【明報專訊】“ Pat is preparing the menu of her tofu feast. She wants it to include as many delicious tofu dishes as possible. But she has bought rotten tofu from Eason! ”

Fill in the following blanks with the correct forms of the following words.

(answers on last text)

flavour / fry / originate / dish

Tofu, also known as bean curd, is a food that has (1)________________ in China. Made from soya beans (大豆), it is rich in protein and calcium. Tofu comes in many varieties. For example, there are fresh and processed kinds. Its subtle (2)______________ makes it suitable for savoury as well as sweet (3)_________________.

Tofu is an important ingredient in Asian cuisines. Popular tofu dishes include stinky tofu, a famous Hong Kong street snack (小吃), (4)_________________ tofu, and "Mapo tofu" (麻婆豆腐), a spicy dish from Sichuan, China. People also love having sweet tofu pudding (豆腐花) as dessert.

■English highway﹕-words and collocations

Don't mix up "snack" and "snake". A snake is a reptile, while a snack is a small amount of food eaten between main meals.

e.g. Grab me some snacks please. I'm hungry.

■Vocab Cards : Collect them all!

handmade (adj) 手工造的

soy sauce (n phr)豉油

organic (adj) 有機

marinate (v) 浸漬

■Glossary

subtle (adj) 隱約的

savoury (adj) 鹹的

cuisine (n) 烹調法

stinky (adj) 臭的