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And now an ODE to the SALTED PLUM CHICKEN WINGS CONFIT on it’s last lunchie-munchies day…

“WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY! I thought you said you would NEVER leave me (pause) oh wait a minute, you didn’t say that at all since you can’t speak a lick of anything huh?!?! Oh, my bad!”

(end crappy ODE ;D)

Oh yeah, btw, today’s ALSO the REAL last day for the Shallot Fried Rice too! ;)

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AND assuming we don’t close for Din-Dins ‘cause this weather is pretty craptacular, tonight is the LAST night for the BRAISED COCONUT PORK BELLY (again, unless we’re closed then “technically” we broke our “d-bag rule” and last night ended up by default being the REAL last night!)

Love,

TEAM SK

“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

HAPPY MLK DAY (and if you’re free and hungry, we’re open for lunch today too! ^_^)

So this “rotation” jazz continues, and for those of you that have come along for the ride (or have just eaten at SK… which is a whole lot easier :D) I’m sure you guys have figured out what goes away WILL eventually come back. And today is no exception chockos.

If you haven’t already scrolled all the way down to figure out what this is (or it’s just on your screen because it’s large enough to see it all DOH!), my FAVORITE quote from a fan for this dish is, “It speaks to my soul.” Ok, maybe that doesn’t mean much to you, but that means a lot to me when I personally just think it tastes “NICE!!!” Well, without further ado (because there really isn’t ANY element of surprise on this blog anyway LOL):

“NOM NOM” PORK

(aka Vietnamese Nem Nuong for the Asian food afficianados out there! ^_^)

And we do it “OC style” (as I like to call it) and serve THIS in the sammie and/or wrap w/ a crispy fried egg roll wrapper:

OH yeah, the Kitchen Ninja (who’s on that there Twitter now by the way at @StarryKN) has changed up the recipe for the “NOM NOM” PORK and is so happy with the way the flavors have come out that she feels there is no need any more for what we used to call the Yum Yum SK Sauce. So for those that will wonder, have read this far, are completely bored and have experienced this before… there you have it.

And oh yeah, the dish rotating OUT (because “it” happens) is a NEW fan fave:

• MALAYSIAN COCONUT PINEAPPLE CHICKEN

And it’s super tastily complimentary rice friend:

• Shallot Fried Rice

I know, it’s a sucky thing to do.. so come get some (preferably those two together ‘cause they taste EXTRA NICE together!)

And that’s it folks. If you haven’t already, I suggest you watch the WINGS ETC singing chicken puppet video in my last post. It’s a nice song to sing-along to and it’s kinda funny (if you want more crass double entendre BALLS jokes that is :D LOL)

Much love,

TEAM SK

Not as “ballsy” as our buddies at Team @RedMedcineLA ‘s recent bad ass-ery (whether you/we all agree w/ it or not ^_^), but I can’t think of a better way to kick off the holiday break (L’haim to that my brothas & sistahs!) than a beautifully photoshopped wedding picture of us and our… BAAAAAALLS!!! haha

(I mean, we gots to bring it back to us chockos.. and why argue about critics and other “industry” mumbo-jumbo all day long when you can laugh at us all day long too! ^_^)

Our friend/fan Danny P had some spare time, enjoyed our wedding pics and enjoyed our balls (the crispy tofu kind of course)… so this was a naturally logical progression if you think about it (if you’re very creative and/or high “as a kite!” maybe LOL) And as much as some of you’z wouldn’t believe it, this was ALL Danny’s idea. So “Bravo… BRAVO” Danny. You, as always, are the best-est (also because he walks our dog GQ for us from time to time… what a guy!! ^_^)

(ahem… ahem)

Back to other delicious business- like how you should enjoy and savor the MALAYSIAN COCONUT PINEAPPLE CHICKEN on a bed of Shallot Fried Rice ‘cause it’s REALLY F’ING GOOOOOOD that way! (conveniently pictured below ;D)

SOOOOOO today is our LAST meal(s) day of the week (11-3/Lunchie-Munchies & 6-9.30p/Din-Dins), with also the RETURN of the belovedly (<- that’s a legitimate version of the word stupid spell checker, I promise!) JUUUUICY:

SK KARA-GE (aka Japanese Popcorn Chicken) for Din-Dins ONLY… TONIGHT! (come and get it… pretty pretty PLEASE?!?!)

BUT just in case you were wondering about next week, we did change our mind about next week:

we will be OPEN Monday/12.27 (& possibly Tuesday/12.28) for Lunchie-Munchies too!

Kinda wanna see if people will come out and play (and while you’re “playing” maybe you want to EAT at SK too! LOL) That and next week is going to be the beginning of a test, and not just ANY test:

BUT the test of our staff.. WITHOUT myself and/or the Kitchen Ninja!!

(these jokers below don’t work for us anymore, but as you can see as we misconstrue this pic.. it could be a lot more foolin’ around while we’re gone… which means it won’t actually be too different than normal LOL ;p)

2011 is gonna be about kicking it into… OVEEEEERDRIVE (or at least one more gear above the gear were at right now OR kicking it down one gear and “revving up the RPMS” super-high depending on how geeky+technical+NERDY [like me] you are about these analogies… ^_^) because next year is about not only having MORE fun for us, but we will attempt the seemingly impossible.. EXPANSION (Finally!)

So there you have it, you heard it here… ummm.. LAST?!?! (it’s actually been published in a couple of places including Eater LA and an interview the KN did for Menuism) Sorry we didn’t acknowledge it before, it’s just too busy sometimes… thas all. We love all 3 (or is it 4 of you) that read this blog and thank you’z so much!

Well, HAPPY HOLIDAYS otherwise. Hope we see you today/tonight, hope my staff sees you next week during our short test and may you all have an AWWWESOME holiday. You all deserve it (even YOU Chuck Norris! ^_^)

Toodles,

TEAM SK

“BYE BYE (SPICY KOREAN) BLACK PORK BELLY.. you are one tasty son of a gun!”

… oh yeah, BYE BYE to the Shallot Fried Rice too. Thems gotta go after today as well. So if you like one (or BOTH), nows your chance before “they get kicked to the curb” (but in a nice and caring way of course because want ‘em to come back ^_^)

CRISPY TOFU “BLARNEY” BALLS!!!

Thanks to everyone that came yesterday for these suckers.. you still like ‘em… NICE!

Btw, we actually have like 4 orders worth left, and the Kitchen Ninja had a GREAT idea:

the first 4 people that show us that they’ve donated to the Red Cross (via their phone, ya know the text “REDCROSS” to ‘90999’ -nannigans ^_^)- FREE DESSERT & FREE ORDER OF CRISPY TOFU BALLS!!

I can’t think of a better way to encourage people. So if you do it, we’ll hook you up. (Pssst- you don’t even have to buy anything.. but that WOULD be cool if you did.. but really, you DON’T have to buy anything if you do this.. but you do have to stand in line ^_^)

Alrighty, Miss “I’m 21 Years Old Now” Marissa is out today (hopefully at home asleep with a hangover from some massive drinkin’!) so we gotta go now.

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

PS- if you’re really bored and like to read random articles about anything, I was quoted yesterday on an article about Groupon and how I think a lot of people that use ‘em are “cheapos” (really, that’s what I gave as my quote). You can read HERE (only if you would like, and also would like to see how they incorporated my cheapo quote LOL).

PPS- I AM thinking of doing something with a lot of these “Groupon-like” people, but not the same kind of deal you always see.. ‘cause that makes no sense for me y’all (and I wanna stay in business too!!)

Time is short this AM so here are the ONLY two things you should know:

1. We ARE open today on President’s Day (HOORAY!!)
2. SPICY KOREAN BLACK PORK BELLY is BACK on y’all!

And even though I said “two” things (i.e. I lied), the Shallot Fried Rice is back too AND it’s the last week from the LEMONGRASS TOFU.

And that’s about it, gots to go chockos!

Bye,

TEAM SK

“When Banana suit wearing owners get bored…” they make videos for other businesses for fun! haha :)

(DISCLAIMER: watch this at your own risk.. oh yeah, I did this in one take so I didn’t feel like doing it again so the lips would actually sync with the audio, but it gives it a nice “bad kung-fu dub” quality we dont’ see enough in films today! LOL)

Aside from that tomfoolery, I think TODAY is gonna be the last day for the FREE DESSERT check-in-foolery!

It’s a New Year, and once I get off my lazy arse, I’m going to change it to a different (but hopefully equally as fun & tasty) deal. Wait and see, and be awed (or underwhelmed.. hopefully not that but it happens, right?!?!)

Alrighty, that’s it. Enjoy the video, enjoy one more day for a FREE DESSERT (when you’z check in) and enjoy the MALAYSIAN PINEAPPLE COCONUT CHICKEN over Shallot Fried Rice (if you haven’t already ^_^)

Much lurve,

TEAM SK

Happy Wednesday.. 3 more days for the BULGOGI BURGER + Shallot Fried Rice leave us (I would “say it ain’t so”… but it IS so!).. the CRACK CRAB CAKE is officially gone (but next time we’ll spell crab with a K at the request of many!)… and what better way to celebrate a fine NEW WAVE WEDNESDAY than…

“TAINTED LOVE (woooo ooh), TAINTED LOVE!”

Such a weird video (as most of the 80’s was filled with), but another awesome “one-hit wonder” that will make Pan-Asian Comfort Food taste better?!?! (maybe?!?! ^_^)

On a side note, I learned something new with the current fried rice. Aussies and Brits pronounce shallots… shaLLOTS w/ the emphasis on the ‘LOTS!’ So if you didn’t know and don’t want to sound like a “wanker” (I know, that’s a MEAN thing to say but it’s just so cute sounding… LOL) in those countries when buying, ordering or discussing shaLLOTS, now you know and won’t get in a fist fight over a vegetable (but if you’re drinking lotsa alcohol and saying other stupid stuff I can’t protect ya from getting knocked the F’ out then ^_^)

Hope everyone’s well, eatin’ like there’s no tomorrow and participating in random acts of tomfoolery (yeah, I do like that term… it’s strangely hilarious to me).

Thank you… and good night (or actually “good morning,” but that doesn’t end the post as nicely as the former ;D)

TEAM SK