I'm a Chinese who doesn't enjoy stinky tofu. But THANK YOU so much for showing my food culture the respect that it deserves. I hate it when western youtubers visit a country and show the 'gross' food people eat there, turning their noses and making gross faces at other people's cultural cuisine. It's disrespectful and insulting. It is so refreshing to see a western face enjoying traditional Chinese cuisine, I'm learning so much about Chinese food from you. Keep it up!

You are quickly becoming a great documentarian! My favourite one at least

I have so many friends who love cheese but refused to try fermented tofu. Until I kinda forced them to try, they fall in love with tofu. We really should keep our mind open when it comes to food.

Amy你的视频最厉害的一点我觉得是你做了很多事前调查，精确地触及了外地人想知道而且本地人疲于一个个解释的问题。比如长沙臭豆腐并不真的很臭这件事！😆Love from Changsha people in Japan.

I love the smell and flavour of blue chees and aged cheeses. It took a little bit to get used to it, so I’m sure I could learn to love this, too.

The first time I tried black stinky tofu was when I visited Wuhan with my girlfriend, it's YUM and really worth trying! Now I'm in Australia and she's in China, and we've been apart for 5 years.

Hi Amy😄👋🏻 Thank you so much for taking us to the kitchen and explore the steps in making stinky tofu! Such hard work you and the gentleman put into! It’s so fascinating to see so many different perspectives of Changsha. Wish I could visit some day! As always, love watching your channel, looking forward to seeing more! Cheers!😊❤🎉

The black stinky Tofu is indeed pretty good and I had 2 bowls back to back when I was in Xi'an in 2017. I will definitely going to Changsha next time...

You are living the good life! Thanks for showing everyone what everyday China is like. And the gentleman showing you how to make it is exactly what most Chinese are like. Happy and kind. Stinky tofu is delicious. Keep up the good work.

Don't knock it until you've tried it. I've had it for the first time in Changsha in 2019. It was amazing. It's like eating fermented cheese or durian, either you like it or you don't. It's amazingly fragrant to me. ❤️

I'm chinese and don't even know. Amy you should be a cultural ambassador for China

I just came back to China from Australia, and I am going through your videos to get some ideas of what food should I try before I go back to Australia. Stinky tofu is definitely on my food list now!

Just shared an information with Amy: The odour of skatole depends on its concentration. At low concentrations, skatole actually has a rather nice, sweet smell; it crops up in orange blossom and jasmine in small amounts. It's also used by Zantedeschia aethiopica. Skatole is from breakdown of the amino acid called "tryptophan". That is why sometimes these stinky Tofu smell good.

I lived in Changsha for many years, and did not know how they make the brine. Thanks for solving the mystery.

Your food travels all over China is astounding not even Andrew Zimmer from Bizarre Foods on TV Discovery Channel can match your KZfaq Videos !!🎉❤❤😂

This is so informative program and I never knew and even watched such details of making the tofu from any Chinese programs! love it.

I'm no Chinese born stinky tofu eating guy. But, I do live in asia today and have tried it once before when someone brought it to a stall around cny last year and I must say I did try it for the fun of it and I liked it. Apart from the smell wafting even 100 meters from the stall, it's really very good. The waiting line was also long.

Stinky toufu is one of my favourite street food in China. I travelled to Changsha for a couple of times, and I really fell in love with smelly food. In my hometown Harbin, we have other forms of stinky toufu, which is yum as well.

That’s really interesting, the brine reminds me of how ancient Roman fish sauce was made, it was a very pungent sauce fermented for quite some time and they used it on everything. Yet like this tofu, you’d think it would stink bad when you go to eat it but by the time its on your plate its odour is quite refined down. I guess the smell is more of the active biology happening in the fermentation pots but a quick cooking kills it off. Really interesting! I really want to try this now. Hairy tofu i admit too trying for me as moulds just make me gag, cant even eat blue cheese. But this now, this i could do! God it looks so stunning too with that beautiful black crust. I was expecting squid ink or something but purple perilla leaf mushrooms etc. amazing. Thank you for the video. 😊

Love china from singapore hope one day i visit changsha!

Thank you for presenting all these flavors to the world. Delicious flavor and texture has no boundaries!

Great video, the world needs more people like you, positive, friendly, hard working and lovely

黑色臭豆腐的製作過程真有趣👍多謝你的介紹,有機會一定要試一下❤️

Thanks Amy, I love watching your videos 🥰

Amazing video as usual. Thank you for all the effort that goes into these videos 🙏

Total admiration. I've never had any stinky ToFu but want to try.Thanks Amy

I've never experimented with tofu a lot, but since in China I might now 👌

Chang Sha is my home town and also grown up with the stinky black tofu. It was awesome to see you travel down just for it! Hopefully you tried some other chili dishes as well!

very interesting, always happy to see your adventurous side and your taste buds stimulated

I once tried stinky tofu in a bazaar in my hometown. just once and then the seller decided that it's too much work and too little profit so they never sold it again. Will be putting Changsha on my bucket list should I ever rreturn to China again for a visit! Also, seeing your enthusiasm throughout the video made my day, so 谢谢Amy!

i really love when you ask the locals about why they like their cuisine, so wholesome, keep up the good work

so much to learn from China, specially from native hometown lives & hospitality

Deep work in your project. More, more

Because body like or crave fermented food for digestion. Every nation have probiotics fermented food. Korean kimchi, japan miso, Europe cheese , yogurt , asian kombucha etc

Well done, thanks for the review

You have to try the fully fermented & steamed (not fried) Cho Tofu in Nanging. It is, full strength and "acquired: taste.

Love this video! My first encounter with stinky tofu was in Shaoxing, unfortunately I didn't dare to try at the time. Now after watching your video, I'm really curious to give it a try. Thank you for being a Chinese food ambassador! ❤

Absolutely love your channel. I was born in Beijing and also named Amy. I immigrated to Sydney with my family when I was 4. Kinda amazing that I am now learning more about my own culture through your videos.

You are probably one of the best presenters of today. I hope you will continue to do this for a long time.

This is a great video! Thank you so much! ❤

respect to your being professional and enthusiastic

I had some at a night market last time I was in China. I was naturally apprehensive, but enjoyed it. It went well with beer.

the same store I ate the tofu back in 2019, and thank you for the video show us how the black tofu made. Now I'm just regret I did not eat enough.

I don't know if I'd like stinky tofu or not since I have not tried it but I hope that maybe one day I can try some real good stinky tofu! Channels like yours remind me of why I want to expand my palate

Thank you so much for sharing and educating. I’m a stinky tofu addict and now I need to go to Changsha solely for this.

I love your channel!

Loved this video

Great video Amy ! I have eaten stinky tofu before and like it except the ultra strong ones in a Chengdu restaurant but never the Black ones , it will be a must try next time I go to China .Cheers

That's so cool! Please share more stinky foods! 🙆‍♀️

Looks so delicious!!! I also would like to have a try!

I love all the stinky tofu in Taiwan. I definitely want to try this too.

Just saw your video about this on tiktok and couldn't get to your youtube fast enough. I'm going to have a great video binge night! ❤

Great content! So interesting! So informative!

Awesome ‼️

Kudos to ur open mind and courage. I’d never even thinking to try that coffee😅

That’s a smashing sweater!

What are the odd ?! I saw a black stinky tofu vendors yesterday on my way out of Guncun park, Shanghai and was wondering why was this one is black ! I wish I’ve seen that video before yesterday otherwise I would have definitely tried it ! 😊

your video is getting better and better, keep up

i had black stinky tofu when i was in China, this video was so interesting and informative!

I have always wondered what it was like. I must say that I'm not a fan of tofu, in any form, but it's interesting to know that once cooked, it's not as stinky.

Stinky tofu not is one of my favorite food of all, due to its strong smell, but this one is black, very special. And this is fascinating to know the making process of it too.

Yes yes yes! new videooo

Ive never liked stinky tofu until i tried changsha stinky tofu recently in China ...it was sooooo good. The chilli and sourness and the crunch with the soft inside of the tofu ...sooo good!

Ok Amy I will give it a shot when we will be in Guangzhou coming May😁

This was lots of fun! I don’t know how brave I can be on the day 😅😅😅😅 Take care Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧

I've always wondered why it's black. Thank you for this video and answering my question. Your videos are awesome.

Never tried. But you are very adventurous. Kudos 👍. I’m already quite happy with my natto, and trying stir fried silkworms (taste like boiled fish eggs) while in Saigon.

Glad to see Amy still leveling up her Chinese speech skill! And it feels so great to me (who's from beijing) when I heard you added 儿化音 to "有一点儿臭”, I felt so 熟悉 和 陌生 at the same time lol.

So cool omggg!

I think it's just the cake on top of the coffee that looks like a tofu and the charcoal powder color that looks like black tofu

good video mate

Yeah, it's really bizarre, now that you brought it up, how people love years old milk (cheese), and even that 66 year old brine doesn't take the record as people pay thousands of dollars for 100+ year old wines!

awesome video, the smell do put off a lot of people from trying it, but it's so yummy...lol fried tofu is yummy period...veggie heaven

ChangChun also has lots of signature dishes, can we have some of those videos?

I love stinky tofu so much and I've wondered for years where the black colour comes from. I hope you can check out some other fermented tofu, the changsha black kind definitely has a less pungent taste than others.

I really want to try this, looks super yummy 😋

Very exciting food and watching you make it!

It may be to-funky for some but never to-full to give it a try! :D

I did not like it when i was young, but these days i enjoy the complexity of the taste more and more.

stinky tofu is so good! also feel like it's not all that intimidating when you actually eat it.

I used to turn my nose at stinky tofu until I finally tried it. Like the saying goes, "don't knock it till you try it!" It makes an excellent addition to rice porridge. Also, my maternal grandfather's ancestral homeland was Hunan Province, which I've yet to visit. I would love to visit it one day to connect with my roots and taste the local cuisine.

Very interesting and entertaining food video today, thanks so much for posting - on first glance, as you say, the stinky tofu doesn't look or sound appealing, but it just goes to show that you shouldn't judge food by it's appearance (or smell)!

I actually get to try this once out of curiosity near my home in Penang. The smell is bad only during the frying but it taste good when I ate it. I can't make any comparison as I've never tried it anywhere else. It doesn't really make me wanting more as normal fried tofu is also nice. Saw a shop in Ipoh but it was not open when I visited and I wouldn't mind testing more. Just don't breath when they are frying it 😂

U R Brave !

When I saw the black stinky tofu on the cover of this video, I knew you are in changsha where is my hometown. I miss the taste of that very much!!!

Ah.. the lady who was in line is holding up the stinky tofu franchise we have here in Malaysia, which I already enjoy. I guess I must try the OG one in Changsha in the future.

Starting making my own brine today, best luck to my neighbors!

Oh man, I love bamboo carbon thing... I only found one place in Sydney that does this in their milk tea (鮮饗茶）I guess there must be some shops in China as well

Chocolate is also fermented!

Enjoyed Black stinky tofu living in Guizhou for 2 years. Its just yum and thats it!

Really like this tipe of video. Please make more

I have been doubting about what makes of stinky tofu and so afraid to try it. Now I need to go to Changsha for the authentic stinky tofu!

What fun this is! Me wanna try!

Changsha also has a famous tea shop which is everywhere there

刚从長沙回來,對他們的臭豆腐念念不忘~~~~聞上去一點也不臭,入嘴又鮮又香的,辣是真的辣!

WOW! i was shocked to learn that the tofu only sits in the brine for a couple hours. was really expecting a couple days. now im curious as to how the white (normal?) stinky tofu process differs

Amy went into the sticky tofu factory to find out how it was made, and came out becoming one.

changsha I always love this city❤

Seeing you went into 火宫殿, I immediately paused the video and goes:"Oh no, oh no, oh no, that is THE TOURIST TRAP!". Also as a born and raised Changsha local I never even find stinky tofu smells stinky at all... Anyways really appreicate your videos and I must say your videos about Changsha are the best content I found on youtube introducing my hometown 😉

So much joy and happiness! Dam I'm hungry now