At the table
Use a spoon or chopsticks to lift fish and tofu gently into your bowl. Check fish pieces for bones and let the tofu cool inside before biting.
Fish pieces may contain fine bones. Take small bites and check each piece; the sauce and oil may be very hot.
Fish species, chili level and seasoning vary. This is a fish dish, even though tofu is prominent.
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How does it taste?
Savory, spicy and fragrant with Sichuan pepper.
- Chili heat
- 3/5
- Texture
- Delicate fish and soft tofu in an oily, seasoned broth.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Chongqing
Associated with Chongqing.
About this regional connection
Chongqing: Associated with Sanxikou in Chongqing.
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A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
A roadside request brought tofu into Sanxikou fish
Sanxikou tofu fish grew out of roadside dining along old Route 212. Local tradition links the addition of tofu to drivers who asked for tofu to be cooked in the spicy fish seasoning left in their pots; restaurant owners later began cooking the fish and tofu together. By the 1990s, more than 30 tofu-fish restaurants lined a short two-kilometre stretch. When through traffic shifted to the Yu-Wu expressway, the old road and its eateries declined. Beibei’s later renewal drive upgraded shops along the corridor and developed a local food plaza, tying the dish’s fortunes to the highway route.
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