M Pot specializes in malatang, the customizable Sichuan street food that works like a build-your-own hot pot. Diners grab a metal bowl and fill it themselves from shelves stocked with vegetables, meats, and noodles, then hand it over along with their choice of beef or tomato broth and a preferred spice level. The kitchen takes it from there, returning the ingredients as a bubbling, stewed bowl of soup.
Because everything is priced by weight and assembled by hand, the result depends entirely on what gets picked off the shelves — a format that rewards regulars who've figured out their ideal ratio of noodles, protein, and greens.
Because everything is priced by weight and assembled by hand, the result depends entirely on what gets picked off the shelves — a format that rewards regulars who've figured out their ideal ratio of noodles, protein, and greens.