A mala hot pot stall where you pick your ingredients and drown them in tongue-tingling numbing chilli broth.
Monster Chili Mala Hot Pot is for those who crave the intense, lip-numbing thrill of Sichuan mala — a pick-and-choose setup where diners load a bowl with raw ingredients from a wide spread of meats, tofu, mushrooms, and vegetables, then hand it over to be cooked in a fiery, peppercorn-laced broth.
The heat level is customisable but the kitchen does not hold back on the signature numbing, tingling sensation that mala lovers chase.
Rice and noodle add-ons complete the meal, and the portion-by-weight pricing keeps you in control of the final bill. If your idea of a good meal involves sweat-inducing spice and that addictive mala buzz, Monster Chili delivers the kick.
*Overpriced and Disappointing* This Monster Chilli Mala Hot Pot is honestly a rip-off. Prices are easily 3× more expensive than outside, and the quality does NOT justify it at all. Charging $12.50 just for mushrooms is outrageous and unacceptable. Taste-wise, it’s very disappointing — the mala lacks fragrance and depth, and overall just tastes bad. Even worse, when selecting the raw ingredients, there was a foul smell coming from the ingredient section, which is extremely off-putting and raises hygiene concerns. Definitely not worth the money. There are many other mala stalls with better taste, fresher ingredients, and much more reasonable prices. Won’t be coming back.
Jia Hao Lim
2 bunches of that vege (油麦菜) is $3.40 each
6 pieces of this eggs (鹌鹑蛋) is $0.50 each
Nowadays mala so expensive d?
Chee How Tiong
Mala is pricey for the taste. The broth is bland and not fragrant just spicy, medium spicy was not spicy enough too. It doesn’t have the heat of traditional mala, the broth tastes unseasoned aside from the chilli used. $6.16 for 1/2 a head of broccoli and $1 each for cheese tofu is mad expensive. This kopitiam has decent options and great seating though, no harm trying the other stuff there.
Benedict Liu
Not authentic mala. it's just dry chilli and some sambal. no fragrant no numb of Mala ingredients at all. Don't waste your money!!and they charge so expensive!
Nathaniel Teo
First stall on the right when you entered kopitiam.
Not the authentic Chinese mala taste. It taste more spicy curry than mala.
The instant noodles sadly taste horrible, It is undercooked and taste so hard. Noodles is cooked till it is in short pieces.
The veggies are fresh but not the meats.
The staff hygiene needs to improve. I saw raw meat on the chopsticks meant for customers use.
