The mystery to me is whether this is all an exaggerated rant for comedy, or if you're actually butt hurt about the damn kids these days eating soup wrong. Maybe both, hard to tell 🤷♀️ But thanks for posting, I went out for malatang last night and enjoyed it, will do it again.
I was hungry and got way too much food, which is easy to do with a giant mixing bowl in your hand and wanting to try everything. The self-serve aspect didn't bother me, its all refrigerated and will be cooked, not any more people breathing on your ingredients than in the grocery store. Definitely some opportunity for cross-contamination though, so would not recommend for people with severe fish/shellfish allergies.
YGF near the University of Washington https://ygfmalatangwa.com/