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Ho Jiak – Strathfield

I first heard about this place on where else but Instagram. Since I am Malaysian by heritage I’m always keen to try out any restaurant/eatery which has any Malaysian sounding dishes in their menu. Ho Jiak meaning ‘delicious’ in hokkien (dialect spoken in Malaysia), I thought I must try this place out to put their name to the test.  It’s a small shop in the food court area of Strathfield plaza with limited seating inside. However we get there early and manage to grab a table inside. There’s a large variety of Malaysian dishes and I want to try them all! Unfortunately my stomach space cannot handle all that goodness so I end up choosing the ‘Special Sauce Pork Rib’ with rice, ‘Penang Fried Koay Teow’ and ‘Roti Kosong’ which is roti with a side of curry sauce. I’m a sucker for Fried Koay Teow, aka Char Koay Teow and this has got to be one of the better ones I’ve had in Sydney. There’s a little bit of a charred taste from the wok which is a good thing and reminds me of authe...