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A new dining hotspot arrives in Sydney, a quirky newcomer for Francophiles opens in Brisbane and a Malaysian hawker hero sets ...
All three venues of the $7 million project in the Tivoli Arcade are open. Find Khoo’s Masterchef-famous laksa bombs, char ...
Malaysian-born Junda Khoo ’s Ho Jiak has four iterations across Sydney, including the hatted Town Hall restaurant. Now, Khoo ...
Saving the best ’til last, Sydney chef Junda Khoo opens the crown jewel in his mega-venue. And it’s got even more fireworks ...
Sixteen dishes are on offer, from drunken chicken to green-sambal eggplant, and you can get three for $15. The name “da bao”, ...
When Junda Khoo moved from Malaysia to Australia at 16, he didn’t expect to miss chap fan, a homestyle meal of Chinese Malaysian dishes served over rice, which he once considered mundane. “In Malaysia ...
Yet that's what's going down at Ho Jiak Town Hall, as renowned chef Junda Khoo whips up curry noodles three ways, plus a pair of sides, from 5pm on Thursday, May 22, to celebrate the launch of the new ...
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 ...
It feels homey, with each restaurant scattered with knickknacks and framed photos of chef Junda Khoo’s family. Creativity and innovation of the dishes: Think hearty, homestyle meals with a distinct ...
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 ...