Yangguofu Ygf Malatang in Seattle

YGF is one if the most unique places on the Ave. Whether you are a college student looking for anything to fix your hotpot craving or just someone looking for a yummy meal to share, YGF is worth a try. Food 4/5: If you are looking for a deep mala flavor from your soup, you probably won't find it here. They are pretty inconsistent with their spiciness and I haven't had a soup that that thought was ma, but there soup is still very tasty and satisfying. The meat and vegetable quality are quite good with their lamb being my favorite. I am also a fan of adding enoki and black fungus to mine. They have a wide variety of fish tofu so it is worth a shot if you are interested. Value 4/5: Price is based of weight so I would plan your meal accordingly. Noodles and fish tofu will not be as value but don't let me stop you from trying it. Meat and vegetables are my go to. While I probably wont come here alone, I think it is definitely worth sharing a bowl with someone else as one bowl can be too much for one person. Service 3.5/5: The way YGF is set up, you grab the ingredients you want to eat and the employees cook in the the mala tang for you. Ingredients are refilled often. I have no problems with the service but there is nothing outstanding either.

We were excited to try this restaurant.  We liked the idea of choosing your own ingredients for your soup and the soup was very tasty.  However, there may be a problem on how they calculate the cost of the food or they're charging you for something we don't know about because after calculating the weight times how much they advertise the food should cost ($12.99/lb) it definitely didn't add up. Most of us had a little over a pound of ingredients and one of us definitely less than a pound, but whatever the case after adding all our weights and calculating what it should of cost ($12.99/pound) we couldn't figure out how it came to average $28 a person before tip as none of us got near to even 1.5 pounds of ingredients.   And it seems they try to really hard to make it unclear as possible on what your bowl weighs as they show the weight in grams.  Thus not sure we'll ever go back again.

**NOT FOR PEOPLE WITH ALLERGY** No separation between soy-based products and other food. Expect cross contamination due to for example using tongs to handle different foods. Tastes are alright though prices are at the high end in udistrict.