I ate lots of deep fried mild beige stinky tofu in Taiwan, like the one pictured in the thumbnail. Once I had a meal with a bit of old grey stinky tofu - the smell of summer garbage was disturbing. Try the slightly aged mild beige stuff first.
While we’re at it, try a translucent thousand year egg too, preferably as part of a dessert. Not bad, just weird.
Price is not value. Gold is more valuable (useful) than lead, whatever the price. Clean air was cheap and valuable, now it must be created in a lab.