After Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he once used this dish to entertain his fellow Huzhou natives. After eating, they exclaimed that this dish was indeed delicious and brought it back to Huzhou.
Afterward, through various workshops' improvements over generations, it formed the current characteristic Huzhou dish—Maodoufu."
Upon hearing the waiter's introduction, everyone was surprised that a small Maodoufu was actually invented by Ming Tai Zu Zhu Yuanzhang.
Of course, it's hard to say whether such a legend is true or not.
But it is certain that Ming Tai Zu Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a Huzhou native.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang was indeed a very frugal emperor, having gone from being a beggar monk to an emperor.
So he was very thrifty and understood the hardships of the people, making it reasonable for him to have invented Maodoufu, such a dish.
Listening to the story of Zhu Yuanzhang inventing Maodoufu made everyone even more curious about its taste.
