malatang

Definitions

A hot, spicy soup of meat and vegetables, commonly eaten as a street food in China.

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Examples

“Korean crab is small, that's all there is to it, but the red-pepper soup it's cooked in is like⟳ Chinese malatang. Meaning it burns you both ways and somehow you're thankful for the pain.”

“Boss Zhang went to the Sichuan restaurant for malatang (a Sichuan dish) again. After the malatang, he went for Karaoke. And then he continued to play⟳ mah-jong with friends.”

“[…] steamers, noisy kebab sellers and red-cheeked malatang (spicy soup with meat and vegetables) vendors.”

“"First on the menu the birds have⟳ prepared a delicious bird nest soup and then we can enjoy⟳ malatang, other stuff, and a dish of fish⟳."”

“Among faddish foodies, Yunnan cuisine from China's far south has recently become⟳ popular, as has malatang from Sichuan – a kind of dry hotpot.”

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