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*waaaah* @LAFoodFest is OVER (that’s us in our Star Wars outfits below if you didn’t see it). Don’t worry, I’ll post more pics and the MANY ideas we had for the new “May the Balls be with You” sign as well soon. (they’re NERDY and FUNNY… well, if you’re a NEEEEERD that is LOL)

Until then, the rotation-foolery of SK’s world continues… or does it??? (the answer to that crap-tacular question as a riddle is below if all 3-6 of you are curious ^_^)

LAST WEEK for: SPICY KOREAN BLACK PORK BELLY! Time’s awastin’, so if you haven’t had it and like pork belly just know this, “This SHIT’S GOOOOOOOD SON!” Yup, that summarizes it (especially in a banh mi sammie y’all!)

NEW: the CRISPY KIMCHI RICE CAKE (aka “Game Changer #1” aka “the Gateway Kimchi”) is back on! I’ve been told it’s kinda like Arancini (click the link if you wants know THAT is… which is delicious too)

… and LASTLY, the answer to the “curious” riddle above. Team SK’s have been “d-bags” (aka DOUCHE bags) long enough. We’ve never consider your input, we’ve acted like we haven’t cared and we’ve just chosen dishes on our own whim… well NO MORE! Read below, and come in this week until end of lunch Thursday to make your voice heard (and look for these goofballs to help educate ya on how to).

And just in case you’re so enraptured with their handsome mugs, here are the choices so I can help you along to get to the end of what is NORMALLY a super verbose blog post ^_^:

• TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP
• SPICY “CRACK” KRAB CAKES
• CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER
• SPICY KOREAN BLACK PORK BELLY (you can vote for it to stay!)

And thems’ the news for today (as the KITCHEN NINJA yells at me for being late on picking up the bread.. DOH!)

Have fun today kiddos (hopefully “fun” = “SK” today too ;p)

XOXO,

TEAM SK

A fictional wise man may have once thought in passing,

“You know, CRISPY TOFU BALLS are not only good for your palette, your soul and a nice way to make new friends along the way.. they’re also a great way pick up chicks/dudes when you’re trying to get lucky… oooooooOOOOH YEAH!!”

And if that were at all true or a real quote from a real man… FUCK that’d be awesome, right! LOL (but who’s to say the balls HAVEN’T gotten anyone lucky, huh? HUH?!?! ^_^)

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Ok, enough of that random rant and also a nice way to showcase another new picture of our most elusive+coveted dish above.. it’s THURSDAY!! Din-Dins is BACK ON TONIGHT… Hooray! (aka two more days for the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER + Korean Glass Noodles… GWAAAAAAAA!!!)

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And that’s all I actually have to say about Thursday. ^_^

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On a final and completely random note (ok, NOT so random considering it WAS July 4th this past weekend), please enjoy Beaker’s (from The Muppets… DUH!) rendition of ‘Ode to Joy’… and please come to Din-Dins if you wish too ^_^

Did I mention I LOVE The Muppets? :)

Much love,

TEAM SK

We make the rules.. we BREAK the rules!!

Last week’s menu stay’s ONE MORE week! So THIS is the actual last week for the: CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER & Korean Glass Noodles!

Why? Why not?!?! (plus it keeps the beloved CRISPY TOFU BALLS on the menu another week longer.. just in case you like dem balls too ;D)

And that’s all you need to know (and all I have time to write too chockos)

Hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

Good news #1: we have a LIMITED “secret stash” of #LQ@SK BOUDIN NOIR / Blood Sausage left today… WOO HOO (btw, if you’re interested, there are a few ressies open for tonight’s LQ@SK too ^_^)

Good news #2: the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER is OFFICIALLY back. w00t w00t

Ze bad news: Bye-bye vegan-RRIFIC LEMONGRASS TOFU! You have one more week.. and then… and THEN… another possibly “popular” vegetarian dish will take it’s place. HmmmMMMmmmmMMMmm what could THAT be?!?!

Until then, I think it’s time for a… hilarious HUMAN TETRIS clip.. oh YEAH! (man, I wanna play this game so bad too!!!)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

PS-LOL… Human Tetris maketh me laugh-eth alot-eth!!

Happy New Wave Weds… YAY! (and “boooo” the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER as pictured above is leaving in three days)

For today’s New Wave Weds, I’ve got New Order’s “True Faith” which I have NEVER seen the video for… and again… HILARIOUSLY AWESOME (with an equally awesome song of course)

…dude, I want a suit like that!

But I digress… as usual. ;p

If you haven’t come in recently (but you somehow read this blog?!?!?), I have had a recent epiphany with the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER! No, it’s not the second coming of some strange deity sent to save us through it’s deliciousness (but would be a great story, right?!?!), and will never be as cool as GLEE’s “Grilled Cheesus”, but…

It’s REALLY good over rice when you MASH IT UP… and GOOD like a Japanese Soboro Bowl. It makes a HUGE difference and gets you all that flavor you can mix up in that there rice… Yuuuuuuummeeeeers! (I’m just saying)

And yeah, if you didn’t know already… we doin’ the GOLD STANDARD this weekend too. Check the previous post for more GOLD STANDARD tomfoolery!

On that note, I’d love to leave you with a piece internet hilarity that I recently re-discovered through my friend Craig Thornton/Thompson/Wolvesmouth the other night… and all I have to say is:

I LIKE TURTLES

(hilarious.. love that zombie kid!)

Bye,

TEAM SK

Bye-bye (after lunch) CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER!!! :(

Bye-bye ALSO Korean Glass Noodles (aka Japchae!) :(

AND Bye-bye to starting a 4-day work week with a hangover for about two months until Labor Day. :(

(DAMN, it does feel good though.. the 4-day work week I mean, not necessarily the hangover LOL)

(borrowed from the Chuck Norris Random Fact Generator!)

And Bye-bye to Chuck Norris endorsed Martial Arts Jeans… HEEEEEY, wait a New York minute!!! When did these ever get popular and why don’t I own a pair or seven of these ass-kickin’ jeans too? (and if they weren’t popular, why weren’t they? Can you imagine how rad it would be to round house someone like your neighbor or a book store clerk like Chuck Norris in your jeans!! You would totaly pwn them for life!! ^_^)

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(end random Chuck Norris moment)

Alrighty y’all, that’s it! Hope to see ya at lunch, tonight’s Din-Dins or next week And sorry, no Saturday Din-Dins this week… we couldn’t pull it off. Not enough staff avail to work. :(

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

“And I raaaan… I ran so far awaaaay” when I heard it was New Wave WEDNESDAY!! (that kinda rhymes if you say it JUST the right way ^_^)

Unfortunately, not much time to blogsies today. Being a restaurateur is CRAZY busy sometimes (and I cannot WAIT to tell all 6-7 of you of the ups+downs of this biz ESPECIALLY where I completely f’ed up too.. hopefully sooner rather than later. It ain’t all pretty, lemme tell ya!)

Dont forget that this is the REAL last week (as opposed to last week’s FAKE “last week” LOL) for the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER + Korean Glass Noodles.

And don’t forget to get yer tickets to the LA STREET FOOD FEST TOO! We’re gonna make our “triumphant” return, and we have something VERY special planned for this one (and no it doesn’t have anything to do with my banana suit and balls.. I think!)

Love ya lots.. and gotta go!

TEAM SK

Hello Los Angelenos…

Would you like some SPICY KOREAN BLACK PORK BELLY?!?! (I’m not actually sure what your answer would be.. but mine is “HELL YEAH!!!” LOL)

Btw, we had to do something that might seem kinda D-Baggy and possibly breaking our “No D-Bags” rule, but we have to charge a $1 premium for every order for the SPICY KOREAN BLACK PORK BELLY. :(

Sorry about that guys, when they say “food costs are going up”… they ain’t kiddin’ y’all! My costs have almost DOUBLED versus when we first started serving this.  We hope you don’t mind (because it’s REALLY tasty especially in a banh mi sandwich ^_^)

And in other bad news (even though I wouldn’t consider a $1 premium THAT bad of news… maybe) it’s the LAST week of the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER chockos. If you want some of that tasty and saucy-liciousness, time to get “eat on” now.

And the LAST piece of bad news (yeah, there’s actually more… well, not for everyone): LAST week for the Korean Glass Noodles (aka japchae). The classic Korean (and also SK) side is making it’s exit. You want some of dis (and/or the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER).. come a gits it!

Ya know what can make ALL this bad news better… why a little Elton John Crocodile Rock sing-along (of course!!!)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

PS- please don’t hate us about the lil premium! If/When Berkshire/Black/Kurobuta pork belly prices go down, I PROMISE we’ll adjust accordingly!!

“BLARNEY.. DEM BALLS ARE BACK!” (the CRISPY TOFU BALLS to be exact cause they’re.. well, you know.. GREEEEEN)

Happy St. Patty’s Day people… time to get DRUNK (on life.. on “balls”.. and on BEEEEEER of course!)

So yeah, if you haven’t figured it out.. we brought “DEM BALLS” back for today. Enjoy them in limited quantity (“While Supplies last” like they say in those crappy tv commercials getting you to buy their crappy stuff… except the CRISPY TOFU BALLS are at least “slightly” better than “crappy”.. I promise!)

No time to waste today, so gonna have to make it a quickie (but goodie ;D):

• stinky-lish-tastic DURIAN FLAN CHEESECAKE is back on for Din-Dins menu tonight and tomorrah (come and get it… and then make out with your loved one afterwards, they’ll thank you and/or slap ya “GOOD” later! ^_^)

• last chancies for CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER ALSO at Din-Dins ONLY tonight + tomorrah night (m’kay?!)

• And don’t forget… show us that you donated to the Red Cross, and we’ll give ya a FREE DESSERT (pssst- even if you don’t buy anything because THAT’S how much I want you to help out!)
• Last min executive decision: this is the LAST WEEK for the Shallot Fried Rice too!

There you go.

Bye bye,

TEAM SK

If ya didn’t figure it out… the Kitchen Ninja (aka @StarryKN) kinda likey her some tofu!! (aka the SWEET+SPICY GINGER FRIED TOFU is back and pretty F’ING delish… if you don’t mind me saying)

SO if you just missed (i.e. “SKIPPED”) my “aka” comment above, YUP, the SWEET+SPICY GINGER FRIED TOFU (veggie-friendly btw) is back… and it’s pretty awesome! Outside of the CRISPY TOFU BALLS, this is the ONLY other tofu we fry (all others are marinated+sauteed in flavortastic ways like last weeks LEMONGRASS TOFU) PLUS We use soft tofu INSTEAD of firm tofu to fry ‘cause.. well, firm tofu kinda gets a “yucky” (which is a real word to describe textures by the way) rubbery texture sometimes, and soft tofu is “Barry White” silky smooth and combined with that crunch- it’s “oh so delightful!” ;)

And that sh-t (aka “flavors!”) the Kitchen Ninja tosses it in is pretty darn DELICIOUS y’all. It’s SO good (in my very humble and subtle opinion of course ^_^), that the sauce was originally designed for meat (True story!) and she was like,

“Ach… why does meat have to get the good stuff all the time. This time.. VEGGIES get ‘em the GOOOOOOOD stuff!” And then she broke out in dance-and-song to Bobby Brown’s “Mr Prerogative” to make sure that people and meat knows what’s up and who’s the boss!

(I kinda remember her reacting JUST like that… maybe.. possibly… okay not really but it could be a better dramatization than the reality :D)

See, that was fun. See ya…

wait Wait WAIT!

(oops)

Forgot to tell ya what’s leaving… ummm… for those of you that love it (and want to kick me in the nads afterwards): the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER is aleavin’ after this aweekA!

(you can feel free to break out in song-and-dance to the tune of Bobby Brown’s “Don’t Be Cruel” if you’re mad at us about the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER “aleavin’”… and actually, if someone actually reads this far and DOES do that today, I’ll hook you up with something today too ^_^)

Sorry (and we love ya),

TEAM SK