Spicy Mala: What's Really In Your Mala Dish? | Talking Point | Full Episode 

Poor Steven! Sacrificing his tastebuds and enduring the pain for the viewers!! Love this!!😅🤣🤤

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bro mr dani my pri sch science tuition cher

Steven needs a raise omg! First bubble tea, fried chicken & now mala!!

please make more of such local documentary by Steven. It so informative and education yet entertaining. Thumbs up!

The mala hotpot soup is not meant to be drinked. Anyone from China will know this.

who was under the impression that it was healthy? I guessed as much that it was terrible for health but love it anyway

Our China friend was shocked when he saw us drinking the MaLak soup from the Hot Pot. He told us no one in China drinks the soup 😱🤣

so this video just made me crave mala more now

A female store owner says, "Once the gas is turned on, it will cost her $1!" She is lying! She should have said, "Because we want to overcharge mah!" Gas got so expensive one meh?

Just to clarify a factual error (I'm a dietitian), saturated fats do not convert into trans fat when in boiling conditions like mala. Only if you deep-fry or refry oil at very high heat, is there a possibility of a slight conversion into trans fat (in the range of 2-4% only), and this does not occur with any other cooking method. More important than just this slight increase in trans fat, is that frying at high heat causes the oxidation of polyunsaturated fats and production of polar compounds - that have an even more significant health impact. However, this is quite insignificant at at boiling water temperatures of 100°C; it mostly happens when in deep-frying temperatures like >180°C!

Oh gosh. Steven speaking Chinese is quite a surprise. It’s a first for me at least.

Actually in Sichuan, nobody drinks the mala hotpot soup...... just eat the food only

nobody drinks the mala gravy, man. most of it will just set under the food and left in the bowl.

Hahah I listen to the hawker selling mala saying bullshit about mala being cooked on the spot and it cost $1 to turn the gas every time. All hawker food is cooked on the spot, Tze char, char kway teow and you don’t see them charging $10 for it

Just hearing mala, makes my mouth salivate......its like an addiction, always craving for more.....

From ban main all over, now is mala noodles. Where are the laksa, fishball noodles, wanton mee and prawn mee? Those are the days where these four so easily found. Now so rare, if any, taste horrible. Let's not kid ourselves, taste is so important. muhahaha. Yong tau fu, if only are as flavourful, can be a contender I think.

Every time they on gas, it costs $1? Sure anot!! Like that all the hawkers lose money from the gas liao.

Which spicy level were they eating? I had the strongest MaLa and up level to MaLa 烫 Medium @Chinatown. The counter lady confirmed my order over 3x:"Sir, you sure? It IS REALLY very Spicy." YES, Sure, i repeated. I emptied the bowl. had burning lips for a couple of hours afterward. 😋 It was a wonderous experience. Until my stomach had an issue and had to retire from MaLa for over a year now. I miss MaLa.

This guy deserves a raise.

By this point, whenever Steven Chia enters the room: Lab analysts: Why do I hear boss music?

Every food have its good and bad health benefits. Just eat with moderation and keep fit by doing exercise regularly. If i do eat it once a while, I will always ask for less oil, less spice and I also eat it without meat and the ramen. Just lotsa vegetables without rice.

After watching this... i got a craving for mala and ordered via a food app. >.

The data visualisation in this docu is really terrible. How are people supposed to get your message if you're just saying wow so much sodium wow so much fat

Asking why mala is so popular is like asking why instant noodle is so popular. Both are processed food. We all know that unhealthy food is unfortunately the most delicious.

Of course it's not healthy. I cook it myself and the amount of oil I have to use... 🤣 But I make it super spicy, most people won't be able to handle. Cough like hell when I'm cooking the chillis.

Beginning to feel like CBC Marketplace, which is good. Please do more investigative topics like: why are we still paying $5 for caller ID across most telcos? Seems unproportionate to current prices for a line (~$25)

Herbs dont cost that much leh… ya all just ripping noob singaporeans. I wonder if those china workers have discounted prices. 🤣

Hi my fellow Singaporean friends, you are not supposed to drink the soup in Hot pot or whatever soup is in your mala dishes, nobody does that anywhere else in the world.

I don' think I can quit eating stir fried mala dish. So having it once a while, with less spicy and ordering more vegetable dishes than meat will probably make my craving less sinful..Hope so

Nobody actually drink the mala soup lol

I'm from Belgium, I've never even heard of the word mala. But I'm thankfull I know now!! :)

so mala is unhealthy, got it! Im gonna continue my weekly mlxg feast, been hooked on mala since like 2017, much earlier than the mala hype in sg. so when i die, i die enjoying eating something i love

Don't eat the chili, especially if you can't handle spicy food. Those are for flavoring only... 😂

If you wanna makan in peace make sure you don't dine with a nutritionist LMAO

one could watch the pot and remove the oil constantly, serve up the table when the tofuskin ready. science dude is right about the toxins. like having a grill master at the bbq one should take up the mantle of pot master . steve kilt this

Im not even chinese and mala is like drugs to me 😢

it is widely believed that pain is pleasure. pleasure stimulates the nervous system to make us happy. so we do it because it makes us happy. but i'm not sure the digestive system agrees with that. well, life's like that. we can't always get what we want LOL

Hope mala stores can still survive after this exposé.

Glad I am not a fan of mala either. Quite sad to see them pushing out our traditional local cuisines.

As you are talking, i can't help salivate.. Lol. But i was told sg is 湿place, same as sichuan, so a lot of the ingredient is to 去湿。I went to sichuan , the girls are slim and fair with great complexion, so..

I'm disappointed they didn't investigate the possible carcinogenic effects

I love these documentaries but watching all of them and doctors saying they’re unhealthy makes me feel like “well this is unhealthy, that will cause heart problems, then what do I eat??” Yea I get that we eat these foods in moderation but I would also like to know then, what are we supposed to eat on a regular that is considered healthy? Soup veggies? Or?

Even in Sichuan & Chongqing, people don't drink the soup of mala hot pot.🤞

My Beijing wifi told me ~ sama sama as to Tai Er fish hotpot, don’t drink the soup.

I ate stir friend mala almost 4 times every week.. I fell sick after 3 weeks. Gained around 5-6 kgs. And I stopped after that 😂😂😂

Im glad they talk about saturated fats. There are a lot of idiots these days that think its healthy for you.

I had a bad flu..... which went to see a doctor for 2 times. But still did not recover..... so I went for the MALA hot pot just nearby. HAHA.... The next day I'm fully recovered. So from that day onwards I'll always go for MALA hot pot when ever I cannot recover from a flu

Good news and nothing new that the general educated public shouldn't already be aware of, unfortunately not very indepth with the scientific explanations. I would be more curious why theres a correlation between sodium and spice (the spicier the higher the sodium) and the type of oils used. Per less sodium, i would be curious if the same taste, subjectively speaking, can still be achieved or using otger spices to mimic the sodium (ex: calorie free sugar). As for the oil, different oil types of have different burning points. As far as I know, its not how long you cook an oil that would break it down but the heat? Lets say virgin oil has a smoke pt of 410 fahenheit. It would only turn hamrful after 410F (please correct me if im wrong and longevity can destroy the oil too). So in this case, if Im not mistaken, depending onnthe oil and temp used to cook it, the oil can remain healthy at its orginal poly and unsaturated stage.

isn't Haidilao more ex, easily 70 per pax when I go

let me guess.. steven is from acs lol

As a mala lover Interesting fact about mala. anyways...

Now, I'm hungry at 11.32 PM!? 😅😅

What do they mean the longer its cooked, more good fats become bad fats? 15:25 So hot pot in general is bad? Mookata? KBBQ?

Hold up, why are Singaporeans drinking the broth???

mala food originated from china is mostly catered for cold weather condition especially winter unlike the tropical and humid weather like singapore!

Not a fan of it either, don’t find the price justifiable too

just stop drinking the soup and have moderation lol

I always order the spiciest and I don’t find it spicy at all … I need more Mala now ! I always sh*t after Mala isn’t that = weight lost ?

This short documentary got so many facts wrong. Singapore media production truly sucks.

Just buy the haidilao or other brand paste then fry with the ingredient no need spend so much to buy in food court

Why did you drink the soup 😂unbelievable

I love mala hotpot.

Used to hate it then grew to like it recently now I decide to continue hating it. Lol.

I love malaaa

Just do not understand the taste... tried it and OMG.... no way.

Not me favourite food ‘… sorry to said that

omg mandon

If u open restaurant dun invite Steven. 😆

?? Mala started in china yo, not him lol

the mala peanut was funny!!! 🤣

In China they don't drink the soup unlike our steam boat here.

he looks really stressed out with tightly scrunched up eyebrows

Luckily this is one of the dishes I hate eating

Dang, even just watching this makes me drool

i grew up with this.. i dont even know if theyre spicy or not anymore...

Why are they using forks to eat mala lol

Eating mama at the same time from the same store as Steven was eating 😂😂

"We cant be 24/7 healthy whats the point of eating" Thats the line that diabetic people i know tells me. Guess its worth the pain?

You dont drink mala hotpot soup...

mala hot pot did not debut in Chonqing, China, until some 100 years ago. then mala became a distinct taste in itself incarnated in other cuisines, such as mala toufu. northern Chinese didn‘t fancy spicy stuffs until recent times thanks to the universaling of mala in China. still many northern Chinese don‘t take to it easily.

most mala have la but no ma

Steven is the best host lah hehe love him

Malaysia🇲🇾

Very good program guys 😊

Well, if it's tasty, it can't be healthy. 😮‍💨

Dont eat if u dont like it.

Sorry since you're not a fan of it. This episode isn't for you, someone should have taken over, the moment you picked the other restaurant, I was like okay this guy has noidea about this episode.

👍yummy

lol... lab test?

top 6 rules in every nation and top 3 rules for life. every human nation organization and civlization is black hole in him or herself.

@gerard 20:13

Wah the dietitian ask to remove the mala oil from the hotpot... What a noob... Youre only suppose to Blanche your ingredients on mala hotpot, not drink the oil zzzz

Nobody eats mala because they think it's healthy. People eat mala because it's tasty.

I love spicy food but I don’t like to be sweaty. I guess Cheng Du is out for a retirement home. Maybe Qing Dao instead? Lol.

Nothing makes a good OG Mala hotpot than some good old gutter oil… no thanks for me.

When will people learn that saturated fat isn't bad for you? I like your channel but please don't spit fake facts and make everyone even sicker.

I have an idea. Ban mala, everyone must eat steamed rice and fish. Always. Hmm . . . ?

Luckily, I don't particularly eat Mala often. Now, I shall eat it even less 🤔

Whoever made a halal version of mala, is a hero 😂