Little Monkey Hot Pot - Malatang Hot Pot

Burwood East's DIY malatang bar, prized for fresh pick-your-own ingredients and rich, customisable broths.

Bright, clean and unpretentious food-court-style hot pot counter with a constant buzz of families and friend groups picking their own ingredients from open self-serve chillers.

Self-serve pick-your-own ingredient bar priced by weight, a house midnight-edition broth with black garlic oil, complimentary rice and fried dough fritters, and no public-holiday surcharge.

Malatang is a Sichuan street-food staple, and reviewers with Chinese heritage single out the seasoning and crispy fried pork as genuinely reminiscent of Chengdu-style versions.

Priced by weight at roughly $4.20 per 100g, reviewers consistently call it generous and affordable for the quality and volume of ingredients on offer.

Summary drafted with AI from public reviews.