Chen Mapo Tofu's Mapo Tofu

All that walking around the charming city of Chengdu has made me hungry. Now, I am ready for some excellent Sichuan food right at the heart of it all. One of the long time restaurants here is the Chen Mapo Tofu 陈麻婆豆腐 restaurant. Fortunately we are armed with a map to help us find the place.

According to the map, it is just a couple of blocks north of the statue of Mao Zedong, which is where we were. We just kept following the main road all the way up north. Then we realized how Chinese maps are never drawn to scale. Just traversing a block takes us a more than a while. We passed a huge stadium which was no operating at that time. Now, we were no longer sure where the place is since the map is not that reliable. The roadside eateries are beginning to look very tempting.
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