malatang

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See also: málàtàng

English

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Etymology

From Mandarin 麻辣燙／麻辣烫 (málàtàng).

Noun

malatang (uncountable)

  1. A hot, spicy soup of meat and vegetables, commonly eaten as a street food in China.
    • 2001, Tom Crawford, The Temple on Monday, →ISBN, page 78:
      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.
    • 2007, 汉语常用关联词语学习手册, page 5:
      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.
    • 2013, Lonely Planet Shanghai, →ISBN:
      […] steamers, noisy kebab sellers and red-cheeked malatang (spicy soup with meat and vegetables) vendors.
    • 2013, Joe Remesz, From Canada to Philippines: Nonsense Novel, →ISBN, page 177:
      "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."
    • 2013, Simon Lewis, The Rough Guide to Beijing, →ISBN:
      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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