A chinese classic done japanese style it is said that the women who first created this dish had freckles on their faces the dish was therefore named mabo or mapo combining the chinese words for freckled or alternatively for hot and spicy ma and aunt or grandma bo extremely popular in china and japan and generally enjoyed with an ice cold beer stir fry pork beef or chicken mince add the mabo tofu mix and tofu stir simmer and add spring onion