Exclusive: Inside ‘Top Chef’ star Evelyn Garcia’s first Houston restaurant Jun
last season and was a bright spot for the local restaurant industry enduring the challenges of a global pandemic.the 33-year-old chef is clear that her co-owner, chef and friend Henry Lu is an equal. After all, they had plans for the restaurant long before the Bravo reality show came calling.
Jūn — a nod to June, the birth month of Lu’s sister and Garcia’s mother — is the first restaurant for both chefs. At Jūn, all 12 dishes on the menu are meant to be shared. They’ve described the overarching theme as “new Asian American.”All the dishes were made by a single potterer in Oaxaca and shipped in for Evelyn Garcia and Henry Lu's new restaurant Jun. Photographed on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 in Houston.Evelyn Garcia plates a dish in the kitchen at her new restaurant, Jun, in the Heights neighborhood on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 in Houston.
A salmon dish, which incorporates oolong tea but is also brightened up with gremolata, is a nod to Lu’s heritage. Carrots with everything salsa matcha, Salvadorian cheese and quail egg and Jun’s “Thai One On” cocktail in the new Heights neighborhood on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023 in Houston. Chefs Garcia and Lu describe the restaurant concept as “new Asian American”.
The duo also wants to give their employees more autonomy than the traditional brigade system prevalent in many kitchens. A monthly wine dinner will feature a menu created by their cooks.The same sense of community and openness is one of the reasons foodies have embraced Garcia, who drew on Houston’s diverse culinary scene on “Top Chef.
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