Mala Restaurant

Sichuan$$

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Mon–Thu 11am–10pm, Fri–Sat 11am–10:30pm, Sun 11am–10pm

129 Brighton Ave, Allston, MA 02134
617-254-1839
Last verified: September 2026
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A blue-and-white porcelain dish of chilled translucent Sichuan noodles topped with chili sauce, dark bean sauce and scallions, with a Mala Restaurant chopstick sleeve behind it

Menu

Mala Delicacy

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Sliced Roast Beef & Tendon with Chili Sauce$9.95
Steam Chicken with House Special Sauce$9.95
Steam Bacon with Fresh Garlic Sauce$9.95
Chilled Spicy Pork Ears$9.95
Cucumber with Special Sauce$6.95
Szechuan Spicy Rice Noodle$6.95
Szechuan Spicy Cold Noodle$6.95
Wonton with Spicy Chili Sauce$6.95
Chinese Burger with Pork$7.95

Vegetable & Soup

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Mushroom with Green Cabbage$12.95
Mushroom with Tofu$11.95
Dry Stir-Fried String Beans$11.95
Stir-Fried Bok Choy with Garlic Sauce$11.95
Stir-Fried Cabbage in Vinegar Sauce$11.95
Tiger Skin-Liked Fried Green Pepper$11.95
Stir-Fried Shredded Potato with Hot Green Pepper$11.95
Hot & Sour Shredded Potato$11.95
Jin Sha Sweet Corn$14.95
Szechuan Spicy Mapo Tofu$11.95
Stir-Fried Eggplant with Minced Meat$11.95
Sauteed Sour Beans with Minced Pork$13.95
Dry Cooked Cauliflower with Bacon$14.95
Dry Cooked Cabbage with Bacon$11.95
Stir-Fried Shredded Cabbage$12.95
Scramble Egg with Tomato$11.95
Seafood Tofu Soup$11.95
West Lake Beef Soup$11.95
Tomato Egg Drop Soup$11.95
Fish Fillet with Sour Pickled Cabbage Soup$11.95

Mala Special

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Fresh Whole Fish with Sichuan Hot & Spicy Sauce Bowl$29.95
Grilled Whole Fish with Chef's Special Sauce$29.95
Live Fish Fillet with Sour Sichuan Pickled Vegetable$29.95
Live Fish Fillet with Green Peppercorn$29.95
Live Fish Fillet with Assorted Peppers$29.95
Sauteed Fish Fillet in Hot & Spicy Sauce$17.95
Fish Fillet in Chef's Special Chili Sauce$17.95
Fish Fillet with Special Bean Sauce$17.95
Fish Fillet with Special Sweet & Sour Sauce$17.95
Shredded Beef with Hot Green Pepper$17.95
Stir-Fried Beef with Peppercorns and Black Bean Sauce$17.95
Stir-Fried Lamb with Peppercorns and Black Bean Sauce$17.95
Szechuan Spicy Aromatic Pig Blood Hot Pot$17.95
Szechuan Double Cooked Bacon$14.95
Chicken Stew$19.95
Chili & Cumin Flavored Dried Lamb$17.95
Chili & Cumin Flavored Dried Beef$17.95
Stir-Fried Beef with Wild Peppers and Cilantro$17.95
Sauteed Beef Slices with Scallion$17.95
Sauteed Lamb Slices with Scallion$17.95
Dry Cooked Beef$17.95
Dry Cooked Lamb$17.95
Dry Cooked Squid$17.95
Dry Cooked Pork Intestine$17.95
Dry Cooked Shrimp$17.95
Dry Cooked Frog$28.95
Sauteed Frog in Hot & Spicy Sauce$28.95
Pickled Frog$28.95
Frog with Assorted Peppers$28.95
Pickled Beef$22.95
Dry Stir-Fried Shredded Beef$17.95
Sauteed Pork Intestine in Hot & Spicy Sauce$17.95
Stir-Fried Pork Intestine with Sour Cabbage$17.95
Stir-Fried Pork Kidney$15.95
Kidney in Hot Chili Sauce$15.95
Poached Sliced Beef in Hot Chili Sauce$17.95
Kung Pao Chicken$13.95
Chestnut Chicken Pot$14.95
Triple Fresh Pepper Chicken$14.95
Dry Stir-Fried Chicken with Spicy Capsicum$14.95
Szechuan Special Boneless Chicken with Peppers$14.95
Stir-Fried Duck Tongue with Hot Green Pepper$19.95
Soy Pan Duck Tongue$19.95
Kung Pao Duck Tongue$19.95
Beef Stew$16.95
Beef Stew with Yuba$17.95
Sauteed Shrimp with Salted Egg Yolks$21.95
Sauteed Crab with Salted Egg Yolks$22.95
Stir-Fried Crab with Rice Cake$22.95
Sauteed Crab in Hot & Spicy Sauce$22.95
Kung Pao Shrimp$17.95
Sauteed Crystal Shrimp$17.95
Stir-Fried Shrimps in Shanghai Style$17.95
Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce$13.95
Sauteed Shredded Pork in Sweet Bean Sauce$13.95
Stir-Fried Shredded Pork with Dried Bean Curd$13.95
Stir-Fried Calamari with Chinese Celery$14.95
Spicy Vermicelli with Minced Meat$12.95

Barbecue

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Lamb$1.95
Beef$1.95
Chicken Wing$3.75
Pork Belly$1.75
Mini Sausage$1.75
Lamb Kidney$3.75
Chicken Heart$2.25
Chicken Gizzard$2.25
Quail Egg$1.75
Chives$1.75
Shiitake$2.20
Corn$2.20
Whole Eggplant$4.20
Fried Tofu$1.75
Cauliflower$1.75
Enoki Mushroom$1.75
Yuba$1.75
Shrimp$1.75
Squid$2.20
Fish Ball$1.75
Fish Tofu$1.75

Menu items and prices are approximate and may have changed — call the restaurant to confirm.

Dishes to know on this menu

Mala: Literally "numbing-hot": the Sichuan pairing of dried or fresh chili (la) with Sichuan peppercorn (ma), a citrusy husk that leaves a tingling buzz on the lips. Any dish or dry pot labeled mala will have both. On this menu as: Mala Delicacy · Mala Special · Mala Pot.
Szechuan-style (American menus): The older Wade-Giles spelling of Sichuan. On American-Chinese menus "Szechuan beef" or "Szechuan chicken" signals a spicy garlic-chili sauce with vegetables; on a Sichuan restaurant's menu the same word means the real thing, so expect Sichuan peppercorn and real heat. On this menu as: Szechuan Spicy Rice Noodle · Szechuan Spicy Cold Noodle · Szechuan Dan Dan Noodle.
Tofu (bean curd): Pressed soybean curd, from custard-soft (for mapo tofu and soups) to firm (for stir-fries and braises). Fried tofu puffs soak up sauce; tofu skin (yuba) is the sheet lifted off simmering soy milk, rolled and braised or fried as a "vegetarian duck". On this menu as: Preserved Egg with Tofu in House Special Sauce · Mushroom with Tofu · Szechuan Spicy Mapo Tofu.
Kung pao: Diced chicken (or shrimp, tofu) stir-fried with dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, scallion and peanuts in a sweet-sour-savory glaze. The Sichuan original is dark, tangy and numbing; the American-Chinese version tends to be sweeter, saucier and heavier on the vegetables. On this menu as: Kung Pao Chicken · Kung Pao Duck Tongue · Kung Pao Shrimp.
Fish-fragrant (yu xiang): A Sichuan seasoning of pickled chili, garlic, ginger, scallion, sugar and vinegar, originally used for fish and now most famous on eggplant and shredded pork. There is no fish in it; "in garlic sauce" on American-Chinese menus is usually this flavor profile. On this menu as: Steam Bacon with Fresh Garlic Sauce · Stir-Fried Bok Choy with Garlic Sauce · Shredded Pork with Garlic Sauce.
Hot and sour soup: A thick soup sharpened with black vinegar and white pepper, with shredded tofu, wood-ear mushroom, bamboo shoot, egg ribbons and pork. The "hot" is pepper heat, not chili; the "sour" is vinegar. Sichuan in origin, universal on American menus. On this menu as: Hot & Sour Rice Noodle with Pork Intestine · Hot & Sour Rice Noodle with Beef · Hot & Sour Shredded Potato.

How these dishes compare

Fried ricetypically $13.97 across 254 menus
Wontontypically $9.99 across 241 menus
Hot and sour souptypically $8 across 186 menus
Sweet and sourtypically $15.95 across 172 menus
Kung paotypically $16 across 169 menus
Mapo tofutypically $15.95 across 154 menus
Fish-fragrant (yu xiang)typically $14 across 151 menus
Egg drop souptypically $5.95 across 103 menus

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