Starry Kitchen
Is it FINALLY… TACO TRUCK TIME??? We don’t know, but that seems to be the trend, and many here think we should finally do it. What do you guys think? Many think our food is better than Kogi’s and we could give them a run for their money. (btw Kogi fans, we give total props to them for popularizing this Asian taco craze… it’s a whole lotta fun) We did set out to be aggressive when we first started, and that was barely over a month ago when we decided to just do it and three days later we were serving our “thit kho” tacos up that Sunday! It’s kind of scary, but I think we’re ready. We got 5-6 solid dishes, and our resident Kitchen Ninja (she hates being called “Chef” btw) has like almost another 10-20 ideas brewing in that creative culinary noodle of hers. Why should we stop her? You guys seem to like it, and we aim to please. FYI - We gotta go raise some dough to do it though, but if any of you know someone that wants to back this (yeah, I actually am asking you) please let us know. “All the things I could do if I had a little money…” (you betta know we love us some Abba… okay, okay- I LOVE ME SOME ABBA… WOO HOO) Oh YEAH, you’re probably wondering what the pic is WAY above. It’s your next hint for Sunday’s service dish du jour! I was wondering if that looks a little strange in a picture, but I said “F it” ‘cause it tastes so damn good I might as well tempt you to figure it out or try it yourself (you’ll be more successful with the latter ^_^) Weekday Service UPDATE NO WED (June 24th) NITE SERVICE THIS UPCOMING WEEK. Next week we’re serving on Tuesday, June 23rd from 6p - 9p. Sorry, I’ll be honest that we have a screening to go at the Los Angeles Film Festival, but hey I also work in film. Gotta juggle the best of both worlds!If it helps cushion the blow (YOWZA!), Tues night we’re serving our version of the kalbi short-ribbed tacos which was repeat from a couple of years go. Sorry, not as much irreverent, non-sensical and sometimes non-sequitur humor this time around. More serious reflection on an exciting and yet scary road ahead of us. Life’s short and it’s about time for Kitchen Ninja Thi Tran to play HARD too! So let me ask all of you again, and please feel free to comment: Do you think Starry Kitchen is ready for taco truck land?

Is it FINALLY… TACO TRUCK TIME??? We don’t know, but that seems to be the trend, and many here think we should finally do it. What do you guys think? Many think our food is better than Kogi’s and we could give them a run for their money. (btw Kogi fans, we give total props to them for popularizing this Asian taco craze… it’s a whole lotta fun)

We did set out to be aggressive when we first started, and that was barely over a month ago when we decided to just do it and three days later we were serving our “thit kho” tacos up that Sunday! It’s kind of scary, but I think we’re ready. We got 5-6 solid dishes, and our resident Kitchen Ninja (she hates being called “Chef” btw) has like almost another 10-20 ideas brewing in that creative culinary noodle of hers. Why should we stop her? You guys seem to like it, and we aim to please.

FYI - We gotta go raise some dough to do it though, but if any of you know someone that wants to back this (yeah, I actually am asking you) please let us know.

“All the things I could do if I had a little money…” (you betta know we love us some Abba… okay, okay- I LOVE ME SOME ABBA… WOO HOO)


Oh YEAH, you’re probably wondering what the pic is WAY above. It’s your next hint for Sunday’s service dish du jour! I was wondering if that looks a little strange in a picture, but I said “F it” ‘cause it tastes so damn good I might as well tempt you to figure it out or try it yourself (you’ll be more successful with the latter ^_^)

Weekday Service UPDATE

NO WED (June 24th) NITE SERVICE THIS UPCOMING WEEK. Next week we’re serving on Tuesday, June 23rd from 6p - 9p. Sorry, I’ll be honest that we have a screening to go at the Los Angeles Film Festival, but hey I also work in film. Gotta juggle the best of both worlds!

If it helps cushion the blow (YOWZA!), Tues night we’re serving our version of the kalbi short-ribbed tacos which was repeat from a couple of years go.

Sorry, not as much irreverent, non-sensical and sometimes non-sequitur humor this time around. More serious reflection on an exciting and yet scary road ahead of us. Life’s short and it’s about time for Kitchen Ninja Thi Tran to play HARD too!

Pimped my taco truck (thx to laeastside.com)


So let me ask all of you again, and please feel free to comment:

Do you think Starry Kitchen is ready for taco truck land?

@1 year ago
#taco truck #hint #kal #kalbi #los angeles film fest #tuesday nite service 

Dish du Jour: Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken

From Blog Pics

Awwwwwww J’YEAH! It’s on like donkey kong ya’ll. For those of us that are night owls, early birds (i.e. waking up before 12noon on a Sunday) or complete insomniacs… you now know what it is that we’re serving. Good on you!

We tried almost 10 different chicken dishes this week (read a previous post about CHICKEN EXPLORATION WEEK), and it held it’s own and we’ve found some future chicken dishes in the process!

Lemongrass, as an ingredient, is one that’s very popular and has a special almost marriage-like relationship with Vietnamese food. I KNOW because my mom SMS texted me confirming I’m Vietnamese! That’s how cool my mom is: SMS texts, IM chats AND she knows all the lyrics to R. Kelly’s “rap opera” Magnum Opus, TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET (I DARE you to click the link for maximum hilarity). Oh yeah, she MIGHT have told me Snake Eyes from G.I.Joe is a real person and COULD be my father… REALLY! (well, at least some of this stuff about my Mom is real ^_^)

Back to the main topic: LEMONGRASS. Well, this grass don’t taste like crap combined with lemon either. Once you taste this “grass” sent from the gods themselves in our chicken recipe… if you’re an Irish Catholic from Boston (or Ireland) you’re going to say to yourself “Jesus, Mother, Mary and Joseph”, because it’s THAT over. Flavor enlightenment my friends. FLAVOR ENLIGHTENMENT…

From Blog Pics

Alright, alright. You might be saying to yourself, “Team Starry Kitchen, are you smoking crack,” and I would reply, “Naw, but lemon grass is kinda like that once you have it. Hell, everything Starry Kitchen serves has addictive flavor properties that church goers, talent agents, pharmacists and drug lords (one in the same if you ask me LOL) alike can put aside their differences (and uzis) aside to share the common bond of… you guessed it, flavor enlightenment.” ^^

Seriously though (only serious paragraph of this post), it’s good stuff. We definitely don’t want to blow it out of proportion, but it is quite tasty and we invite you and your friends to come and at least try a sample.

We’re going to have at LEAST two different sauces we’ll be serving too. First is the mango+avocado salsa, and secondly there’s what I like to call the GS3 (Ginger Sesame Sake Sauce). We had the same sauces when we had our version of the kalbi tacos two weeks ago, and that was…B-O-M-B (that’s vernacular for “Cool” Mom)!

Before I forget, here are a couple of quick pics from Pure Luck, and one of my old favorites - Scoops (I was there for the first/last kimchi flavored ice cream… I would concur with that choice not to revisit that idea ^_^). Since it’s getting late, quick summary: food is good and these jack fruit meat substitutions are very good in texture and flavor. Who would have thunk it?!?!

Jack Fruit “Carnitas” taco, “Carnitas” burrito & Tom BBQ Pork Sandwich (made up of jack fruit of course):
From Blog Pics
Scoops ice cream: eating the staple brown bread and banana thai iced tea:
From Blog Pics

So come one, come all and please spread the love, word and support us as we continue out into the new frontier of Asian Mexi-Mix adventures.

Btw, you can come along for the ride on Wednesday nights too. We’re going to be doing our first service this Wed, June 10th. Time TBD, but most likely 6p to like 8p/9p

Much love to you all,

Team Starry Kitchen

@1 year ago
#Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken #dish #dish du jour #chicken exploration week #chicken #gs3 #mango avocado salsa #kal #kalbi #flavor enlightenment #pure luck #jack fruit #scoops #Wednesday night service 
Is it FINALLY… TACO TRUCK TIME??? We don’t know, but that seems to be the trend, and many here think we should finally do it. What do you guys think? Many think our food is better than Kogi’s and we could give them a run for their money. (btw Kogi fans, we give total props to them for popularizing this Asian taco craze… it’s a whole lotta fun) We did set out to be aggressive when we first started, and that was barely over a month ago when we decided to just do it and three days later we were serving our “thit kho” tacos up that Sunday! It’s kind of scary, but I think we’re ready. We got 5-6 solid dishes, and our resident Kitchen Ninja (she hates being called “Chef” btw) has like almost another 10-20 ideas brewing in that creative culinary noodle of hers. Why should we stop her? You guys seem to like it, and we aim to please. FYI - We gotta go raise some dough to do it though, but if any of you know someone that wants to back this (yeah, I actually am asking you) please let us know. “All the things I could do if I had a little money…” (you betta know we love us some Abba… okay, okay- I LOVE ME SOME ABBA… WOO HOO) Oh YEAH, you’re probably wondering what the pic is WAY above. It’s your next hint for Sunday’s service dish du jour! I was wondering if that looks a little strange in a picture, but I said “F it” ‘cause it tastes so damn good I might as well tempt you to figure it out or try it yourself (you’ll be more successful with the latter ^_^) Weekday Service UPDATE NO WED (June 24th) NITE SERVICE THIS UPCOMING WEEK. Next week we’re serving on Tuesday, June 23rd from 6p - 9p. Sorry, I’ll be honest that we have a screening to go at the Los Angeles Film Festival, but hey I also work in film. Gotta juggle the best of both worlds!If it helps cushion the blow (YOWZA!), Tues night we’re serving our version of the kalbi short-ribbed tacos which was repeat from a couple of years go. Sorry, not as much irreverent, non-sensical and sometimes non-sequitur humor this time around. More serious reflection on an exciting and yet scary road ahead of us. Life’s short and it’s about time for Kitchen Ninja Thi Tran to play HARD too! So let me ask all of you again, and please feel free to comment: Do you think Starry Kitchen is ready for taco truck land?
1 year ago
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#taco truck #hint #kal #kalbi #los angeles film fest #tuesday nite service 
Dish du Jour: Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken
From Blog Pics

Awwwwwww J’YEAH! It’s on like donkey kong ya’ll. For those of us that are night owls, early birds (i.e. waking up before 12noon on a Sunday) or complete insomniacs… you now know what it is that we’re serving. Good on you!

We tried almost 10 different chicken dishes this week (read a previous post about CHICKEN EXPLORATION WEEK), and it held it’s own and we’ve found some future chicken dishes in the process!

Lemongrass, as an ingredient, is one that’s very popular and has a special almost marriage-like relationship with Vietnamese food. I KNOW because my mom SMS texted me confirming I’m Vietnamese! That’s how cool my mom is: SMS texts, IM chats AND she knows all the lyrics to R. Kelly’s “rap opera” Magnum Opus, TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET (I DARE you to click the link for maximum hilarity). Oh yeah, she MIGHT have told me Snake Eyes from G.I.Joe is a real person and COULD be my father… REALLY! (well, at least some of this stuff about my Mom is real ^_^)

Back to the main topic: LEMONGRASS. Well, this grass don’t taste like crap combined with lemon either. Once you taste this “grass” sent from the gods themselves in our chicken recipe… if you’re an Irish Catholic from Boston (or Ireland) you’re going to say to yourself “Jesus, Mother, Mary and Joseph”, because it’s THAT over. Flavor enlightenment my friends. FLAVOR ENLIGHTENMENT…

From Blog Pics

Alright, alright. You might be saying to yourself, “Team Starry Kitchen, are you smoking crack,” and I would reply, “Naw, but lemon grass is kinda like that once you have it. Hell, everything Starry Kitchen serves has addictive flavor properties that church goers, talent agents, pharmacists and drug lords (one in the same if you ask me LOL) alike can put aside their differences (and uzis) aside to share the common bond of… you guessed it, flavor enlightenment.” ^^

Seriously though (only serious paragraph of this post), it’s good stuff. We definitely don’t want to blow it out of proportion, but it is quite tasty and we invite you and your friends to come and at least try a sample.

We’re going to have at LEAST two different sauces we’ll be serving too. First is the mango+avocado salsa, and secondly there’s what I like to call the GS3 (Ginger Sesame Sake Sauce). We had the same sauces when we had our version of the kalbi tacos two weeks ago, and that was…B-O-M-B (that’s vernacular for “Cool” Mom)!

Before I forget, here are a couple of quick pics from Pure Luck, and one of my old favorites - Scoops (I was there for the first/last kimchi flavored ice cream… I would concur with that choice not to revisit that idea ^_^). Since it’s getting late, quick summary: food is good and these jack fruit meat substitutions are very good in texture and flavor. Who would have thunk it?!?!

Jack Fruit “Carnitas” taco, “Carnitas” burrito & Tom BBQ Pork Sandwich (made up of jack fruit of course):
From Blog Pics
Scoops ice cream: eating the staple brown bread and banana thai iced tea:
From Blog Pics

So come one, come all and please spread the love, word and support us as we continue out into the new frontier of Asian Mexi-Mix adventures.

Btw, you can come along for the ride on Wednesday nights too. We’re going to be doing our first service this Wed, June 10th. Time TBD, but most likely 6p to like 8p/9p

Much love to you all,

Team Starry Kitchen

1 year ago
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#Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken #dish #dish du jour #chicken exploration week #chicken #gs3 #mango avocado salsa #kal #kalbi #flavor enlightenment #pure luck #jack fruit #scoops #Wednesday night service