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DINING
SOMEONE TOLD ME HO JIAK WILL BE A SYDNEY INSTITUTION ONE DAY, NOW
I BELIEVE THEM
FROM A TINY STRATHFIELD FOOD COURT STALL
TO THE MOST POPULAR MALAYSIAN RESTAURANT
IN THE STATE, HO JIAK HAS HELPED REDEFINE MALAYSIAN FOOD IN SYDNEY. NICHOLAS JORDAN SHARES THE STORY OF TWO FRIENDS, WHO’D NEVER COOKED PROFESSIONALLY IN THEIR LIVES, AND HOW THEY ENDED UP WITH A RESTAURANT THAT’S PUSHING THE CUISINE BEYOND ITS TROPES.
