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#1-Din-Dins is back on tonight suckas.

#2-umm.. oh YEAH! Today is officially our TWO YEAR anniversary of being legit, w00t w00t!

Are we doing anything special today for it? Not YET (sorry y’all, we got caught up w/ the move from the original illegal+underground SK apt.. And we have a LOT of crap too!) But I just thought it was worth mentioning considering 3 years ago we had NO IDEA our fun lil food project could take us this far.. And holy CRAP are we lucky that at least some of you like our food enough to come back! Haha ;)

Otherwise…

(cue non-sarcastic and we promise completely genuine message)

Thanks for everything everybody! Thanks for trying us out, spreading the word to your friends and/or enemies you know would be offended by my cursing antics, for tolerating our learning process, for going along w/ the rotating menu and for just being so supportive of us. This is a HARD business, and without you guys we’re just a bunch of culinary clowns making balls jokes . :) Now its time to fuck shit up just a lil bit more to keep things interesting (and/or just grow SK at a moderate or aggressive pace to see how far we can take this ^_^)

We love you all (ok, especially you Chuck Norris!),

TEAM SK

Alrighty, SUPA DUPA late update happening today NOT because we’re monkeying around (which is likely in other cases) but because:

1. We JUST moved outta the formerly illegal+underground SK (that gave awards like this one above!) this weekend and our new (possibly illegal+underground) home doesn’t have internet yet “son.” DOH!
2. Because of the madness of us moving AND the increasing popularity of the BRAISED COCA COLA JACKFRUIT, we decided to hold the rotation for a week so NO CHANGE until next week!
3. It’s rainy and yucky which slowed us does too…

That’s enough, right?

Considering that it IS rainy and yucky, don’t forget this visual piece of advice when trying to avoid the rain (I apologize again if it does not make any sense considering it’s pretty crappily drawn LOL) :

Otherwise… come eat some TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP since it’s back for a lil while too (I REALLY like the Pork Chop! ^_^)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

It’s been decided: Vodka battered FISH+(TARO) CHIPS FRIDAYS start… this Friday, Feb 10th (for lunch ONLY…we think!) woo HOO

(btw, it’s also been decided by the KITCHEN NINJA that this week will be the last week for the soups which could be either the PINEAPPLE BEER CHICKEN WING SOUP or the CILANTRO SCALLION MEATBALL SOUP!)

Lastly, it has also been decided that you will watch+listen to this AWESOME song from Toto (whether you sing-a-long and/or sport an awesome mustache likethese guys do is completely up to you and “optional” ^_^)

“Hold the LIIIIIINE…… love isn’t always on TIIIIME” (and neither am I! haha)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

PS- did I mention that the TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP is BAAAAACK?!?! ^_^

It had to happen. Today’s the last day for SK KARA-GE AND last day for…

(aka dineLA for lunch and Din-Dins tonight!! ^_^)

And why is the KITCHEN NINJA’s cutely awesome Master Yoda pic above too? Well ‘cause she’s our Jedi Master creating all this culinary deliciousness for us to stuff our faces with (and I fuckin’ love that pic of her.. so damn CUTE! haha)

But hey, don’t be sad about all this “sad” news y’all, it’s almost the WEEKEND (and you can still get some of this grub today too! *wink wink*)  

If you’re still sad, let’s bring in the weekend with this AWESOME+PERFECT bring in the weekend and get PLASTERED (after stuffing your face at SK) song from The Black Keys (and equally awesomely simple music video too… btw, this guy is so so fuckin’ RAD and kinda reminds me of me too.. SERIOUSLY! ^_^)

In other news… one of the other fan favorites, the TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP makes it’s triumphant TASTY return next week! (if you aren’t happy after listening to that song AND this news… I dunno what else to do for you other than DANCE for ya :D)

See you at lunch and/or Din-Dins tonight (try the dineLA menu!!! haha)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

Alrighty TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP fans, we “bought” you ONE more day if you want to come get some today during… WILD CARD WEEK!

(we literally made some more last night because we know lotsa y’all love it!)

Come and get it!

Much love,

TEAM SK

I can’t think of a better way to say “Happy Valentines.. LOVER” than with PORK (more specifically the TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP.. it’s almost a “sure thing”.. I mean, if you’re significant other/lover considers pork an aphrodisiac that is LOL)

And when you come in and order as a couple of lovers (and/or a couple of seemingly platonic friends… for NOW) we’ll give ya a FREE FOUNTAIN DRINK too.  

I was going to give you an ounce of bacon (because bacon says love “LOUDER” than anything else.. right?!?!) but the epiphany came too LATE (thanks FB fans for the idea, especially Katherine!) so that’ll have to wait for another crazy holiday. :)

Until then, come share some love w/ some pork, and if you need to get “in the mood”.. before he was a TV star on NCIS: LA, LL COOL J actually used to be a musician! “Kick it COOL J!” LOL

“Hey loooooover, sweet looooover this is more than a CRUSH!” (I promise! ^_^)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

Doesn’t #NewWaveWeds get you in the mood for some STARRY KITCHEN (ok, maybe not, but for some people it MIGHT… “LONG LIVE NEW WAVE w/ STARRY KITCHEN GRUUUUUUB!” ;D)

And if you don’t mind me suggesting (if you do mind, please skip down to my picture of when we got invited to last year’s Gold Standard event - new picture to be taken SOON!): maybe the TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP (always a fave and ALWAYS FUCkin’ FANTASTIQUE in a banh mi sammie y’all), THE VIETNAMESE MINCED BEEF-TACULAR w/ optional (in this world, mandatory in my personal microcosm of a world :D) FRIED-EGG-LICIOUSNESS and/or whatever soup we gots today (what, we’re moving and I got a little distracted, m’kay?!?!) since this is the last week ^_^

That’s it for today.. hope to see you (at lunch and/or the Gold Standard 2012!)

Xoxo,

TEAM SK

ARGH! Very little time to blog, the rotation is back on, so much to do (being a “responsible” adult sometimes blows LOL) so time to jump into it!

• TAIWANESE FRIED PORK CHOP is back (BAM!)

• you can now add-on ‘a fried-egg’ for $1 mo’ to your order of the VIETNAMESE BEEF-TACULAR now that the exclusive fried-egg dineLA-deliciousness is done (bam BAM!)

• since it is Monday (aka “salad day”) don’t forget we have this DELICIOUSO POACHED CHICKEN VIETNAMESE SALAD (Ka-BLOOOOW = an *explosion* of FLAVOR!)

• …and oh yeah, LAST WEEK for the surprisingly popular (w/ not just Vegetarians or Vegans!) BRAISED COCA-COLA JACKFRUIT (*snappity snap snap*)

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

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