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    Tanghuo Kungfu Mala Town

    4.0 (21 reviews)

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    (Dec 2023) signature spicy hotpot - medium heat
    Aly C.

    ===TL;DR=== - Soup base: signature spicy hotpot, medium spicy level ===TMI=== I'm excited that more and more Malatang places are opening all around the Bay Area. At this place, they have the simplest of menu since they don't have much soup options atm. Went for the spicy soup base and medium heat because the lady there made it sound like it was going to be real spicy. Turns out, it wasn't spicy enough for my preference so I asked for the spicy sauce on the side to tweak my spiciness level myself. Like many other malatang places, self serve on what toppings you want in your soup. They don't have a large selection but I think they have most of what people normally gravitate towards. Once you're done, let them know which soup base you want and they'll get to cooking. I think they have potential but currently, nothing stands out for me. Hope to see their growth! Bonus: they also have a self serve sauce bar so feel free to assemble your own sauce!

    Ashley B.

    I really enjoyed the food here, especially the sauce bar since it had Szechuan peppercorn oil! Not many places have Szechuan oil at the sauce bar so I was pleasantly surprised. The food and flavor was great too. The downsides was that there was no clear system or sign in place from preventing people who just arrived to save a seat for themselves before ordering. Another issue is that they don't refilled their utensils and napkins at the table. This place seems very understaffed, so I hope they fix that too.

    Tomato Base + Spicy Base
    Sean Y.

    This Malatang place has a relatively small interior but incredibly fast service. You pick and choose everything that you want with tongs and they make it for you in 15 minutes or less. The servings are much bigger than you may anticipate because the majority of it is soup. If you think the amount of food in your bowl is going to be slightly too little, it is probably just right. For a Malatang restaurant to be great, it simply has to have the things you desire. This place has exactly that. The selection of foods is diverse and the quality is satisfactory. I was surprised by how delicious the soup was and ended up drinking a large portion of it. I'd come here whenever I crave Malatang, which since coming here, has been way more often than before. Please check out this place. It gives an experience that many other A La Carte restaurants struggle to offer.

    Malatang
    Christina Y.

    After a lot of anticipation, I finally tried Tanghuo Kungfu Mala Town. The restaurant was smaller than I expected, but the decoration was really new and there was a lot of people there. This restaurant operates on a system where you choose which ingredients you want to be added to your malatang through an ingredient bar. You can pay by weight and choose your soup base. For around 1.7lbs of food, I paid $27. I chose the malaban option which came with peanut and sesame sauce. The flavour was good and the ingredients tasted very fresh. They offered a good variety of ingredients to pick from! I definitely recommend the quail egg and the fish ball with fish roe inside. Malatang is perfect for colder weather so definitely make your way down there in the next couple of weeks. You will feel warm and satisfied.

    Noodle soup and dry noodles
    Jillian G.

    Tried this place on a whim one night and was really pleasantly surprised! I love the style of personal hot pot when you get to pick all your own ingredients, but it had been a really long time since I've found one near me. I loved this place! All the ingredients were so fresh and they were very quick after we gave it to them. It was also fairly priced in comparison to Berkeley prices - it's $16 per pound and mine ended up being around $18.50. I thought it was well worth for the quick service, great food, and comforting, cozy atmosphere.

    Top: tomato soup  Bottom: spicy hot pot soup
    Christie M.

    Self serve noodles!! Actually everything is self serve from drinks and making your own sauce. Come in and you grab a large bowl and tongs, pick out the ingredients you want for bowl. There are like over 5 different types of noodles but I got the potato vermicelli since it reminds me of hot pot. Different variety of veggies like carrots, enoki mushroom, and some other Asian veggies. Protein side had fish, shrimp, squid, random types of meat/fish balls and chicken wing. The only con is that if you're a vegetarian is that there is definitely cross contamination between the ingredients, because we were using the same tongs on the meat and vegetables.

    very nice food!Tried a few times(for spicy mix) and never regretted . Always choose mild spicy as a person who can't handle spicy food. Also tried their bbq chicken this week and it tastes good. Very affordable and great meal

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