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Today’s Special FREEBIE-FRIDAY Surprise = FREE Mini-PANDAN FLAN for EVERYONE (at lunchie munchies that is). It’s been such a fun and delightful post-LA Street Food Fest week that we thought we’d celebrate with ya’ll. Here’s a quick reminder of the SK tomfoolery:

And there you go. Oh yeah, don’t forget it’s the last days of: SPICY “CRACK” CRAB CAKES & JAPANESE GARLIC NOODLES too (yuuuuummeeers!)

And if that ain’t (hey, it’s a blog and I also make up my own words so “yeah” I liksies ‘AIN’T’ ^_^) enough:

WE’RE OFFERING FREE DIN DINS (for TWO) & GRAND PERFORMANCES RESERVED SEATING this SATURDAY (7/31)

And it’s VERY simple to enter (yup, it’s a CONTEST!): Just text “GP DANCE” to ‘56512’ for a chance to win RESERVED SEATS (they think it’s gonna be a big fun one!) this Sat (7/31) & Dinner for 2 @ SK for the Pacha Massive and Non Stop Bhangra concert!
Other than that, please watch the SCHWEDDY BALLS SNL skit in one of the previous posts again… it’s HILARIOUS! (i command all 2 of my readers to do it now… pretty please?!?!? ^_^)
Xoxo,
TEAM SK

Oooh BULGOGI BURGER topped w/ a minced Kimchi garnish… I hafta say, I’m in LUST with you (even though I do serve you). You were pretty tasty before… but hot DAMN I love you more now! ^_^

(pause to regain my composure)

Aside from that, it’s NEW WAVE WEDS.. and you can’t have NEW WAVE w/o some Culture Club in the mix!

Doesn’t that song just wanna make you get up, dance, grab some SK food and dance some mo’?!?! :D

Okay, outta time and gotta go run a restaurant… or something. LOL

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

PS- Just call us the “restaurant who cried tofu balls” ‘cause we have a LIL bit more left for today. ^_^

Happy Post-LA STREET FOOD FEST ya’ll!

And before we get into the few (of a LOT) of pictorial tomfoolery from the event, let’s just jump into the going-ons of this week:

“BYE-BYE”

Two INCREDIBLY beloved dishes are leaving us this week (to return again… ummm.. whenever!):

• SPICY “CRACK” CRAB CAKES
• Japanese Garlic Noodles

For those that are new (all 6 of you that we met at the Rose Bowl this weekend that weren’t completely put off by our constant “balls” jokes LOL), we rotate the menu every WEEK! Why? Because we can! ^_^ (and that’s just our concept… but that’s a more boring and less bold answer than the former :D)

“HI-HI”

And we’re changing this one up by adding minced kimchi + gochujang (Korean sweet chili paste) on topsies:

• BULGOGI BURGER

SPECIAL SURPRISE

We got some left-over stash from the fest, and we’ll be serving up THESE starting today (and until we run out):

(FYI- “THESE” = CRISPY TOFU BALLS!)

And think that’s about it for that… I THINK!

LA STREET FOOD… FEEEEEEEEEEEST!

But who cares, let’s just move on to the awesome ridiculousness that was the LA STREET FOOD FEST for us. Rather than write more boring words and lingo (outside of the fact that they created a WHOLE new category just for us: BEST ORIGINAL SHOWMANSHIP), here are just a FEW of the pictures. There are SO many pictures I’m finding that I would recommend the best place to find ‘em is to follow our Twitter account (@starrykitchen) or the Facebook Fan Page. (end of words… now ^_^)

(if you can’t make him out, that’s Mayor Antonio Villaigrosa POST-Crispy Tofu Ball enjoyment!)

(boba and balls go together!)

(I still can’t figure out how this guy got on my shoulders… and that’s not even a joke either!!! LOL ^_^)

A while back a very honest and crazy fan once told me I wasn’t very good lookin, so I ask you now: “Doesn’t this make me look adorable???” ;)

(mwahahahahaha)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

On the eve of our first LARGE SCALE food fest (aka LA STREET FOOD FEST / @lafoodfest), I can’t help but take a quick moment to reflect after preparing 3,000+ of our (currently) most coveted/popular dish- the Crispy Tofu Balls (and that ain’t no joke either, they are READY!!!)

If we NEVER make it farther than we already have now, I can safely say we are VERY fortunate to have made so many new good foodie friends and fans in the process. Why am I bringing this up now? Look at the pics above, we got these guys (especially Matt Kim who you’ll notice in EVERY PICTURE) to help us out ALL week for prep AND during the fest tomorrow at the Rose Bowl. It’s NOT easy and we wouldn’t have been able to do this without these guys… and we’re really lucky to have all these guys (including Felicia who isn’t in any of these pics) as our new found friends in this scary world of… FOOD SERVICE! ^_^

Thanks to Julian, Christine, Matt, Remil (Mr. SK Mayor), Danny, Dan, Caleb, Felicia, Misty and Justin for all your help… (I’m hoping this post gets to them so they don’t flake on us tomorrow for our big day! LOL)

And if anything, at least we got THIS out of it (total AWESOMENESS = Shaved Snow from CLASS 302 in Rowland Heights) ^_^

…

Now that I got all that sentimental mumbo jumbo out of the way (which I do mean in the most sincere way of course :D), let’s get the rest outta the way… BULLET POINT STYLE CHOCKOS!!:

• Today’s the LAST DAY for NOM NOM PORK

• We’re partnering up with Longboards Ice Cream again today for lunch: Eat at SK, get $1 a Hand-Dipped Bar from their SWEET van!

• NO DIN DINS service tomorrow (Sat, July 24th), because I gotta wear THIS at the LA STREET FOOD FEST tomorrow ^_^

• We are serving DIN DINS tonight, and if you didn’t know the LEMONGRASS TOFU is on the dinner menu and tonight is the LAST NIGHT for it before it officially goes away for a lil bit

• Lastly, we’re partnering up with the AWESOME Grand Performances gang next Saturday, 7/31 for a RESERVED SEAT (it’s usually first come, first.. umm seated) + Dinner for 2 giveaway for the PACHA MASSIVE & NONSTOP BHANGRA concert! Just text “GP DANCE” to ‘56512’ to enter and reply w/ your info.. but ya gotta be there 15 min before the show to win!

(whew)

And I think that is literally EVERYTHING but the kitchen sink (thankfully we have plenty of those at SK) for today.

Enjoy your weekend, and hopefully we see ya today, tonight and maybe TOMORROW!!!

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

These are the crispy critters that go into your NOM NOM PORK wraps and/or sammies, or as I describe it in the menu, “OC STYLE!”

Don’t forget, this is the LAST LUNCH WEEK for the NOM NOM PORK too, and we KNOW lotsa ya love this dish because… well because lotsa ya come back and get it too!

OUTTA CHICKEN?

In other news (is this blog meant for news or more tomfoolery, even I don’t know!), we “kinda” make a rookie mistake in prep AND we have a LIMITED SUPPLY of LEMONGRASS CHICKEN today. (i.e. it’s GONNA run out). To make up for it since we’re total goobers (yeah, some Asian people use the word goober… like ME!) for making that HUGE mistake, we brought this back JUST for today:

(aka the SPICY KOREAN BLACK PORK BELLY topped w/ sauteed red bell pepper and onions… yuuuuum)

Sorry guys.. mistakes, they happen!!! (DOH!)

Gotta go.. and I don’t have any clever or funny YouTube video for you today (but there’s like millions of ‘em so I’m sure you’ll find one if you try hard enough ^_^).

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

Thursday = Din Dins = Pandan Flan!

(does it get any simpler than that?!?!)

If not, if you miss your beloved NOM NOM PORK (I know, you’re prolly tired of seeing that pic all the time now, right??? I still haven’t gotten a new camera yet!!!), well here’s your last chance at Din Dins this week. ^_^

Also, don’t forget it’s the last lunchie munchies week for (I’m just gonna do it via purdy pics):

and did I mention the fairly “garlicky”…

And on the topic of BALLS (what, do we need a segue for every video we have?!?!), I present this video that was lovingly shared to us by a new fan, Dante Snaidero

(I haven’t seen this clip in AGES… and oh how I adore it so now.  Have fun with our… BALLS! mwahahahahahah…AHAHAHAHAHA)

BIG Xoxo,

TEAM SK

Today is the very last and special day for.. BAAAAAAALLLS!!

(Thanks FoodForFel for the AWESOME picture above / check out here “play-by-play” behind the scenes post HERE too… it’s purdy cool!)

We have one last batch that should last most of today, so if you want to have some of dem CRISPY TOFU BALLS… now’s your last chance (til Sept or Oct that is ^_^).

And on a side note… some balls are NOT meant to be played with (I love this old SNL commercial!)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

If you didn’t know, we are closed today! But if you “happen to be” at the Rose Bowl today.. We’ll see ya there! ;)

It’s Wednesday… so “just SAFETY DANCE!”

(until New Wave is banned for being illegally AWESOME… I’m not gonna stop w/ this New Wave Wednesday thing for our blog for our… umm.. restaurant?!?! LOL)

CHICKEN!!!!

For those that were “victim” to the LEMONGRASS CHICKEN shortage of Tuesday, REJOICE we have replenished and can resume serving you morsels of (DARK MEAT!!!) chicken again. (whew)

Enjoy the New Wave… enjoy the Chicken… and enjoy this COOL weather again. How crazy is this?

(btw, if you haven’t gotten your tix for the LA STREET FOOD FEST, General Admission is SOLD OUT… but VIP is still available if you want… CRISPY TOFU BALLS!!!!)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

Time is short, so here’s your “quickie” for today (it COULD be a “Nooner” if the post was around Noon… but get your head outta the gutter and get back to work chockos!)

BYE-BYE:

Na-na-na-NAAAA…NA-na-na-NAAAAA.. hey, hey, hey… Goodbye (after this week)..

• NOM NOM PORK

HI-HI:

“Game Changer #1” =

• CRISPY KIMCHI RICE CAKE

And SK and the Crispy Tofu Balls (not on the menu right now, but they WILL be served this Saturday at the LA STREET FOOD FEST… WHOOPEE!!!)

Toodles,

TEAM SK