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Ho Jiak Town Hall

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Ho Jiak Town Hall. (2026, October 26). The Sydney Morning Herald. https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/nsw-good-food-guide/ho-jiak-town-hall-sydney-20231222-p5etbj.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

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Good Food’s list of 100 Essential Restaurants includes Ho Jiak Town Hall, a Malaysian eatery run by chef Junda Khoo in Sydney. The article highlights how Khoo’s culinary style blends traditional flavors with innovative twists, such as beef rendang in roti pot pies and mud crab-enhanced char kwai teow. Diners are encouraged to try the hot-and-sour abalone soup and belacan kangkung, alongside cocktails and youtiao churros for dessert.

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Junda Khoo's Ho Jiak restaurant in Town Hall, Sydney, was recently reviewed by Good Food magazine as part of its 100 Essential Restaurants list. The latest location is a large neon-framed space that builds on the traditional Nyonya cuisine inspired by Khoo’s grandmother. Notable dishes include spoon-tender beef rendang in a roti pot pie and hot-and-sour abalone soup with intense flavors. The menu also features char kwai teow with mud crab, prawn dumplings in laksa lemak, and belacan kangkung, a vegetable dish enhanced with shrimp paste and cuttlefish. Additionally, the restaurant offers impressive cocktails and youtiao churros for dessert.

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“The articles describe different locations of Ho Jiak restaurant, Haymarket and Town Hall.”

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Good Food’s Malaysian Malaysian$$ Nyonya Tabasco

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Khoo PERSON · 2× Good Food’s ORG · 1× Ho Jiak PERSON · 1× Indomie ORG · 1× Junda Khoo’s PERSON · 1× Malaysian NORP · 1× Malaysian$$ NORP · 1× Nyonya ORG · 1×

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Khoo attributes his love of food to his grandma, and while the Strathfield and Haymarket Ho Jiak outposts pay tribute to that Nyonya foundation, the plus-sized neon-framed Town Hall location extends on the traditional.

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2026-10-26 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Ho Jiak Town Hall · assertive framing

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This venue is included in Good Food’s 100 Essential Restaurants list. asserted

venue → include → list

That’s partly because Malaysian cuisine harmoniously balances sweet, salty and sour, but the chef also creates space to play. asserted

chef → ’ → space

location → attribute → traditional

Spoon-tender beef rendang fills a roti-topped pot pie; gold-standard char kwai teow is embellished with hand-picked mud crab; laksa lemak is a punchy bath for prawn and chicken dumplings. asserted

lemak → fill → dumplings

Hot-and-sour abalone soup crams a tremendous amount of flavour into one small bowl (praise be to the power of shiitakes and Tabasco), and you can go high-low with live lobster and Indomie instant noodles. asserted

you → cram → lobster

If you only order one vegetable-based dish, make it the belacan kangkung: shrimp paste-enhanced morning glory and cuttlefish where Khoo really turns up the funk. asserted

Khoo → order → funk

Good to know: Make the time to stick around for impressive cocktails and youtiao churros. Good Food reviews are booked anonymously and paid independently. asserted

reviews → know → cocktails

A restaurant can’t pay for a review or inclusion in the Good Food Guide. asserted

restaurant → pay → Guide