alibb
The Mala “trend” probably started in Chong Qing and Si Chuan region which is known for numbing spicy with cook in the Mala sauce.
Mala is actually made up of 2 Chinese characters which means “numb” and “hot/spicy” respectively.
The Mala hotpot is considered “exotic” in my country and is rather expensive. They have 3 levels of spicness – small, medium and large and go by weight – meat weighed separated from veggies and mushrooms … etc.
This is half eaten and the full portion which is still quite little cost about $6-7. I shared it with my mother (we both have a bowl of rice to got with it) and its not quite filling…
We had medium level of spiciness by the way. My lips went numb.
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Will you try it?
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No
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Are you interested in Chinese food?
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Is it expensive to you?
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Look realy exotic. Green tomato?
Sorry? What green tomato?
I’m not sure what you’re refering to…
there is no green tomatoes in there :p
Does your picture show a mala ( super hot) dish? Or else?
The name is “Mala Hotpot” but it’s just ingredients fried in Mala sauce…
Not what you imagine of “hotpot” right?
It’s call Mala Guo in Chinese which would means “Mala pot” so I guess that’s why the translation…
My levels of hotness are; Makes my lips numb, then makes my nose run and finally, melts the wax in my ears…
LOL had the 1st two when I eat it…
but still its nice
I am fine with any of those levels of spicy. I am fine with my food being so spicy that the folks at other tables are crying…
Haha… if someone is crying… it would be me so I’d probably give it a miss then…
but it’s weird how people would complain about spiciness and still eat it anyway :p
The only time I complain about spicy is “I thought you said that was spicy…”
I do not like spicy food but I like a lot of Chinese dishes.
I remember you not liking spicy food …
and this a little too spicy for me too…
But I love it when I eat it with my mum.
Eat my portion for me. 🙂 Isn’t it great that there are so many options for food so we can all be satisfied.
Excellent poll, I like food
Thank you, i guess most of us like food :p