"It smells bad, but it tastes good." It is the most common generalization of stinky tofu. However, what is less known is that this popular evaluation is incomplete, and its original words are "The stinky tofu in the Fire Palace smells bad and tastes delicious." These words came from the mouth of Mao Zedong, then president of the country in 1958.
The Fire Palace is not only a scenic spot in Changsha, but also a popular place with a history of hundreds of years of folk culture and food culture, which has also established its own catering company. In 2006, Fire Palace registered and established a food company, and in the same year, it was recognized as "China Time-honored Brand" by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China. Today, Fire Palace has nearly 20 chain snack bars across the country, and has even stepped into Inner Mongolia, Macao and other places.
However, the Fire Palace does not have a good reputation in the mouths of the people of Changsha, and the evaluation obtained is nothing more than "fooling outsiders". However, only from the perspective of the richness of the dishes, the Fire Palace is also the well-deserved snack boss in Changsha, where almost all the local snacks are gathered, with hundreds of styles and small amounts, which is very suitable for tourists to try. Stinky tofu can be described as the "fortune" snack of the Fire Palace, it is dark all over, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the taste is fresh and strong, but compared to the black classic such a store specializing in stinky tofu, the stinky tofu of the Fire Palace is slightly inferior in production, and its sauce is not as flavorful as the former. The sugar and oil baba in the store is also slightly different from other stores, it is shaped like a rice ball, soft and glutinous in the mouth, and the taste is sweet, while the sugar and oil baba in the market is wrapped in fat and has a crispy skin. In addition to the two, the dragon fat pig blood of the fire palace is delicate and smooth, fresh and delicious; The scallion oil is golden in color and full of green onions.
Located on Pozi Street, the main store of the Fire Palace not only integrates catering functions, but also exists in the temple and the stage, the temple is full of incense every day, and you can also go to the stage to watch the play for free at night. At the beginning of 2019, the first floor of the Snack Kingdom was renovated, and customers needed to go up to the second floor to taste snacks. The interior of the store is decorated in an ancient Chinese style, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a carved beam, with wooden carved doors and windows, partitions and old-fashioned tables and seats, plus hanging lanterns, which is quite classical.
Very different from the very arrogant service attitude of the regular old shop, the waiters in the fire palace are very enthusiastic, they are numerous, almost on-call, and their movements are spicy and fast.
