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Mala Class Still Cranks Up the Heat in Highland Park

Kevin Liang and Michael Yang, two former New Yorkers who met while working at Han Dynasty, are behind Highland Park's Mala Class, a jewel-box-sized restaurant serving chile-spiked Sichuan cooking. Inside the dark mint–green building, find a bare-bones dining room accented by red tile, a handful of tables that remain busy through lunch and dinner, and […]

Mala Class Still Cranks Up the Heat in Highland Park

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Kevin Liang and Michael Yang, two former New Yorkers who met while working at Han Dynasty, are behind Highland Park's Mala Class, a jewel-box-sized restaurant serving chile-spiked Sichuan cooking.

Inside the dark mint–green building, find a bare-bones dining room accented by red tile, a handful of tables that remain busy through lunch and dinner, and […]

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Kevin Liang and Michael Yang, two former New Yorkers who met while working at Han Dynasty, are behind Highland Park's Mala Class, a jewel-box-sized restaurant serving chile-spiked Sichuan cooking. Inside the dark mint–green building, find a bare-bones dining room accented by red tile, a handful of tables that remain busy through lunch and dinner, and […]

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