Our favorite mala around Boston. Doesn't deserve the low stars
Some of the menu items come with a soup of the day, and my soup was just cabbage water. I was able to fish out 2 slices of napa cabbage with the rest literally water.
I order the Mala Pot two days in a row, and I think the quality of the restaurant is back. Worth a try!
Quantity is sooooooooo small
Small portions. The chili oil is not fragrant, just a bit salty
Quantity is sooooooooo small
Standalone, no-fuss Sichuan Mala dishes, especially Mala Xiangguo are hard to find in Boston (or you gotta go to full-service restaurants for it, which cost muuuuch more). It says it is a restaurant, but it really is a hawker stall in a food court, and it is pretty much self-service. You order at the counter, they cook it up, and you go take it from there, find a seat, eat, and deal with the tissues / disposable utensils by yourself, and you have to return their big wooden bowl back to them.
Extremely under-rated. A lot of haters. But ma la xiang guo is extremely rare in the states, and especially ones where you can select what gets put in the pot from a buffet. This place was one of the highlights from my grad school years in Boston. Can't go wrong with all the veggies, fish, and assorted mushrooms and tofus. So fast and amazing. Wish they had a branch in Chicagoland.
Really bad service.
very bad attitude!