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Peanut Cilantro “Dan Dan” Dipping Sauce - that was one of two dipping sauces for the hotpot this last Friday!  And if it sounds familiar, this is the same sauce we use for our Dan Dan Noodle side dish too.

SO we already gave our shout outs on Facebook, so no need for that.  And as one (and our FIRST SK DownTown) Yelp reviewer put it, we are indeed more active on Facebook (http://facebook.com/starrykitchen) than that there Twitter (but we’re on there too - http://twitter.com/starrykitchen).  Check out the Yelp review here (it’s amazing we didn’t post about our 1st review from SK DT that much, huh): http://bit.ly/skdtla

But anyway, the Supper Club went really well, and we were actually quite glad it was smaller than the allotted 20 spots we “thought” we could handle too! ^_^  From the looks of things, everything from the chicken wings, the lotus leaf steam fried rice, the incredible smörgåsbord that was our hotpot to the pandan vanilla churros was a success!  So are we gonna do this again?  You bet your bottom dollar… CHUCK NORRIS!!!

Even though NoHo’s shut down, the experiment that is STARRY KITCHEN continues into 2010 now w/ our focus on opening SK DownTown and continuing our Supper Club series.  We’ll probably do the Supper Club bi-monthly or once a month when we can fit it into our schedules.  Just keep on the look out, and we’ll announce more plans here and everywhere. :)

But anyway, if you want to see more pics from this last Friday, click the image above to be whisked to that wondrous time-waster (supposedly supplanting porn as the most frequented hobby on the internet), FACEBOOK!

And oh, before I leave I HAVE to end on this video…it’s so GOOD and if I belonged in choir or Glee club I would TOTALLY do something like this!

(and Lady Gaga has actually become one of my new favorite karaoke guilty pleasures too… mwahahahahahaha ^_^)

Toodles,

TEAM SK

ommnomnom:

gluttonyisabliss:

Lemon Thyme and Olive Oil with Red Current Shortcake (via norwichnuts)

Okay… this looks EFFIN good.  That’s all we have to say.  Back to planning our next DownTown service/test-run next week and planning our Supper Club prix fixe menu (it’s so hard when you get distracted w/ food pics like these!!!)

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

omame:

「秋葉原　Burger Cafe Asyl（アジール）のアキバーガー」 | GO!GO!ハンバーガー

Good morning America - we *heart* you so much that we present to you your heart-attack of the day!  ”Surprisingly” the Japanese are not big readers of This is Why Your Fat: Where Dreams Become Heart Attacks (that’s at least my assumption), so I present this to you so you can go to your local burger joint and DEMAND (or maybe beg with puppy dog eyes) this be made for you pleasantly public consumption.

If you want to know what it says, here’s what my trusty friend Google Translate (translate.google.com) tells me:

“Akihabara Burger Cafe Asyl (Asyl) Akibaga the” | GO! GO! Hamburger

(whew)

Glad we have that out of the way (even though this picture is making me hungry).

LAST test-run this Sat:

Thanks everyone that came out to our SK DownTown test-runs last week.  Did we mention we got our FIRST Yelp review for our DownTown location too?  It’s 4-stars, and a GREAT way to start too!  Check it out here chockos: http://bit.ly/7Mw9IP

As I’m sure many of you guys assume, moving from an apartment kitchen to an industrial one is definitely a welcome change, and we’ve been learning a LOT from the experience and especially from you guys too.  We still have a lot more to learn, and we have ONE LAST test-run this Saturday, Dec. 12th (12-3p): http://bit.ly/5mNDHo.  We hope you can make it and tell your friends.  Here’s the menu that we’ve decided on for this Sat:

• Korean Short-Ribs
• Chinese Hamburger
• Vietnamese Braised Coconut (milk) Pork (aka thit kho)
• (Veggie/Kosher-friendly) VN Braised Coconut Jackfruit
• Honey Panko Crusted Tofu Balls (aka…and I’m not kidding about this ^_^… GAME CHANGER #2)

So there you have it… THAT is what we’re serving.  No more games, tricks or tomfoolery (maybe a little bit if we can help it ^^).

SUPPA CLUB:

We’re really excited about this, and hope to have some of you come out too.  The food we’re going to serve is going to be SOOOOO delicious (well, we at least hope you’ll agree with us ^_^), incredibly varied and looks like I might have confirmed a singer friend of ours for the evening as well!  So it should be fun.  You can sign up here: http://sksupperclub.eventbrite.com/

And that’s it for now.  We gots a lot to do, and no mo’ time to blog right now (until I get to one of the MANY posts I supa dupa backlogged on for a lotta the places including the cute lil Yellow House Cafe in K-Town).

Til then, enjoy this video of this multi-talented ummm… I’m not sure what kind of title to give him, but please enjoy HIS brand of tomfoolery.  Take it away… Mr. KEN CREATE:

TEAM SK

UPDATE: DOH! Didn’t realize HOW un-readable this menu would be (ewwwww!).  Here’s a link to a more readable version of the pdf menu (http://bit.ly/8Y7Nwp) OR check out the Facebook Fan Page for the Note with the detailed menu & pics too (http://bit.ly/8Ju1py)

SUPPER CLUUUUUB!

(whew)

Sorry we’ve been slammed with: prepping for our DownTown test-runs, negotiating the space, trying to blog, trying some new places in between facebook updating and spending a LOT of time planning for what can be a fun night… and I’m talking specifically about our SUPPER CLUB on Dec. 11th.

We’re opening it up now (already have about 6 people so far), and before I go farther out to the blogosphere we want to make sure all our friends that actually KNOW about us get a chance (if you see fit) to come join us.  Again, 20 spots, $50 a head, 4 courses and it looks like I’m getting an acoustic session with a singer/songwriter friend too!

Here are some quick details, we have to run downtown to prep for our test-run tomorrow, DownTown (Saturday, 12-3p) so I won’t have the EventBrite account setup until later today.

1. I make a mistake much earlier saying this was on Dec. 18th.  So to clarify, we are doing SUPPER CLUB on DEC. 11th @ 8pm
2. I need to re-iterate that we’ve locked the price @ $50 per head for the prix fixe menu.  Our attempt at a menu is above (^_^) to tantalize your tastebuds.  It’s a WHOLE lotta food.  We promise you to make you full… but not too full (unless you want to be).
3. While we were planning on doing it at a friend’s industrial warehouse, we aren’t now.  Assuming this one is successful we’ll do one of the next ones there.  Unfortunately couldn’t do it because we don’t have enough staff avail to us to move a whole kitchen there. SO between us “girls” we’re going to go ahead and do it at 8 Fish out of our kitchen there, and just officially christen that kitchen!
4. If you want in now, feel free to email us.  We won’t be super strict unless it calls for it.  So let us know!  If it does fill up (for some reason that our readership has expanded from 3 - 20 people!), I’ll let you know and put you on a wait list.
5. If you ARE in, I’ll be setting up an EventBrite account to take your payment (as I mentioned above).  If we see you this week or weekend, you can also give it to us directly if you would like.  EventBrite’s nice because it takes credit cards.  I’ll need this all locked by Thursday, Dec. 10th so we can get all the yummy ingredients w/ an accurate head count.

Oh, if the pics on the menu aren’t clear (because they aren’t), here are the pics below:

XO Fried Rice wrapped & steamed in a lotus leaf

An example of a hotpot spread (but you’re going to have a WHOLE lot more food ^_^)

“THAR SHE BLOWS,” the glorious dual-flavored hotpot: Chinese Satay + Beer Pineapple Chicken Wing Soup!

And there you have it.  Any takers?  Anyone?

(crickets chirping)

(and the sound of squealing tires as the SK mobile makes it’s way downtown)

Let us know! ^_^

TEAM SK

jojochao:

crispy pig feet

Ummmm… to some of you this may not sound appealing, but…

ANYTHING FRIED I WILL TRY ^_^

(plus it’s a nice picture too!)

We hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving, and a not so brutal Black Friday… we’re sleeping in on what seems to be kind a *yawn* of a Black Friday this year.

But anyway, we’ll post pics up of our Beggar’s Chicken soon, and post more details for the upcoming SK DownTown test-runs in the next two weeks ALONG w/ more info on the Supper Club details too (which should be a whole lotta fun ^_^).  And with NoHo shutdown (darn it), we have more time to concentrate on DownTown (YAY!).

Xoxo,

TEAM SK