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Northern Chinese · Old Toronto · $$$
The chain's signature 牛油锅底 — a deep, burnished-red broth built on rendered beef fat, dried chilies, and Sichuan peppercorn that numbs your lips and makes everything cooked in it taste richer and more complex
Northern Chinese · Scarborough · $$
Chongqing-style beef tallow broth loaded with dried chilies and Sichuan peppercorns — the defining numbing heat of the cuisine, served as the foundation for everything else
Sichuan · Old Toronto · $$
The house mala soup delivers proper Sichuan numbing heat from peppercorns and dried chilies — the restaurant's defining ingredient and the reason to visit over any other local malatang
Sichuan · Old Toronto · $$$
Brick-red, beef-tallow-enriched broth loaded with dried chilies and Sichuan peppercorns that deliver the characteristic má (numbing) sensation on the lips
Northern Chinese · North York · $$$
Rich tallow-based Chongqing mala broth with whole dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, and a deep red slick — the signature pot that defines the restaurant's identity
Hot Pot · Markham · $$
Sichuan-style numbing heat with visible dried chilies and peppercorns — the defining reason to choose this restaurant over its neighbors
Hot Pot · Old Toronto · $$
The kitchen's hot and numbing signature broth — the foundational reason regulars return and the thing to anchor your pot
Hot Pot · Markham · $$$
A mala-style base with visible chili oil and Sichuan peppercorn numbing heat — real spice, not a watered-down approximation
