#recipe - mapo tofu

In 2012, I visited Japan for the third time. For a few days, I decided to stay in Yokohama, and of course I visited Chinatown. At this one restaurant, I tried this unique dish with beef and tofu and a spicy red sauce. There was no English menu, and I just pointed at one of the few pictures within the Japanese text. 

Despite my initially shocked reaction, this dish was so good! 

 Last week, while searching various Asian dishes, I came upon one, "Mapo Tofu", that described exactly what I had eaten in Chinatown. For a year, I kept thinking about this dish that reminded me of beefaroni (sub the noodles for tofu and make the sauce spicy). 

Tonight, I have decided to make this dish!