Japanese Garlic Noodles are on “for REALZ” today! And they are super-duper garlicky good…yuuuummers! ^_^
(and if you wanna opt outta the garlic for the day, we’re gonna have some Korean Glass Noodles for the next day or two for good measure)
And if you’re gonna be kinda bored until you come and “garlic it UP” with us today, why not read this interesting article on the advanced geometry behind pasta! Just click the pretty+tasty lookin’ geometri picture below ;)
#dineLA SALTED-PLUM CHICKEN WINGS CONFIT FTW (aka “for the win!”)
.. alrighty, looks like this dish has picked up some momentum (aka we’ve been running out of it earlier than expected!), so we’re gonna make more so we don’t run out as early… we hope!
APOLOGIES!
Btw, sorry we’ve been runnin’ out of the SALTED-PLUM CHICKEN WINGS CONFIT, and also HUUUUUUUGE sorry for anyone that’s been dealing with the longer than we want wait times during dineLA too. :( That’s definitely our fault (“DOOOOOOOH!”) and we think we’ve fixed it by now.
(PAUSE while I wait for you to imagine kickin’ me in the nads for those wait times… “OUCH”)
And if you didn’t know:
One last week for dineLA.. one last week for the MALAYSIAN CHICKEN CURRY.. and one last week for the Japanese Garlic Noodles.
(jeez, that’s a lot of LAST’s this week, huh)
While the end of this week is kinda crappy for some of you (because you’re enjoyin’ all this stuff so much).. look at it this way, we still gots everything so it’s not crappy YET! (that really doesn’t help much, does it LOL)
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Alrighty, enough words of “encouragement.” Get yo’ asses on our for dineLA (us or any other great restaurants.. but mainly us FIRST ;D) and we’ll see you soon.
And since I’m feelin’ kinda like it- why enjoy a trip down memory lane on my blog (just cause I feel like it): remember Arsenio Hall (“woof woof woof!”) and.. COLOR ME BADD (mwahahahaha.. “i wanna sex you UP… ALL NIGHT!” ^_^)
… oh yes, good times y’all. GOOD TIMES!! ^_______^
…bye-BYE TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP & Japanese Garlic Noodles. We will miss you (after today that is), and curl up in a fetal position (like I am above on our NEW BRANDED MAT!!) to cry & remember the good times… oh YES!
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unless people decide to come to din-dins next week, ‘cause you can get you some mo’ TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP lovin’ then too ;)
And just in case you didn’t care about that and are only thinking of DURIAN FLAN CHEESECAKE (you and me both.. you and me BOTH!), we will have it again for BOTH lunch and din-dins today. Alright? ALLLLLRIGHT!
See ya later… suckas (and I obviously mean suckas in the loving sense ^_^)
Happy Anniversary week SK (is that weird that I’m saying it to myself, for myself?!?!)
… and oh yeah, Happy Valentines Day too (if you’re into the lovey dovey thing ;D)
And just in case you were wondering (a lot of you were), we unfortunately do not have a special Valentines Day menu and/or we’re not open tonight either… maybe next time considering we got a LOT of requests for this!
Before we get into the “Best Of” and/or “Fan Favorite Week” mumbo-jumbo, couple of quick things:
last week for the BRAISED VN BEEF and SPAM FRIED RICE!!!
the CHINESE HOISIN HAMBURGER makes it’s return (for a double beef meat week!) along with the JAPANESE GARLIC NOODLES… HOORAY!
Alrighty, enough of that stuff because I’m OUTTA time and wanna give you the pretty picture breakdown w/ my advance internet technologies (i.e. blogging) for our “BEST OF”/”FAN FAVORITE WEEK.” Here’s the schedule below (that I’ll strike-out periodically with the most advanced of internet technologies… i.e. pressing the strike-out button ^_^)
NOTE: remember quantity is LIMITED! We cannot guarantee that we’ll have a lot (nor do we know if anyone will want any of this stuff too!?!?!)
Monday, Feb 14th- MALAYSIAN CHICKEN CURRY
Tuesday, Feb 15th- SPICY “CRACK” KRAB CAKES
Weds, Feb 16th (our ACTUAL anniversary w/ our first signature dish!!)- BRAISED COCONUT PORK… BELLY! <-we’ve only made this with pork belly ONCE before, and it sold out at like 12.30p
Thurs, Feb 17th- TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP (lunch & din-dins!)
…and since the LEMONGRASS TOFU is on the menu too, the battle wages on! :D
Friday, Feb 18th (if you haven’t figured it out from your brilliant skills of internet deduction)- CRISPY TOFU BALLS (ALSO lunchie-munchies & din-dins!)
And there you have it. Hopefully we see ya this week…
And I lied, one more thing actually. Since one of my favorite bands ARCADE FIRE won a Grammy last night… enjoy this lil song in their honor ^_^:
Firstly, we’re CLOSED for Din-dins (aka DINNER) tonight. I’ll remind you again below if now. (but we are open for lunchie-munchies today!)
Secondly… Happy HALLOWEEN foo’s! (or at least when it comes this Sunday)
Here we have one of my 4 costumes this week (last one’s today ya’ll!)
SO in the last and latest SK updates this week, here’s what we got:
today’s the LAST lunchie-munchie day for NOM NOM PORK
And we’re actually adding one item that I COMPLETELY forgot to mention, and it’s “KINDA” a fave:
it’s ALSO the last day for Japanese Garlic Noodles
I know… I KNOW! Why didn’t I mention this before… DOH! It’s so hard keeping up sometimes. Oh well.
REMINDER: we’re gonna be CLOSED tonight. So PLEEEEEASE don’t show up and get mad at us
ALSO looks like the PINEAPPLE BEER CHICKEN WING SOUP will be limited… only to be replaced by another soup soon. So get it while you can suckas!
Okay, that’s about it, hope you aren’t too mad at us for closing tonight… and if you are, please watch this video w/ Mike Tyson dancing and singing Bobby Brown’s EVERY LITTLE STEP to cheer you up
(and thanks to recent Tumblr follower NEOCLECTIC ‘cause I watched/stole this video off your page… NICE! ^_^):
Enjoy and have a GREAT Halloween weekend everyoneS!
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! ^_^)
UPDATE: don’t forget it’s the last week for our DINE LA menu too y’all!
Dear Americans of.. AMERICA!
SK (aka “Starry Kitchen” :D) will be OPEN (for lunch) on Columbus Day.
“Hooray for America.. and SK!!”
(btw, my Abe Lincoln outfit was the best I could do to find a historical figure that I’ve dressed up as.. next time I dress as Christopher Columbus I’ll be sure to post that instead ;D)
Even though the New World was founded by Columbus and it’s a time for drunk celebration, we’ll have a rain a LIL bit on the party because this will STILL be the last week of the mouth-love-makin’ phenomenon also know as: MALAYSIAN CHICKEN CURRY!
… and it’s the last week for the Japanese Garlic Noodles too (please don’t throw good garlic noodles at me, you should eat them and throw something else that isn’t as edible, pretty please?!?!)
“BOO to Americans that play by their own ‘American’ rules and take away deliciousness like the MALAYSIAN CHICKEN CURRY + Japanese Garlic Noodles… even though that’s kinda how this country was founded… not on curry or garlic, but on makin’ our own rules (by using tools like curry+garlic of course)… BOOooooOOO”
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(dramatic verklempt PAUSE while we take a moment to respect the MALAYSIAN CHICKEN CURRY+Japanese Garlic Noodles even though there really is a full week before they goes away)
In other news, we’ve heard some people think THIS of our food
(no joke, someone wrote this and handed it directly to me in the middle of our lunch rush.. HILARIOUS!)
And THAT is the announcement for today. And if you noticed, we changed the ‘C‘rab Cake to a ‘K‘rab Cake (w/ a K if you didn’t notice the difference still, m’kay?!). People pointed out to me last time:
“Hey Nguyen, don’t be such a stupid-head. You should spell it with a capital K ‘cause that’s how you represent imitation crab meat foo’. Don’t be such a bozo!”
After crying on the inside for about three months (I still weep even as I’m typing this post :p), I was like… “YEAH, that’s a good idea!” so there you have it. If you ever wondered what it looks like on the inside (I can confirm it doesn’t look like caramel popcorn for anyone CRAAAZY enough to think that :D), here’s a lil pic of the Krab-liciousness (w/ Jalapenos, cilantro & carrots) for your viewing pleasure:
And just in case you were wondering… here they are w/ some Wasabi Mayo in a banh mi sandwich:
Btw, I hope everyone had a happy halloween too! ^_^
Aside from all that, it was KINDA last minute but last week was the LAST WEEK for the Japanese Garlic Noodles (BOOOO), but since we can’t settle on a new noodle dish yet the Korean Glass Noodles are BACK (OoooooHHH YEAAAAAAH!):
… AAAALSO (wow, how can I have so much news???) I think today’s the LAST DAY for the PINEAPPLE BEER CHICKEN WING SOUP (made w/ Sapporo Beer foo’s!) I know, it’s a lil warmer so we’ll resume soup-liciousness when it gets a TAD colder again.
And if you’re still reading (after many a month OR just a many a minute), this is the LAST LUNCHIE-MUNCHIES WEEK for the LEMONGRASS TOFU! Enjoy it while you can (again) suckas. It’s goin’ away!
And on that note, why don’t we start off the month of November with a nice + soothing song by the Gentle Waves (be warned, it could put you into a dreamy state… it’s THAT soothing!) And for any of our hipster-wanna-be readers (‘cause the hipsters prolly already know this), I’m PRETTY sure the lead sing of the Gentle Waves used to be part of hipster fave (and I like ‘em too!): Belle and Sebastian. ^_^
Alrighty, more music… more eating… and more driving (‘cause i gots to get me some bread now).
In belated honor of National Noodle Day (seriously, how did I miss this), here’s a picture of the Japanese Garlic Noodles… and some Double-fried Sweet Ginger Glazed Chicken Wings (because that’s the 1-2 Punch of flavor yo’ mouth of course!)
UPDATE: Oh yeah, only reason I know is because our noodles here were in the Pool o’ Noodles (if you will) on LAist right… HERE! But I didn’t catch it til later… DOH!
Hope everyone’s having a great RESTAURANT WEEK! I’ve already spouted off enough about our menu, FREE MARGARITAS at CASA, Crispy Tofu Balls (in your mouth), our last Din-Dins of the week tonight and other stuff so I won’t regurgitate (but you can re-read if you’re bored… I won’t stop ya ;D), but I will leave you with a catchy YouTube video of advice on San Gabriel Valley (if you’ve ever wanted to but haven’t vented that far east of the 5 or even the 405! I’m lookin’ at you Westsiders! ^_^)
