Tangji Stinky Tofu (Jinying back-street branch)

Tangji Stinky Tofu is a street-snack shop on the Jinying department-store back street in Huai'an, Jiangsu province, China. The address is Shop 10, Nanpingyuan, Huaihai First City, on East Huaihai Road, a commercial area in the centre of the city where shoppers and office workers pass through all day. The shop specialises in fried stinky tofu, known locally as chou gan, a fermented tofu snack that is a popular street food across eastern China. The tofu is cut into small pieces, fried until the outside is crisp and the interior soft, and served with chilli sauce and other condiments. The smell is strong, as the name suggests, but the flavour is savoury and many visitors find it more mild than the aroma implies. The shop has a rating of 5.0 on its listing, based on a limited number of reviews. Seating is minimal or absent, as is typical of snack stalls, so most customers take the portion away or eat it standing nearby, and the atmosphere is quick and informal. Average spending is about 16 yuan (roughly 2.40 US dollars) per person, making it one of the cheapest items on the city's food map. No reservation line is published and bookings are not part of the experience; for queue information, searching the Chinese name, 唐记臭干(金鹰后街店), in the Dianping or Meituan apps can help. There is no beverage programme beyond bottled drinks. The best times are mid-afternoon snack time and early evening, when shoppers pass through the Huaihai First City area. The snack is easily combined with a walk through the surrounding shopping streets.