Vegetarian Mapo Tofu Rice

I was excited to see that this new branch of Chen's Mapo Tofu open up in Nex - they have a vegetarian Mapo Tofu option that can be had with rice or noodles. I chose the rice option at spicy level one. Unfortunately, I wasn't a big fan of the flavours - it was way too "ma" (numbing) after I'd dialled down the spiciness level, and there wasn't enough rice to offset the rather rich, salty sauce. Possibly because the tofu was served on top of the rice, so I couldn't balance out the flavours by myself since even the rice was drenched in sauce.