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Short notes on dishes, dining moments, family-style Malaysian cooking, and the flavours that shape our Hay Street restaurant.
Private dining
Main Dining Upstairs, the Courtyard, and the Private Dining Room give groups a dedicated Ho Jiak setting for shared Malaysian feasts.
For team dinners, birthdays, and family celebrations, Ho Jiak Haymarket offers three private dining choices upstairs.
Main Dining Upstairs hosts up to 40 guests, the Courtyard hosts up to 25, and the Private Dining Room hosts up to 12.
Signature dishes
Start with creamy curry laksa or smoky char koay teow, then build the table with satay, greens, seafood, and coconut rice.
Laksa and char koay teow sit at the centre of the Haymarket experience. One brings coconut curry depth; the other brings wok heat, seafood, and Chinese sausage.
Add chicken satay, kangkung, nasi lemak, or salted duck egg wings and the meal becomes what we like most: a table built for passing plates around.
Kitchen story
Our Haymarket dining room brings together Penang street-stall energy, family-style dishes, and the comfort of a generous shared table.
Our Haymarket restaurant is shaped by the food memories behind Ho Jiak: Penang streets, family kitchens, and dishes cooked for sharing.
That means deep bowls of laksa, smoky char koay teow, coconut rice, satay, salted duck egg plates, and the kind of table that feels full before the mains even land.