malatang

From Mandarin 麻辣燙／麻辣烫 (málàtàng).

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.