🍽️ Zunyi Tofu Noodle

Noodles topped with tofu pudding and chili dip.

Zunyi Tofu Noodle is a breakfast speciality of Zunyi, Guizhou, closely associated with the old city around the site of the Zunyi Conference. Springy wheat noodles are boiled and topped with a ladle of soft, white tofu pudding, alongside a small dish of dipping sauce made from toasted chili, minced pork, fish-mint herb, soy and prickly-ash oil. Diners either stir the sauce into the noodles or dip mouthfuls of tofu pudding into it; the smooth, bouncy noodles and bland, silky curd contrast beautifully with the bold, numbing-spicy dip. Hearty and warming, it is a daily Zunyi breakfast and a natural taste to seek out while visiting the old revolutionary sites.