Yang Guo Fu Ma La Tang

This place literally my favourite restaurant if I go to Sydney. Everything was just perfect. They have lots of toppings that makes you want to take them all. I always order the medium spicy level soup with garlic sauce which is soooo yum!!

This was my second time having malatang in the last 2 days... you can say that I’m obsessed! It’s the best cheap feed in my opinion, that’s warm, hearty and mouth watering. It’s like hot pot, but in one personalised bowl. <br/ <br/ You begin by choosing your ingredients from a wide selection, into one large bowl e.g. noodles, vegetables, meats, fish cakes/balls etc. You are then moved to the counter where you weigh your bowl and pay accordingly. My bowls tend to be around the $9 $12 mark. Once paid for, you are given a receipt in which you wait for your bowl to be cooked. The workers will call out for your order number and then you are to choose your preferred condiments and spice level. Condiments include sugar, black vinegar, sesame sauce/oil, garlic sauce, pepper oil, and chilli. <br/ <br/ I arrived around 12pm on a Monday, and it was quite packed. Considering the lunch time rush, my food was ready within 10 minutes or so. When comparing to the Burwood franchise, the Chinatown joint is a lot more spacious, clean and modern. There isn’t really much customer service orientation here, but they weren’t the nastiest people either. <br/ <br/ The photos don’t do the dish justice if anything, it looks kind of unappealing but trust me, it tastes soo good! It would be great for winter days and as hangover cures

It’s kinda shiok! I ordered mild spicy, sesame sauce and garlic sauce. Hits the right spot, not too overpowering. I was rather confused by the sequence of numbers they call out to, my order was 41 and 42. However, my order was only called out to me when my partner is finishing his food. It’s quite crazy.

Comfort food, always hits the spot! Don’t get tempted to grab too much! love a little bit of garlic oil and a dash of chilli! Sweet potato noodles is a must in your soup!

YANG GUO FU MA LA TANG<br/ <br/ Creating your own soup dish similarly to hot pot but not having to actually cook it.<br/ <br/ First walking into this restaurant you grab a bowl to place all your selected ingredients, from veggies, noodles and seafood/meats. It was well placed constantly refilled for easy use. It would be helpful if they had every item clearly labelled as it gets difficult to know what is what if you've never tried before.<br/ <br/ They have a minimum spend of $7 a dish and once you give your ingredients they will weigh it and prepare the soup dish together. They will charge you by weight.<br/ <br/ At collection, you get to choose your sauce from light chilli to extra chilli. Selected the recommended sauces with no chilli and enjoyed it. It tasted something in between a laksa and tom yum soup.<br/ <br/ Recommend to get in early as it does get busy and the place isn't that big. But cooking waiting time isn't long so people leave quickly too.<br/ <br/ Overall, this place is fun and different if you are craving something soupy.<br/ <br/