Tang Huo Kung Fu Mala Tang (汤火功夫麻辣烫/탕화쿵푸마라탕) — Restaurant in Sandy

I decided to try this place as I saw an ad on FB promoting their $8.99 combo plate. I confirmed this via a message to the company. However, this was not the case.

Upon ordering, we confirmed our choices, mine being Gen Tso chicken (level 1 spicy) and Mongolian Beef (level 3 spicy) and my coworker asked for the sweet and sour chicken and Gen tso chicken. We were asked if we wanted the fried rice, like the picture shows, and we chose that and the wontons. I also selected a soft drink for an up charge. However, that is not what we got.

The soft drink machine was "broken" no ice, no drinks, except water. They had to grab ice from the kitchen ice machine but still charged us for a drink upgrade. As the pictures show, they gave us white rice and not fried rice. The Gen Tso chicken was more spicy and had more flavor than the Mongolian beef. I tried to amp it up with the available chili oil, but it didn't taste right...like it had gone rancid.

They also didn't charge us the $8.99. For the 2 of us and 1 drink came to over $34. With this experience, I will not be going back and I would not recommend this place. Too many issues for me to...

I was so excited to see that we have a malatang place open in Sandy! I’m not sure if it’s under the same franchise, but I’ve been a frequent visitor of Tang Huo Kung Fu in LA as well as in Korea. Seeing this sort of restaurant system is a first in Utah for me, where you can grab a bowl and put in whatever ingredients you’d like, and have it cooked in your bowl and served. The selection was pretty good, the veggies were fresh and had a variety of ingredients to choose from. I’ve seen a greater variety at other locations so I’m hoping to see as time goes on, others may be added here too! My bowl was great, but it was more on the lukewarm side, rather than super hot, but it was still a good bowl of malatang. The restaurant itself is very nice, very sophisticated and new looking. I think this is a good option if you’re craving mala but don’t want to break the bank going to get huoguo (which was the only option closest to getting malatang in Utah until...

Great instant hotpot place! Here's how it works:

Grab a big clear bowl (they're very big, and definitely DON'T fill it all the way or you'll have like 3 meals) Put what you want inside the bowl. They've got lots of veggies, meats, and noodles. It gets weighted and you pay for what you picked Pick your broth option

Then you wait a short time, they cook it in their kitchen, and they bring it out to you in a big bowl :)

The best part is you can take home whatever you weren't able to finish! All for $11.99/lb.

I ordered 2 lbs, and I can usually eat a lot of food, and I only got half way through it before I was stuffed to the point of my stomach hurting.

10/10 awesome experience, great food, minimal food waste, and the broth tastes great. This will be my GO TO for when I'm...