The staff dont have great english, but I can say it pretty straight forward with this place, You choose the veges, protein, noodles and drinks. choose the spicy level and numb level and you enjoy.
5 star food.
reasonable price with big portions
Actual rating: 4.5
This place was so YARM! You get to choose a mix of ingredients and then they toss it all together with noodles according to the spice level you want in a big bowl to share. It’s so flavoursome and tasty, one level of spice was already enough for us! It’s always hustling and bustling - get in there mmm...
My shoutout goes to one of the waitress who was very friendly and energetic to serve customers in the middle of night after we are all celebrating New Year's. He served us very well and quick. We ordered sichuan dry noodle and it was amazing, everything was way much better than my expectations. It's worth to go and I definitely wish to come back again.
Those Who Love To Eat
+3.5
This Northern Chinese cuisine is sincerely not for the faint hearted. The dishes look innocuous enough but my Lord the Sichuan peppers are a killer! It isn't so much the massive fried chillies that will get to you, its those little beast of a pepper corn looking type stuff that lurks in the dish that numbs your tongue and taste buds.
When you try this cuisine for the first time, it is as though you have just consume some washing powder. It has that strange chemical after taste, it takes alot of getting used to I'd say.
At the place you pick and choose what you would like in your hot pot and there are individual prices for each ingredient that comes in a massive wok. You also get to select the spiciness of your hot pot or add cumin to your dish? It is a fun way to experiment and be creative I guess.
However, this can be deceptively expensive, as each ingredient is about $4-$7 each. It is however, well worth it in a group and you enjoy that kind of communial eating. You They also have cold side dishes to have with your hot pot, but the hot pot alone is enough to feed three people.
We ordered a hot pot that was plenty for two and a tendon cold side dish which might sound terrible but was rather tasty.
It's tough on the palate at first but your taste buds truly gets an adventure of a life time and explore the different cuisines Chinese food has to offer.
Don't expect amazing service in this restaurant but the food flavours make up for it! You've got to love the fizzing tingly feeling that black Sichuan peppers create on your tongue and in your cheeks to really appreciate this restaurant and I wouldn't recommend going alone - the portion sizes are simply too big! I love it hot (4 or more), and then the rest is yours to choose from the list of ingredients to create your ideal Sichuan stir fry wok. One of my favourite food options when I'm in the Chinatown area.
This food is new for me i never try this before. You can choose what inside the drypot anythin you like. You can choose the spicy. Its good and i like it
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Fancy some duck tongue, black fungus or pork intestines? Maybe not on their own. But add them all in together with a dozen other ingredients like squid, prawns, noodles and a liberal serve of hot chillies and you have the culinary delight of the masterbowl. It is, as the name implies, a truly masterful bowl, or wok to be more accurate, of food. I went there with four friends for the first time to try it out. We had no idea what we were doing despite their very simple menu card, where you tick off a soup base plus a bunch of ingredients from a large list. The waitress helpfully explained the menu and recommended for the size of our group that we chose about 17 ingredients. Among these were cuttlefish, beef, sausage, pork belly and lotus root. We also chose how spicy we wanted it - picking two on the 1-4 scale (based on the table of Uni student regulars sat next to us). The cooks then threw it altogether with enough chillies to give it some razzle and it came to our table in a large, deep wok that we sat around and merrily consumed. Rice was served separately and it was washed down with several Tsingtaus. We also ordered a plate of chilli chicken which, despite being a cold served dish, the staff were happy to heat up for us. Masterbowl is a street-style cafe down the far end of Dixon Street in a row of restaurants I find more cutting edge culinary than the established strip further up the street. The atmosphere is relaxed and the staff efficient. Our bill, with three beers each, came to about $40 per person. The food and the experience were well worth it.
If you are looking for the meaning of life, do drop by this restaurant to have a taste of it. From the spiciness of chillies to the numbness from the peppery goodness, the tastes you experience in your mouth is literally heaven on earth. My friends and I visit this place for our weekly addiction fix. Don't leave the restaurant without trying the spicy hot pot. This is hands down the hero of the restaurant. Many shops around the area try to replicate this secret recipe but none has come close to actually surpassing it. Highly recommend and be warned you will be addicted!
Argh.. I really like this restaurant food! It's remind me about my mom's cook! I came to this place so many time already. But for the staffs, their are not quite friendly. But who cares,i came for the food
Love the dry pots here, this is the only place that I keep coming back, it will be a bit difficult for people who can't speak mandarin, but they are the only one that has the right balance of chilies and "tongue-numbing peppers". Basically a traditional Chinese hotpot but stir fry in a wok, you pick the ingredients you like and they put them into a wok and stir fry with heaps of chilies, herbs and peppers, it also allow you to choose how hot you want it to be! Challenge it with extreme heat and numbness!!
The Hungry FoodTech [shirley.gondo]
+4
A short post on Master Bowl in Chinatown.. I've always wanted to try their spicy stir fry dry pot.. My usual go to place is in Hurstville butit may take awhile by train now that I live in Mascot and car-less ;P So Bebski and I decided to have it a go to the one in Chinatown, along with Mr.P. The place is usually crowded during dinner time but last Saturday, there wasn't too many people queuing, so good for us :) We were handed the menu and the writings are mostly in Chinese which none of us have the ability to read, so we just go by the symbols for the dry pot tee hee..
Master Bowl is one of the few Chinese restaurants that I actually have cravings for from time to time. The distinct smell of Sichuan chilli and peppercorn would immediately grab hold of your senses as soon as you step in. Chilli Dry Wo k is one of the most popular Sichuan delicacies that truly reflects Sichuan cuisine’s four well-regarded elements: spicy, hot, fresh and fragrant. Master Bowl specialises in exactly this. It’s called “dry” wok to distinguish with “chilli hot pot”, a popular soup-based Sichuan signature. You pay $5 for the base, and then pick your choices of meat, fish balls and vegetables for your own pot (minimum 5 ingredients). The meat ranges from $5-$9 per choice, and the vegetables $3-$6 per choice. My favourite ingredients are: fish fillet ($7), beef slice ($8), bamboo shoots ($5), tofu puff ($5), lotus root ($4), mushroom ($6).
Super delicious, that is, if you find a Chinese friend to go with you who can order. On a scale of 10, a solid 9. Cheap, tasty, and opens late!
Went here recently with my wife. Staff were not overly helpful about the ordering process so we just had noodle bowls. They were great, full of flavour. Now that we know how to order the "Master Bowl" we will go for that next time.
The cold chicken with sesame and chilli (their 口水鸡) is honestly 11/10. Would definitely order this again, and it’s only $9
The stewed hot and spicy combination was 9/10, and was also very cheap ($12.90)
The noodles with peanut sauce and chilli was sub par, and the noodles did not taste fresh or chewy. This is only said however in the context that the bar is quite high in Sydney’s Chinatown in terms of good noodles, and so this one would be considered mediocre in comparison to many other places.
Overall incredibly delicious and cheap (3 x dishes for $35), highly recommend this place to anyone looking for good spicy Chinese food in a casual street food style setting.
My partner and I had the dry hotpot for dinner. The food was really yummy, tasty, and we really enjoyed it! We were surprised by the generous portions as well! We have enough leftovers for two people. Will definitely be coming back.
I love the food at this place. Seriously, one of the tastiest Chinese stir fried noodle places i've found in Sydney. You get to choose your spiciness and numbness level. You can also choose to eat rice with your stir-fry. It's one of the places i keep coming back to. Highly recommended for anyone who loves Sichuan style stir-fried. One negative point tho, is that the food quality is slightly inconsistent. Sometimes the stir-fry is more or less salty or spicy although i chose the same level of spiciness.
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