It's very similar! Liangban tofu is a popular Chinese dish that translates to "spicy cold tofu." There are different versions liangban tofu. Many liangban tofu recipes include the following ingredients that don't appear in our cold tofu recipe: spicy bean paste, sesame oil, and black vinegar. Ours is a more simple version that is not spicy. It uses all pantry ingredients found in many of our Hawaii recipes (and in the pantries of local homes :).