Mala-party 👄🔥

$8.50 for lotus root, luncheon meat, pork and fish- I’m sure the lady was judging my unhealthy choices when I refused to pick a vegetable (she gave me a once-over and asked me 3 times if I REALLY didn’t want the veg) but why pay for something I don’t like if I have the choice?

中辣 as always because I don’t believe in mixing pain and pleasure. Was slightly less spicy than the ones at somerset 313 and cineleisure

👍🏼 Cheaper than the offerings at Orchard and even JEM
👍🏼 Stall employees handle the ingredients, so (theoretically) more hygienic + queue moves faster
👍🏼 Wait was less than 5 min
👍🏼 Sauce was full of garlic

👎🏼 Can’t choose exactly which ingredients and how much of each you’d like
👎🏼 Base is more garlicky than mala
👎🏼 They use disposable (wooden) chopsticks, plastic spoons and styrofoam bowls for the rice regardless of whether you’re dining in or not
👎🏼 If you’re a vampire

Verdict: 👄👄

Ok by now you’d probably realise that the title of each dish within this list is exactly the same/irrelevant.

My hoomans live super near to this restaurant and had ignored it for ages because the giant VEGETARIAN sign didn’t quite appeal to me (for kitties are naturally carnivores). Until recently when I was looking through a list of places selling 麻辣 and this came up tops.

The sauce is really paw-lickin good and I usually shy away from ordering the noodles but for this you MUST get the noodles cause it’s perfectly cooked (slightly al-dante) and soaks up all that delicious spicy goodness. The 中辣 here is more spicy than variations elsewhere and they went a bit crazy on the peppercorns cause I could not feel my tongue at all at the end. (How am I going to groom myself now???)

Other toppings that I tried: lotus root, lady’s fingers, mushrooms, tofu skin. All were super fresh and crunchy. Total cost: $17.50 including 2 drinks, no rice. Minimum order is $10.

I still think that Carnivores are a superior breed but this was worth skipping out a meal of meat for.

Verdict: 👄