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Harden's says

The first UK branch of a Chinese hotpot chain with more than 6,000 branches around the world opened without fanfare in early 2024 in Hammersmith. A massive TikTok hit with Asian students, it also got a thumbs-up from Daily Mail critic Tom Parker Bowles.

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Have you eaten at YGF Malatang?

Iberia House, 8 Hammersmith Broadway, London, W6 7AL

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

Daily Mail

Tom Parker Bowles found his way to the debut UK outlet from a 6,000-strong global Chinese hotpot chain, whose unheralded arrival in the UK was first reported by Harden’s two months ago.

“Despite its immense size, YGF retains something of a cultish reputation, each new opening greeted with social-media hysteria, a thousand tremulous TikTok videos and queues that spill way out of the door.”

Tom was impressed by the spicing, and gave the joint three-and-a-half stars.

Tom Parker-Bowles - 2024-04-29
Iberia House, 8 Hammersmith Broadway, London, W6 7AL

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