Jun & Tonic

Adventurous Asian food and cooking.

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Hi! I’m Jun—a cook, food writer, and podcaster. I love Asian food, ingredients, and flavours, and try (a little too hard sometimes) to champion them in everything, from funky recipes, food podcasts, and more!

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Greatest Hits!

Brown Sugar Bubble Tea (珍珠奶茶)

Pork Belly

Perfect Siu Yuk (烧肉)

Tokyo Burnt Cheesecake

Chocolate Matcha Brownies

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Have you considered making a chicken crust with... murukku? 🍥🐔🍥 Honestly, if you're looking for a low-fuss, no-sus deep-fried crust, this tops any panko katsu or even buttermilk crust for crispiness, convenience, and quick flavour! And the best
Learnt so so much about edible flowers from a recent shoot I did for @weeds_more! (Thanks Leisa for trusting me with your produce!) 🌼 Prior to this, out of the 10+ flowers in this bouquet, I've only tried one. 😅 Probably an impossible task unless
For those of you wondering if I'm still alive after my weekend experiment with making ganjang gejang (Korean soy-marinated raw crabs; 간장게장) from Malaysian crabs, I'm alive, with no food poisoning or diarrhea *ahem* to report of! 🎉🦀🎉 I've been wa
I'm blown away by the amount of people who watched my Reels video for ajitsuke tamago! 😱 Not quite sure what I did right for the IG algorithm, but thank you all for sharing it (and making it too)! Ramen egg fam unite! 🤜 🥚🤛 _
Experimenting with some seaweedy things this past week—tried turning some kale into a snack form of furikake, since kale has toasty, umami character of seaweed when they're roasted. But these came out a little thin and sad. 😢 That's okay thoug
🍠 Loaded Korean sweet potatoes! 🍠 Imagine sweet potatoes with a molasses-y, almost chestnut-like sweetness, and a texture so soft it’s akin to butter. And on top, it’s loaded with kimchi, caramelised onions, and some stretchy, cheese-
Guess what... it's durian season!! 🥰 This is the stuff dreams are made of (at least to me and most Malaysians). To the durian haters, this might be quite the nightmarish scene. 🤢 Funny how although the whole of Malaysia is under a strict lockdown
Matcha has definitely been the flavour of the season for me, because out of my last 10 bakes, 4 had matcha in it 😅, including these swirly matcha brownies, which I'm still kinda obsessed about. 💚🤎💚 If you're curious, the recipe for these gorgeo
When (cookie) worlds collide. 🌎🌏 This reminds me of that scene in Fringe (yes that 2008 series that I dearly miss) where Nina smashes two snow globes together to demonstrate the Pauli exclusion principle. Yes I'm a huge geek for science fiction-
Apam balik, ban chang kuih, min chiang kueh (面煎粿), martabak manis... This Southeast Asian pancake, classically filled with peanuts or creamed corn, has as many names as there are cultures that eat it. But what if I give it a green tea (matcha) ting
Do you believe in the Kiwi-lluminati? 👁 Okay theoretically, what if there was a secret, underground society of idealistic, elitist fruit fans, pushing for a free-r, fruitier world..? How crazy (but also kinda cool) would that be? Or maybe it alrea
There is an impostor among us... 👽 *ominous music* Okay I know my sweet potato buns don't quite look like that one sweet potato on the bottom, but maybe instead of thinking of them all as impostors, maybe my buns are the true crewmates... Am I rig