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Please be warned, this sexi-fied SWEET+SPICY GINGER FRIED TOFU “might be” NSFW! Because once it makes love to your mouth and eyes… it’s a veritable runaway train o’ flava and NOTHING can stop it (and there’s no point to lose your job over some sexy tofu, right? RIGHT?!?!)

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Now that is outta the way, back to BIDNESS!

• DURIAN FLAN CHEESECAKE is back on (could be the last week, I’m thinking about switching to PANDAN CHEESECAKE next week), and I think I’mma offerin’ it for lunch+Din-Dins today and tomorrow. So if you ask at lunch, you MIGHT just receive:

1. A nice piece of stinky-liciousness
2. More respect from SK and your loved ones (well, at least SK)
3. Gain/lose more friends

If you haven’t been in, noticed or haven’t been Facebook stalking us (which is… OK, we want you to stalk us… most of the time ^_^)

We have replenished AND upped the quantities on the ever so popular (but without a cool+updated sexi-fied pic.. soon, SOON!) MALAYSIAN CHICKEN CURRY!!

If I haven’t told you before, I REALLY love this dish, and talking about “making love” and how much I want to “serenade” this dish.. WHOOOOA NELLY it’s really F’ING deserves it… but rather than talk, watch this pleasant video below and imagine (if you will) that he’s serenading the beautifully flavor-licious MALAYSIAN CHICKEN CURRY

(Btw, I LOOOOOOVE Flight of the Conchords.. I thinks they funny ^_^)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

“GOODBYE STARRY KITCHEN NOHO!”

Not much more to say than that.  We loved, we cooked, we served, we howled (if you’ve met GQ, you know EXACTLY what we mean) and we had a TON OF FUN doin’ it.  We wouldn’t trade that for the world (but we might trade it for a nice set of expensive knives if it were offered to us ^^).

You can see all the pics from our dinner party last night on our Facebook Fan Page (http://facebook.com/starrykitchen) or go directly to the album HERE.

Onward and Upward SK DownTown!!!

And that will be the focus from now on… well that and just cataloging more fun foods that we’re eating as well.  And if you missed one of my previous posts, here’s the DownTown test-run schedule:

• Dinner: Thursday, Dec. 3rd (~5/6ish - 9p)
• Lunchie Munchies: Saturday, Dec. 5th (12-3p)
• Lunchie Munchies: Saturday, Dec. 12th (12-3p)

Have a Happy Thanksgiving.  The Kitchen Ninja may be brewing something REALLY effin creative for Turkey-day.  We just discussed it, and it’s PRETTY AMAZING.  If we do, I’ll give you more detail and a play-by-play of this out of this world idea.  I mean, WOW… but if we don’t do it…ummm… well life will go on.  I think.

SUPPER CLUB:

Last note, we’re moving forward with the Supper Club idea.  No time to explain, but it will be a prix fixe menu, we’re planning on Friday, December 11th and a limited number of seats (but probably about 20).  We’ll open it up to our fans first, and then to others a week before.  I will send more info on it, but it seems to be an idea people are keen on so we’ll give it a try. :)

And before we end this wonderfully short and more to the point post than normal, here’s a cheesy, melodramatic and kind of relevant video dedicated to… our NoHo apartment back-patio courtyard (oh how we’ll miss you… well, WE actually won’t since we live here, but YOU might).  Take it away… BOYZ II MEN:

Happy Thankgiving,

TEAM SK

3 CUP CHIIIIIIIIIICKEEEEEEEN

First and formost…. THANK YOU for those that came!  Wasn’t that chicken just EFFEN juicy and delicious?  Sweet JEBUS it was, right?  I mean, it’s so good that I just want to run out into the streets, strip down to my skivvies (<— another link just in case you haven’t heard that term in a while) and start singing showtunes, Queen and… ABBA!

On the topic of ABBA, for all our patrons that showed up last night, we dedicate this YouTube-riffic song to you.  And just for you (all 2 of you that read this blog on a sadly periodic basis… I’m sorry ^_^) please replace the word “Music” with “Business”, “Songs” with “Tacos” and “Singing” with “Serving”.  And if you’re too lazy to play the song to envision the message we have personally crafted with two minutes of TLC for you, the chorus would go something like this:

“Thank you for the BUSINESS, the TACOS I’m SERVING…”

SELL OUTS… OR SELLING OUT???

So we’ve been back for about two weeks now from being in-town/out-of-town, and we’re selling out more often than not!  I guess if you’re running a business out of the back of your apartment that NO ONE can see from the street… this is a good thing (or so they say).

We’re starting to get a LOT more Yelp’ers too (you know who you are… and thanks so much and don’t hesitate to YELP away about us ^_^).  There SHOULD be a badge on the left if you want to check out the reviews we have.  We’re really thankful for them, and dread the day it drops from 5-star status (we’re just so used to it now :p).

SO the moral of our story is… rain or shine, we gotta start making even MORE food!  And so we shall starting this Sunday. And WHAT is it we’re serving this Sunday you ask Mr. Chuck Norris (and where the hell have you been any NORRIS… selling more Soloflex’s to unsuspecting individuals in third world countries I suspect!?!?!), I’m glad you asked my karate chopping mustache wearing friend:

CHINESE HAMBURGER MEAT + SPICY MAYO

And if you’re internet impaired (HEY, maybe you’re a YouTube Wizard, or a Facebook Guru or even a Google Grand Master… I dunno because you’re so mysterious and anonymous ^_^), just click the link above for an “un-biased” STARRY KITCHEN entry about it’s delciousness (and for some fun pics too).

Where’s the picture slideshow O’ SK Tumblr Titan?

1. Tumblr’s being a lil b-tch right now and not letting me add more pics for some reason. DOH!
2. And since that’s the case, just check ‘em out on our Facebook Fan Page… HERE

Alrighty.  That’s it for now.  Gotta run, but just wanted to get this juicy morsel of a blog entry out to ya.  Feel free to re-tweet, spread the word or rent an aeroplane (that’s RIGHT…aerOplane) w/ a banner to spread the word… the love… and sometimes the Homemade French Mayo Creme to all your friends, loved ones and not-so-loved ones at your leisure.

Toodles,

Team SK

What better way to celebrate not being shut down by the man than producing a craptacular slideshow in Windows Movie Maker with some barely visible quality faded film effects (hey, you can get all the clear versions of the pics on the Facebook Fan Page), and accompanied with the musical stylings of the guiltiest pleasure band known to mankind… AIR SUPPLY!!!

Btw, I didn’t realize how long this video was until now. Feel free to fast forward to the “good parts” that you like. This is basically just an amalgamation of pics from the last 5 weeks. Not much work was put into this other than selecting the pics, the song and hitting “AUTO MOVIE” or something like that. So, if you dun like it… dun worry, it s’alright!

If you don’t know me that well, know THIS: I’m a ROCK BAND FIEND! Not that I’m any good, but I can play for about 4-5 hours straight. But you know what I ALWAYS tell people, the minute they make SOFT ROCK BAND…oh man, it is OVER!!! ^^

WOW - It’s late, many of my friends are celebrating a friend’s screening of her AFI thesis film (CONGRATS NADINE), I’m still up and we finished serving almost 10 hours ago from the time of this post. Why is this taking so long? Well, I guess my lazy Sunday started AFTER service.

I won’t really get into it too much since I just posted this video above… SO I bet you’re wondering why? And the answer is kind of the same of why we started STARRY KITCHEN… “WHY NOT?”

Quick shout outs to a couple of the first timers that came out: Ian, Quynn, Joyce, Jeff, Hai & Joeann. All friends, and all people that couldn’t resist my annoyingly persistent FB News Feed posts (thanks FB!). There are some pics we’re going to put up on the Facebook Fan Page that Hai and Joeann took today, and we’d like to thank them for that. We’d like to thank Dan and Yuh for helping and guarding the “GQ Donation Box.” That is quite a tremendous fete, and you did it with such ease and grace that we might be calling you back in for a second interview.

Assuming you might have been slightly enthralled, appalled or strangely fascinated by the video above, I’ll leave you with a picture of today’s dish: Korean kalbi chim w/ a little bit of Chinese PIZZAZZ. Enjoy!

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Dear LA,

We’re in Dallas, and you’re there. So enjoy the SPICY “CRACK” KRAB CAKES (w/ Wasabi Mayo) through Monday while we’re gone! Woo HOO!

Until then, we have begun our path of grub-struction (hey, that’s the best play on stuffin’ our frickin’ faces I could think of) in Big D. If you’re bored/curious/have nothing better to do, just check us out on our Facebook Fan Page if you wanna see all the eatin’ we’re doing to help me gain 10 lbs before I come back to LA on Monday! haha

(like these pics below.. and above ^_^)

Bye… and don’t completely ransack our restaurant while we’re gone and you’re “tweaking” on the “CRACK” KRAB! ^_^

Much love (and grub),

TEAM SK

…considering all the activity on our Facebook Fan Page about this topic, I just wanted to let people know.. yes, we (actually I) love “F’ BOMBS!”

So now you know!  Thanks chockos! ;)

TEAM SK

Hey buckaroos,

WELCOME TO THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT CRUNCH-TACULAR

So today (6-9p) is a special crunchy treat for everyone!  I would say this could be to celebrate our now EIGHTEEN 5-star Yelp Reviews (which is awesome)... but naw!  It’s because this is what we came up with, and it really is too much fun for us ^_^

The Metro:
Before I jump into it, really quick note.  If you DIDN’T know, we’re actually REALLY close to the North Hollywood Metro stop (5-10 min walk). Click this link (because Tumblr’s not liking me trying to embed the map) for walking directions from the station if you’re planning on being a little green and coming by Metro: http://bit.ly/zqxwn

What we’re serving up tonight:

In the Meat corner: VIETNAMESE BAKED GROUND GARLIC PORK (aka “nem nuong”) w/ EACH dish served with crispy fried egg roll wrapper in every bite.  Everything is also served w/ what we like to call our YUM YUM SK sauce that is traditionally served w/ Nem Nuong, and is painstakingly made up of slowly cooked glutinous rice, ground chicken and all sorts of Vietnamese flavors but so DARN GOOD with this.  I don’t even know how to describe it anymore, but the best way I can is… “Drool” (that’s for you Joe and Natasha ^_^)

In the Veggie/Kosher: CRISPY KIMCHI RICE PATTIES (or as I like to call it, one of our our new “game changer” veggie dishes because it’s so crisp-ity crunch-ity that you don’t need meat!!!)

The Side: ALL dishes served with I THINK JAPANESE GARLIC NOODLES which are oh so garlicky + delicious. DOH, can’t find my pic. Oh well, you’re just going to have to believe me on this one.  If you like garlic, Parmesan cheese and noodles… you’ll DEVOUR this.  If this changes, I’ll update on Facebook/twitter.

And there you have it.  Tonight’s going to be a tasty and fun night, ‘cause this sh-t is GOOD! ^_^  Hope to see you guys out, and as always LIMITED quantity (especially with our “game changer” ^_^).

If you think you’re going to show up later (closer to 8p or so), you can email, Facebook or Twitter your order BEFORE 6p (I can still operate on the buddy system right now if you wouldn’t believe it), and we’ll make sure to hold your food.  After 6p, I just get crazed and will try to check everything as much as possible, but no guarantees unless you get a direct response from me.  Thanks!

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

WOW, it has been QUITE a while since we’ve had a full on blog post. Lots of posts of food we’ve eaten, explored and cooked… but not much content about anything else, huh?! Well, first off…

TAIWANESE 3 CUP CHICKEN RETURNS (again! pic above)

If you haven’t have this… O…M…F…G! It’s so juicy, tender and delicious! Every morsel… EVERY BITE of this stuff is to be cherished. Can’t you see the pic. It even glistens in the light because it’s oh so GOOD!

And if you’re just joining us (sounds like I’m writing for the radio now), our concept (I will seriously write a page fully explaining it and making fun of people who still need to de-program their brains) is VERY SIMPLE:

ONLY ONE MEAT AND ONE VEGGIE DISH SERVED THREE DIFFERENT WAYS (THAT YOU PICK): TACO, BURRITO OR A BANH MI STYLE SANDWICH

Now that I’ve got that off my chest… we’re BACK and in full swing with SERIOUS planning going towards some kind of expansion. Maybe we’ll find a bigger back yard, do a mobile supper club, peddle our wares at various farmers markets. We don’t know. We do know this, it’s been a lot of fun starting this, and we intend on growing it.

Oh yeah, if you couldn’t get enough of it… here’s the first picture EVER of our “dish du jour” above for our Wednesday (6-9p) service. HOORAY!

By the way, if you haven’t already, join our Facebook Fan Page for the latest updates and a HUGE assortment of pictures as well. We’d love to have ya! ;)

While this is shorter than I would like, this is us getting back into full swing. And by that, I mean we gotta end our post with a fun video. Have you ever seen GATCHAMAN (aka G-FORCE aka BATTLE OF THE PLANETS)? WHAT? You haven’t… well watch one of my FAVORITE opening songs for this show that aired in Japan in the ’70s (which was quite bloody and spectacular too), and in the US shortly after in a couple of iterations. Enjoy:

Xoxo,

Team SK

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ATTENTION all Starry Kitchen shoppers… we are going radio silent on flyers and going covert BLACK OPS! I repeat, radio silent on… ummm… flyers?!?! (and how does one going covert black ops when I’m posting on a publicly accessible blog anyway?!?!)

Alright, alright. You’re probably still confused because I haven’t mentioned anything coherent since the beginning of this post (but isn’t that WHY you read this!!!). Plus it’s my… I mean OUR blog darn it. If we want to be completely nonsensical and randomly refer to stuff that no one gets while debating the mating habits of goats (I actually even found a link for this one HERE), Salman Rushdie and why Padma Lakshmi (she’s so HOT & gotta love that TOP CHEF) is better off without him and she should marry Ned Flanders instead cause he’s the best-EST!

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I think I’ve lost everyone but Erik Tolo (thanks for the add Erik ^^). While it could have been: Chuck Norris and his evil team of Solo Flex (sorry, no link this time, read the previous post suckas!) salesmen are on the loose, and we gotta lay low or else I might be coerced into trading all this Asian Mexi-mix goodness for a good for nuthin’ Solo Flex machine… I’m sorry to say it’s not. We’ve been picked up on the radar by some suspectin’ individuals that have yet to experience the FLAVOR ENLIGHTENMENT that is Starry Kitchen. SOOO, it’s time to go GGRS (Guerilla Grass Roots Style) and continue pushing this mutha sucka out there! No more flyers, all FB updates, Twitter and emails. And of course we’re talking about catering events now so that helps too. :p

Oh yeah, we have a picture of food above too! haha Sorry, when I eat Starry Kitchen food I reach Nirvana (the state of mind, not the rock band dummies!) and… well, you get it. I just can’t be held responsible. TODAY’S CULPRIT: thit kho tacos! That is exactly what is pictured above. The piece de resistance are the hard boiled eggs that are also cooked into the stew which gives them that rich and tasty brown color all us Vietnamese kids have grown to love. And we sold out, and that’s the story I’m stickin’ to!

Check out our Facebook fan page (link in the right column foo’s) for more pics too! For our first weekend night, it was pretty good. Another shout out to Anderson Le for inviting some people out too!

OMG, this post still isn’t over yet? Well, I still have another food pic to tantalize you with AND another hint… so like Freddie Mercury sings in one of my favorite Queen songs (oh come ON, do I NEED to give you a link for Freddie Mercury and/or Queen… you can type THAT into google yourself bozos! LOL) “the show must go OOOOOOoooN”

First, an artifact from last week’s CHICKEN EXPLORATION WEEK: Vietnamese Lime Chicken (…so DAMN GOOD!)

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Next stop on the blog posting train, the HINT OF THE DAY. I wish I had an elaborate set of characters like in Pee Wee’s Playhouse to help me introduce this… don’t you? if ANYONE is keeping up with the hints, I’d like to think I’ve kept up the difficulty a little bit. Well, I just had an epiphany on how to keep it up. Your ONLY hint today is related to film that I worked on called OWL AND THE SPARROW (keep on the look out, it’s good). One part of the name lies on the home page HERE. Enjoy!

Lastly, since we’re on a roll and I’m now the only one reading it to increase my stats on Google Analytics (it’s free and I can’t help being an blogging narcissist!), here are some pics of families stopping by to consume the Starry Kitchen goodness. Check it out!

“Hey mommy, why are you posing with my tacos???”

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Our friends with Child #1 and Child #2…pssst, the baby is Child #2!

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We call him WEBSTER!!! And I know, HE’s not a SINGULAR family, and he wasn’t there but ain’t this a cute pic!

Alright, that’s it. It was a good night. See ya on Sunday, and we’ll keep posting more info until then. Don’t forget that we’re prepping for catering too (we just catered today in fact for 20 people which was SCHWEET!), so if you have an event that you’re trying to impress people with… we’re the peeps to knock the socks (and maybe pants- wink wink) off that special someone.

Okay, gotta go relax now… and NO, that doesn’t involve cooking. Here I am at my most relaxed:

TEAM STARRY KITCHEN