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Malaysian-born Junda Khoo ’s Ho Jiak has four iterations across Sydney, including the hatted Town Hall restaurant. Now, Khoo ...
All three venues of the $7 million project in the Tivoli Arcade are now open. Find Khoo’s Masterchef-famous laksa bombs, ...
Sixteen dishes are on offer, from drunken chicken to green-sambal eggplant, and you can get three for $15. The name “da bao”, ...
a three-level Malaysian dining destination from Sydney chef Junda Khoo, that opened last week at 235 Bourke Street; the new iteration of legendary diner Becco, following the laneway site’s ...
In 2014, Junda Khoo launched his groundbreaking Sydney restaurant Ho Jiak with no formal culinary training – just a vision to introduce diners to the dishes he grew up with in Penang. “When I first ...
Junda Khoo’s cooking is almost musical. That’s partly because Malaysian cuisine harmoniously balances the trinity of sweet-salty-sour, but also because the chef creates space to play.
If you think the name sounds familiar, you’d be right: there are Ho Jiak restaurants also in Chatswood, Haymarket and Strathfield, spearheaded by executive chef and owner Junda Khoo, and ...
I wanted this recipe to be a cross between Malaysian and Indonesian satay. I actually prefer Indonesian satay – with cumin, galangal and coriander, it has a strong dry-spice flavour. I’d also ...
SECOND HOUR - NIGHTLIFE FOOD: AUTHENTIC MALAYSIAN - What is authentic Malaysian food? Junda Khoo, the person behind Sydney's much-loved Ho Jiak eateries became interested in cooking when he ...
Junda Khoo of Sydney’s much-loved Ho Jiak restaurant group is one of them. “I loved the rush of working in a big investment bank and wanted to end up as CEO,” says Khoo. “But one day it ...
Junda Khoo’s Ho Jiak restaurants pay tribute to his amah, the Malaysian grandmother who strongly shaped his culinary memories. At the acclaimed Town Hall outpost, there are some plant-based ...
From the murals to the menu, every aspect of this hatted Malaysian restaurant reflects co-owner Junda Khoo’s childhood in Penang, specifically the hours he spent enthralled by his grandma’s ...