Christmas roast: This roast turkey recipe is so popular, it used to get 1,000 orders every December!


Ho has been making his famed roast turkey since the 1980s and has perfected the art of attaining juicy, tender turkeys. - Photos: YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

While roast turkey is an undisputed favourite at Christmas – especially in the Western world – it is also notorious for yielding dry meat. Many a time, families have sliced excitedly into the bird, only to find meat that is bone-dry, consequently sucking all the joy out of the festive meal.

But where some have met with despair, Ho Kim Loon has found enormous success. Ho is probably better known to many Malaysians as the eponymous owner of Mr Ho’s Fine Foods in Bangsar, where he first built a name for himself.

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