Formerly Underground+Illegal Restaurant/Kitchen gone legit?!? ;p
Bye-bye beautiful Boudin Noir… we love(d) you so much! (well, after lunch today that is)
YEEEE HAAAW (I’m pretty sure that’s not an appropriate response to the parting of a “loved one” but WTH… I’m stickin’ to it foos!)
TEAM SK
Could go for a Starry Kitchen boudin noir banh mi right about now.
Haaaaappy AUGUST 16th!!!
(I know, *yawn* it’s August but we’ll get through this together, m’kay? ^_^)
First off, I want to thank Project by Project for inviting us to work their Plate by Plate tasting benefit this Saturday. We had a lot of fun, and thankfully it gave us the opportunity to expose us to even more people that didn’t know about us… AND continue on with the “BALLS” jokes (because we of course served our Crispy Tofu Balls) as demonstrated here by our volunteers and booth (yup, THE booth!) YAY!
Awww yes… I think that’s enough “Crispy Tofu Ball-foolery” for today. Let’s continue, shall we? (Doh, you left the blog already didn’t you… why Jebus… WHHHHY!)
So another week, another rotation, right? WRONG! (but still “technically” right LOL).
Let’s start w/ the “BYE-BYE” first:
Otherwise known by it’s horribly anglicized (by ‘moi’) name: Japanese Popcorn Chicken (but it’s still KARA-GE in my chockos!). This one has proved to be very popular especially with its yum-tacular Housemade Ponzu + shredded Ginger sauce-liciousness. Thanks guys! (but it’s still gotta GO ;p)
Hello… HELLO!
“Don’t call it a come back son” (even though again “technically” it IS a come back) because my favorite-st dish of all of ‘em is back after a near 6 MONTH hiatus!! We didn’t plan it that way, but that’s just the way it happened!
(SK disclaimer: even though it’s MY favorite dish… it doesn’t have to be yours.. and I think most of “us” here understand that.. I just want to make sure to let you know “it’s COOL kiddies… it’s COOL!”)
Maybe it’s ‘cuz I’m Vietnamese (I’d probably say it’s not JUST a maybe), but I love me some of this. You don’t know how LONG I’ve been asking the Kitchen Ninja to bring this back (so you see, she DOES make the decisions), and now we have it in all it’s PORKY and sliced HARD-BOILED EGG deliciousness. Either way, I know some of ya’ll will agree with me on this (especially one by the name of JAMES who ordered this almost EVERY DAY when we first had it… WOW).
On top of that, we’ve brought in a special rice combo just for this dish:
Now, even though BOTH have coconut in the names, I assure you that BOTH do NOT have coconut flavors so they can actually compliment each other with each bite and juicy morsel in your mouth!
Alrighty, I think that’s enough for now. Have at it, and… PURDY PLEASE come back in and see us! ;)
Xoxo,
TEAM SK
Le Carnival de CRISPY TOFU BALL!
If I were French (being Vietnamese kinda counts, right??), that’s what I would call this week because… hot DAMN so many of you like them green + crispy critters.
SO if you haven’t figured it out, haven’t read the menu and are waiting for me to tell you: YES, the CRISPY TOFU BALLS are BACK!
Will they be as popular as they were before? Are they worth the wait? Are they worth their WEIGHT in gold? (<- clever right? it’s a DIFFERENT kinda wait… ah HA) Would you trade a magical pony for a chance at these suckers? Would you possibly consider signing over the soul of Paris Hilton for a crack at them?
These are all questions I’m sure you are asking yourselves (especially the magical pony one, that’s a toughie), and for me… I have NO IDEA! Hopefully you guys think they are worth it. If not, we still have ALL THE OTHER FOOD too! ^_^
And if you didn’t know
We had our BEST DAY… AGAIN (I know, I can’t believe it myself… but I’ll TAKE IT!). So that means:
FREE SOFT DRINKS FOR EVERYONE TODAY
… Woo Hoo!
Let’s get on w/ business, shall we?
“HI-HI”
GOING “BYE-BYE”
The much beloved and devoured
And it’s tasty and fragrant companion
Wanna know my favorite combo (thx @yutjangsah for this description) w/ one of my FAVORITE F’ING DISHES:
It’s tasty, and sure to get someone lucky! LOL
Okay, I think I told ya everything ya need to know.. so with that all said and done I gotta go!
Toodles,
TEAM SK
We <3 you Iris…
:’-)
(nothing happened to her, she just left us to pursue something better.. that’s it)
Love,
Nguyen & Thi Tran
Let’s keep this simple today: bye-BYYYYYE…
and…
See ya for lunch.. maybe din-dins (6-9.30p tonight y’all).. and hopefully for the “Best of”/Fan Favorite Week next week too where you can also get the… TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP on Thurs!! And the schedule is in some of the previous posts if you wants to read it (or you can click HERE) :D
Toodles,
TEAM SK
PS-the PANDAN CHICKEN was a HUGE hit ala carte as an app… we MIGHT have to bring it back as a standard Din-Dins (but limited) item. Hmmmmmm ^_^
Hello…
And “Bye-bye” BULGOGI BURGER!!!
(that’s a nice way to begin a morning, right??? ^_^)
FYI- if you didn’t know, Team SK had a rare TWO-DAY weekend… kinda like “normal people” do, and it was QUITE nice! If you want to see what kind of gluttons we are when we have free time, go check out the Facebook Fan Page friends. You probably won’t be disappointed! (and if you are… darn it!)
So the ‘rents, sistah & bro-in-law visited, but now they’re back in Dallas so it’s…
BUSINESS TIIIIIIIIIIME!
No time like the present, so…
A LUNCHIE-MUNCHIES BYE-BYE:
If you’re literate but decided to skip the jibba-jabba above, here’s a quick reminder which protein is OUT:
If you haven’t had this yet, oh MAN it’s good especially with the minced kimchi we top it with… hot DAMN I can’t wait to eat that myself for lunchie munchies too!
But that’s not all kiddies! We’ve decided THIS has been around long enough so “Buh-bye” to:
(no sexy pictures of this rice allowed = … I don’t have any!)
HI-HI:
A uniquely and now BETTER VEGAN dish (yes, this one is VEGAN for you… our VEGAN friends ^_^):
That’s right, we used the word… ORGANIC! Why? Cause that what they is folks, and when we gots it you know we gots to play that card *BAM!* ^_^ Plus the organic version tastes SO much better too.
And if you want more deets, here’s something to either whet your appetite or make you go (man SK, when are you going to bring those green tofu bally thingys back again… to answer that now, not for a lil while longer foo!):
Have you ever had Abalone? Have you ever bought Abalone? Did you know it’s expensive as F!?!?! Well Oyster Mushrooms have a similar texture to Abalone, but a fraction of the cost AND the Organic ones have a slight sweet element as well. And when stir-fried with kimchi it’s quite NICE! :)
Okay, you happy now? I think I was able to give you that with minimal sarcasm. =)
Alrighty, the restaurant beckons and I must leave my computer post to.. W-O-R-K! Til then, I leave you with this ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ video (I <3 you Chuck Norris!):
Xoxo,
TEAM SK
Alrighty… enough of yesterday’s bad joke tomfoolery (unless you liked ‘em, awww don’t tell me you didn’t like it mom… darn it!)
So, a couple of quick things:
And there you have it. Watch the video, come back one last time for one of the new fan faves, and then say farewell for at least a month before it comes back… “my tasty friend!”
Toodles,
TEAM SK
