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Quick “timeout” from promoting all sorts of @dine_LA -liciousness (but it IS the last week for it ALL y’all!) to ask this question:

What if SK made a Superbowl Snack Stadium like the one pictured above made up of banh mi sammies, DOUBLE-FRIED SWEET GINGER CHICKEN WINGS, VIETNAMESE EGG ROLLS and CRISPY TOFU BALLS?  I think that would be pretty frickin’ SWEET! haha (maybe next year y’all.. MAYBE next year ^_^)

(and if you read the note below, even this Vegetarian could respect this AWESOME feat in the name of football LOL)

taylorlorenz:

washingtonpoststyle:

Superbowl stadium. Made of meat. But of course.

via Westword magazine.

I’m vegetarian, but I can respect this.

And while we’re at it, why don’t we take a trip down memory lane and watch the hilarity that was the ‘85 Chicago Bears SUPERBOWL SHUFFLE! (I forgot how long this thing was LOL)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

And on the last SK lunchie-munchies day of the year (which happens to be the KITCHEN NINJA’s birFday too), let’s take a look visual look back at the few pics that I coerced the KN into taking this year since she normally RUNS AWAY from any picture being taken! haha (while she’s culinarily talented, she’s also adorable… well at least I think so!)

(look at this dog, it’s HUGE and bigger than the KN!)

(here the KN is pointing and laughing at me while I’m getting a nuggie from our LQ@SK partner-in-crime, Chef Laurent Quenioux!!)

(Here’ me and the KN at the GOLD STANDARD.. I seem to remember her running away from my gold mustache the minute after we took this pic! haha)

(this year the KN didn’t have enough time to figure out a Halloween costume, but she tolerated my luchadore outfit with a hesitant.. “THUMBS UP!” LOL)

(the cutest and my FAVORITE pic of the year.. our Jedi Master KITCHEN NINJA dressed up as Yoda for the LA Street Food Fest!)

And there you go.. a whole year of KN pictures (with me sprinkled in there for good measure too).

Have a happy New Year y’all (and don’t forget… NO DIN-DINS tonight!) See you on Tuesday… NEXT YEAR!!!

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

PS- btw, don’t forget the KN INVENTED the CRISPY TOFU BALLS too.. here’s a quick pictoral remind ;)

Hey folks,

Couple of updates for all 2-3 of you that read this (ok, MAYBE 4 on a lucky day ^_^)

1. NO Din-Dins this week!  We figured it would be nice to give our staff and break (and figured no one would show up, and we don’t want to be bored waiting for no one.. most of the time at least ^_^)
2. Tomorrow/Thurs is most LIKELY our last lunch day this week (which also means it’s the LAST day for the CRISPY TOFU BALLS too!)  We’ll let y’all foo’s know once we make the final decision
3. WILD CARD WEEK continues with a VERY special (possibly experimental) dish today ONLY

FISH and…

(TARO) CHIPS!!! (w/ a housemade Thai Curry Apple Chutney+Basil Vinegar sauce ;D)

And can I tell you something special about it? (I’m assuming your answer is “SURE!”) The batter is made with.. VODKA!!! (and it’s so good that way!)

Come on by (possibly TODAY ONLY)- enjoy it as a somewhat traditional FISH+(TARO) CHIPS plate, or SK-style and have it in a banh mi, wrap, salad or over rice (do it like Burger King and “have it your way” foo’s!)

(btw, did I mention the batter if FUCKIN’ PHENOMENAL-ICIOUS?!?!)

See ya soon (and by soon I’m meaning today ^_^)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

NOTE: Scratch the KALBI-LICIOUS ANGUS BEEF from the record today folks.  It didn’t come out good today so *poof* we’re gonna hold it (and marinate) for another day so it DOES come out good.  What is the BEEF-placement for today you might ask? (if you were really bored and still happen to be at your desk) It looks HIGHLY LIKELY that the NEBRASKA ANGUS JAPANESE MEATBALL CURRY will pop in hopefully by 12.30p.  ^_^

“Bon jour!” Btw, the difference between this week’s and last week’s menu is… LAST WEEK for the CRISPY TOFU BALLS!!  Literally the ONE dish I get hate mail written to me about (not about the dish, but about how we take it away LOL) is about to leave.. but who knows, if you’re nice to us and we’re feelin’ the Xmas spirit, maybe we’ll spread a little “Crispy” holiday cheer to y’all! :)

I know, many of you are getting teary-eyed about it (btw, no joke, MANY a people love ‘em some of deez balls in their mouths!!), so who knows what’s in-store Xmas. ^_^

…

Otherwise, we’ve decided to continue a lil WILD CARD WEEK-liciousness, so today we bring back the KALBI-LICIOUS ANGUS BEEF.  Not quite your traditional “Kalbi” because Short-ribs are HELLA expensive foo’s, here’s the description we have for it to (hopefully) tantalize your taste buds (btw, it’s ESPECIALLY good w/ the green apple on top!):

Even though (quality) short-ribs are hella expensive, that doesn’t stop us from taking the traditional (and fuckin’ delicious) Korean BBQ marinade recipe and use it on a tender+juicy Angus beef chuck and top it w/ some green apple fruit-tasticness for a lil *CRUNCH*

In other news, I was Facebook stalking one of my employees this AM (*cough* Miles Revis *cough*) and I found the most spectacular POLE DANCING VIDEO and PG rated too just in case you wanna share with your co-workers and not get written.. and if you get written up for this *tsk tsk* this lady is REALLY talented!  Check it out, come in for some #MotownMonday and KALBI-LICIOUSNESS and/or CRISPY TOFU BALL-tasticness!

Did you see that walk move she does too? That’s BADASS!!!

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

Hello, it’s WILD CARD WEEK! (btw, no rotation this week so CRISPY TOFU BALLS are SAVED and stay another week too… WOO HOO!)

And before you skim down and figure out which dish(es) we’re bringing in today, FYI the Pineapple Fried Rice is back in da HOUSE!

(now back to the WILD CARD WEEK deliciousness! ;D)

I guess you could also consider WILD CARD WEEK a DAILY SPECIALS week (or something like that) if you wanna be technical and be one of those people that likes to call us out in trying to simplify our cuteness or attitude (what you gotta be like that?? LOL)  All-in-all we’re playin’ around, having fun some oldies but goodies, and changing the dish every day or couple of days so you don’t have to wait 3 to 6 to 8 months for SOME dishes!  First up, the meaty fan fave: TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP!

Have ‘em in a banh mi sammie…

Have ‘em in a Thai Cobb Salad… we dun care (btw, it is REALLY good in a salad ;D)

And there MIGHT also be a tiny stash of the SK KARA-GE (aka Japanese Popcorn Fried Chicken) too. I’m not including a picture assuming most will miss this lil bit of boring text! ;)

I’VE HEARD YOU’RE DOING GRAB-AND GO’S TEAM SK?!

Why yes we are “Bobby!” We’ve heard MANY a time that the biggest complaint is the line and/or wait time for our deliciousness.  After being barraged w/ that complaint for almost two years (TWO YEARS?!?!), “ach” we finally buckled, hunkered down (I just love that term for some reason ^_^) and figured out an answer. LOL  So we thought we’d do a simple “Grab-and-Go” concept (I gotta give it a cute SK name soon.. I dunno what though) to see if you guys are into that.  Simple idea:

1. you order
2. you pay (we hope) 
3. and (for those of you on a shorter lunch) you’re out!  No waiting for your dish to be made ^_^

We are JUST starting to beta/pilot-test it, so we won’t be making too many yet but if you guys like it.. we’ll do some special dishes JUST for the “Grab-and-Go” crowd.

For this week’s “Grab-and-Go” we wanted to keep it simple = LEMONGRASS CHICKEN banh mi + Spicy Vietnamese Salad

…and THAT’S it for today (that seems like a lot of info… oh well ^_^)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

In the interest of time (i.e. I’m outta time this morning.. DOH!), let’s keep this short, shall we?  And dun forget, the CRISPY TOFU BALLS aren’t in the menu rotation anymore because they’re now served… forever! FOREVER I SAY!! ;)

• “Bye-bye” and last week for the NOM NOM PORK (it’s GUUUUUD!)

• “Hi-hi” and welcome back you super popular garlicky sucker you.. Japanese Garlic Noodles! (I think we still have some mints to give too!)

• “Hi-hi” to a new dish too: the BRAISED COCA COLA JACKFRUIT! That above is a Jackfruit dish.. and that above is not, I repeat N-O-T meat. It’s VEGAN y’all.. please enjoys (Vegans and meat eaters alike!)

• And while you’re enjoying a CRISPY TOFU BALL (conveniently pictured in the background here :D), did you know we you can much on ‘em with some tasty Pineapple Fried Rice y’all?!?!

And with that said, let’s now end and humm with the first MacGyver them song, shall we?!?! (and if MacGyver were still going on, I’m sure he could talk all the ingredients above and make a Tank, a nice Airplane or just simply solve Global Warming.. oh yeah, he’s THAT good! ^_^)

Xoxo (and we <3 you MacGyver!),

TEAM SK

Hello,

Today we give you a BIG Christmas/Hanukkah/Festivus present:

CRISPY TOFU BALLS ..FOREVER!!

From this day forward (but in limited daily quantities depending on how fast and/or desensitized we become to rolling those crunchy green bad boys and that still gives you Festivus followers at least ONE THING to mention during the “airing of grievances” haha), they will ALWAYS be an option on the menu.

Yeah, we coulda told you guys earlier (and some of you won’t find out until later because only 3-5 people on any given month read the blog LOL), but that’s what a surprise present is all about, right?!?!

After nearly TWO YEARS of serving grub the ONE dish we ALWAYS get asked about may NOT be a fad after all so… CRISPY TOFU BALLS for ALL (“in yo’ mouth!”)

(things like these signs below help a LIL bit too haha)

With all of that said, if you didn’t know lunchie-munchies today is our LAST service of the week (but we’ll be back Tues, Dec 27th!)  That also means one more day for WILD CARD WEEK and… the SK KARA-GE which has come in and out a lot during the WILD CARD WEEK madness too.. hmmm peculiar?!?! ^_^)

So Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/and we can share our air of Festivus grievances tomorrah (like how we don’t have a proper holiday picture so I used this Halloween one instead to close this post LOL).

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

PS- seems like the FISH+ (TARO) CHIPS were received REALLY well (kinda like the surprising blowout that was PHO NIGHT too!) yesterday so we’re gonna think about it and maybe do a FISH+ (TARO) CHIPS FRIDAY series in the near future.. until, *drool* at the Vodka battered-liciousness below ^_^

If ya didn’t know: we’re now testing out a “Grab+Go” Sammies idea (and conveniently here’s our emotionally+physically “factual” slogan for ‘em right now above ^_^) and LAST WEEK for the CRISPY TOFU BALLS!!

We know, it’s like you got a swift kick in the BALLS! (conveniently demonstrated fantastically by Boba Man from The Mighty Boba Truck) :)

But always remember this, before Boba Man got a swift kick in the BALLS by Team SK, don’t forget the GOOD TIMES you had w/ the CRISPY TOFU BALLS like we had before w/ Mr. Boba Man (and please disregard that this pic has a different guy as Boba Man and that it was POSSIBLY taken a year before… I’m using the pic for effect, alright?!?! LOL)

Love ya lots (you, Boba Man and The Mighty Boba Truck),

TEAM SK

PS-this might be TOO soon, but WTH… here’s the reaction of North Koreans to the news that the CRISPY TOFU BALLS are going away (it’s crazy right… oh yeah, this might have been handed to them at the same time as the death of Kim Jong-il too.. but who am I to say why they’re so emotional?!?!)

Ya know what’s REALLY great w/ #NewWaveWeds …TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOPS!! (Yeah, we STILL have some more for today=the REAL last day. I’m starting to think my kitchen staff may love it more than THEY even know because THEY’RE the ones that made some more… WOW!)

And while you’re enjoying your TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP, some Pineapple Fried Rice and THE CLASH… don’t forget while the NOM NOM PORK + CRISPY TOFU BALLS are still on the menu you can always request the bastard child of the two dishes that I literally created in my mind on the Angel’s Flight one day (for lil bit extra $$) : the CRISPY NOM NOM BALLS banh mi sammie (btw, it’s MIIIIIGHTY tasty too ^_^)

And on a different note, you should watch this. It’s FUUUUNNY!  If you’ve ever been to Austin (did I mention we’re from TX and we <3 Austin!!), chances are you have heard of or been to the Alamo Draft House movie theaters (thems our friends too y’all ^_^).  I guess they had to kick out an annoying texter in the middle of a movie (btw, texting in a movie is SUPER annoying y’all), they received a funny+hilarious+angry+long voicemail from that annoying texter and here’s the Alamo Draft House’s response with a lil Patton Oswalt and Jason Reitman thrown into the mix to help “deliver the message!” ENJOY!

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

It’s about that time again (aka it’s Friday aka it’s the LAST day for the MALAYSIAN COCONUT PINEAPPLE CHICKEN!!)  You’re stay has been longer than most because of the holidays, but your flavor will always be remembered (especially by that yelper who’s mouth was on FIRE from your firey hot Thai chili love you give all of us LOL).

Btw, it’s ALSO the last day for the Basil Fried Rice too. If you haven’t tried the MALAYSIAN COCONUT PINEAPPLE CHICKEN over Basil Fried Rice (and like it SPICY!), this is the BEST way to go (and possibly the best way to bring in the weekend today too… I’m just sayin’ ^_^).  That marriage of the two heavenly flavors is like an EXPLOSION (*ka-BOOM*) of fantastic-ness in yo’ MOUTH!

(unless you’re like that Yelper I mentioned above and you can’t take “the HEAT”.. then veer away and get something else that’s nice+tasty.. and not so spicy-licious! :D)

Otherwise, before you start your weekend here’s a quick reminder of how the CRISPY TOFU BALLS inspires people (like our friend+customer Rika who thought the now infamous “offensive ball sign note” deserved a counter response!)

… and then also inspired me to make-up a bastard child of two beloved dishes I now lovingly referred to as the… CRISPY NOM NOM BALLS! (FYI- if you DO wanna order this, it does cost just a LIL bit more because it’s two.. count ‘em TWO proteins in one banh mi! But it is QUITE delicious)

Psssst-did I mention the CRISPY NOM NOM BALLS banh mi is surprisingly AMAZING TOO!! ;)

Alrighty, there you have it. We hope you have a very MALAY COCO CHIX CRISPY NOM NOM BASIL FRIED RICE kinda weekend!

NOTE: possible “bring in the weekend” efforts COULD be enhanced by coming to SK for lunchie-munchies or Din-Dins today ^_^

Xoxo,

TEAM SK