💸: $12.60
💬: First time trying da la and it was super shiok and very fragrant, really really liked it! Not sure why people say Ri Ri is the best when jem's is 10x more fragrant
Really well-calibrated to the local taste! Fragrant but not very numbing 麻. Good range of ingredients with decent prices, I usually spend about $9 to 12 per pax here depending on who I'm eating with.
Alot of people have different requirements for mala. Based on the opinions I've heard, this ticks the most boxes 😋😋
Full Vlog and how-to-cook: https://youtu.be/XOngOSwxYuY
To each his own but I found the "mild spicy" hot enough lol. Any spicier and I would have had to drink water.
Honestly the metal bowl is deceptively small. Order just enough so that you won't starve then when the price comes out it should be enough. The minimum order of 6$ is also some mind trick lol cos you're afraid it won't be enough then u order more and the bill comes up to double that
Order at most one big veg(bok choy or cabbage etc) cos it really takes up a lot of volume. Napa cabbage is a bad choice imo because it's juicy and watery texture really affects the intensity of the spices. Cabbage though is just as bad because it's so thin it doesn't absorb the spices well.
Didn't really like the garlic in here even though I'm a garlic lover since the garlic had a pungency that really overwhelms the other mala spices.
Pork belly was ok and as usual, avoid chicken. Beef was chewy but had incredible beefiness. Worth a try, do get a few slices
Their peanuts are also really well fried, just like how my grandfather used to do it. Very smokey but ofc comes with some peanuts slightly blackened, that's the price to pay for overall smokiness lol
Here's a joint in JEM worth journeying to the west for. Come for the medium-spiced Ma La Xiang Guo ($11.40 for two), which offers manageable (but still sweat-inducing) heat and addictively delicious flavour that will keep you coming back for more. Be warned that the dishes here can come across saltier than usual, but we're happy to put up with that setback when paying less than $10 for a sufficiently tasty ma la fix!
Photo by Burppler Ying Ying
We had 中辣 which didn’t feel too spicy; I’ve had spicier 中辣 mala from other places but it still packed sufficient punch. A huge plus point here is that the ingredients here were really fresh and the prices decently affordable - we shared this between 2 people and it cost $11.40. Will recommend if you are in the area!
I am so hungry right now! This would probably be the best mala xiang guo in the west region. They use japanese short grain rice which is awesome! I like to get 多麻 here as I feel that it boosts the taste of the entire dish. Be careful to count the more expensive things you choose like prawns and fish though! That time I placed 5 prawns in my bowl but only 3 were present on the final dish that arrived.....
ANYWAY. THIS. MAKES. ME. SO. HUNGRY. I. NEED. TO. GO. BACK.
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I was mesmerised by these glorious noodles that seemed to be golden and shiny??? What sorcery is this!! Just look at it, it’s so beautiful! Plus the noodles were springy like you know the string used in a bungee jump? It actually elongates and shortens and bounces :O
The noodles are also very chewy. Just imagine long chewy savoury pearls.
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Newfound appreciation to noodles man… How can something so simple look like a piece of art?
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Ps. be prepared to queue cause everybody loves Mala
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Rate 4/5 🌟
Location: The Mala Xiang Guo shop at Cookhouse L5 @ JEM
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This is the best Mala XiangGuo that I have had in Sinagpore. The taste is so flavourful and the spiciness is at the level of acceptable. If u are super down for the spiciness then I would recommend you to order the super spicy instead of medium spiciness. This go well with the streamed rice that they serve. Moreover, its very cheap and affordable.
Eversince we saw the queue months back, hub and I are totally hooked with them whenever we crave for Mala. This time round we had the fish, and we requested them to reduce the salt ( there was once the dish turned out soo salty 😶)
😖 This used to be my 2nd favourite Mala shop after 日日红 but the recent experience was it’s so bad that i finished a bottle of water while eating it. -
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Super addictive dish! Choose which ingredients you like and from 3 different spiciness levels!
