cubes of bean curd, in a rich, deeply nuanced, fiery but intensely satisfying sauce of chili oil, bean paste, garlic shoots, ground sichuan peppercorns, and msg. this dish, done right, has got it all. oh, thats so good. its a perfect balance of stuff going on in here. i just love, lo...

Japanese ] >> catherine: hes like, "no." >> anthony: cause your dad said he was a bad, he was not a good student. >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> catherine: its when he went to high school and then he stopped studying. >> anthony: right, what was he doing instead of studying? >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> catherine: mahjong. mahjong. ♪ >> anthony: next, this insanely delicious custard of eel and egg, jacked with bean curd, bonito broth and kelp -- >> catherine: oh, wow. >> an...

Stopped studying. >> anthony: right, what was he doing instead of studying? >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> catherine: mahjong. mahjong. ♪ >> anthony: next, this insanely delicious custard of eel and egg, jacked with bean curd, bonito broth and kelp -- >> catherine: oh, wow. >> anthony: wow, that is beautiful. >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: really good. of everyone in the family, howd your dad end up the weirdo? >> catherine: so, after he graduated high school, he did...

Salt, and sugar. and this to round things out -- yan du xian, a clay pot soup of bean curd-based stalk with salted pork belly, tofu ribbons, and bamboo shoots. mmm! oh, good flavor. this is a socialist country, supposedly. >> minji: mm-hmm. yep. >> anthony: its a communist country, supposedly. it is, in fact, from all evidence that ive ever seen, the most dynamic capitalistic country on earth. what do you think about that? >> minji: i think a lot of my western friends come here thinking china is...

Its all tingling. >> anthony: yeah. >> eric: like that. right? >> anthony: theres a scientific name for the process, for what happens. is the biological agent that causes confusion in your nervous system. causes tingling. >> go: confusion. >> anthony: confusion. yeah. >> eric: its what i feel right now, yeah. [ anthony laughs ] >> eric: im totally confused, ill tell you that. >> go: oh, mapo dofu. >> anthony: oh, my favorite. >> eric: that one i have the feeling is the killer. >> anthony: look a...

>> catherine: hes like, "no." >> anthony: cause your dad said he was a bad, he was not a good student. >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> catherine: its when he went to high school and then he stopped studying. >> anthony: right, what was he doing instead of studying? >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> catherine: mahjong. mahjong. ♪ >> anthony: next, this insanely delicious custard of eel and egg, jacked with bean curd, bonito broth and kelp -- >> catherine: oh, wow. >> anthony: wow,...

>> anthony: right, what was he doing instead of studying? >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> catherine: mahjong. mahjong. ♪ >> anthony: next, this insanely delicious custard of eel and egg, jacked with bean curd, bonito broth and kelp -- >> catherine: oh, wow. >> anthony: wow, that is beautiful. >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: really good. of everyone in the family, howd your dad end up the weirdo? >> catherine: so, after he graduated high school, he didnt have any idea w...

>> he was not a good student? >> when he went to high school and stopped studying. >> what was he doing instead of studying? >> mahjong. ♪ >> anthony: next, this insanely delicious custard of eel and egg, jacked with bean curd, bonito broth and kelp -- >> catherine: oh, wow. >> anthony: wow, that is beautiful. >> chef kazuo: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: really good. of everyone in the family, howd your dad end up the weirdo? >> catherine: so, after he graduated high school, he didnt have ...

And then in the beginning of their eating housew many hours a day did they work? and how many days a week, how many days vacation? >> geraldine: 12 hours per day. and then he gets one day off every two weeks. >> anthony: thats hard. thank you, thats fantastic. wow, thats good. choy has been making this dish for decades. pigs feet cooked slowly in black vinegar, ginger, dried chilies and assam. chop chae is a hainanese family favorite, cabbage and glass noodles stir fried with bean curd, black mu...

And this to round things out -- yan du xian, a clay pot soup of bean curd-based stalk with salted pork belly, tofu ribbons, and bamboo shoots. mmm! oh, good flavor. this is a socialist country, supposedly. >> minji: mm-hmm. yep. >> anthony: its a communist country, supposedly. it is, in fact, from all evidence that ive ever seen, the most dynamic capitalistic country on earth. what do you think about that? >> minji: i think a lot of my western friends come here thinking china is a posh version o...