Malatang | |||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 麻辣燙 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 麻辣烫 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | numb spicy hot | ||||||||||||
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Malatang (simplified Chinese: 麻辣烫; traditional Chinese: 麻辣燙; pinyin: málàtàng; lit. 'numb spicy hot') is a common type of Chinese street food.[1] It originated in Sichuan, China, but it differs mainly from the Sichuanese version in that the Sichuanese version is more similar to what in northern China would be described as hot pot.