But do they realize that fashionable mala hotpot is an old hometown dish from Sichuan in mainland China? Tracing back its history, we find that mala hotpot was once called "tripe hotpot," and developed from the mutton hotpot of north China, in which thin slices of mutton are quick-boiled at the table by dipping them into the simmering stock in a "hotpot."
雖然流行當道，殊不知，這麻辣火鍋卻是來自中國大陸四川省份的老土口味，追本溯源，麻辣火鍋原名叫「毛肚火鍋」，係由北方涮羊肉的烹調方式演變而來。