#adventuresinstarrykitchen

In less than 3 weeks (June.. 6TH?!?😭😂😭) I join the elite ranks of Ernest Hemingway, Paulo Coelho and... @justinbieber 😱(you better "belieb" it👍) as an AuthOOOOOOR!! I had the first world privilege of spending the last 2 years pouring as much humor, never ending failure+behind-the-scenes humility and semantic recipe detail (incl recalculating illegal+underground measurements for EVERY recipe, if you want a jump start on your own illicit "place" 🙇🏻 #pleaseinviteme) as I could into this... BOOK!📕 And if you didn't know, it's just as much memoir as it is a cookbook with stories in between+IN every recipe too AND shit just got 💯REAL when I got THESE last week (included a hilarious "Bananas", banana from my loving editor @milesdoyle 🍌😏) I'm fucking proud of it and still can't believe it! Will it be a commercial success+get on that pie-in-the-sky (btw, what flavor pie is it anyway, I'd like to know+have a slice of this pie please 😝) @nytimes best seller list? Will I get a razzie? Am I still scared shitless (answer: YES😣) Does any of this really fucking matter?!? Not really, but we sure as hell ain't gonna stop pushing, would love for y'all to come along for the ride🤘 and keep shooting for the mother fuckin' STAAAAARS💫 (*whoosh!*😆) This book's for all of you that have supported us through the years. This book is for the many that have tolerated me+have some how become fans despite... Me! LOL This book will hopefully serve as inspiration for you guys who want to do more and consider that we were (+still are😉) a simple couple who had no experience, no idea and no other choice in the economic crash than starting an underground restaurant JUST to see where it would take them... And here we are now, #failingupwards together, with all of you.✊ Thanks kids. Let's enjoy the weekend, but really... LIFE!! (and don't ever hesitate to invite us too🙌🙌🙌😁) #ernesthemingway #ernesthemingwayrollinginhisgrave #paolocoelho #paolocoelhocomingafterme #belieberbook4ever #adventuresinstarrykitchen #starrykitchen #skbookhustlin (at Banana Suit Enterprises)

SHIN Starry Kitchen

Ok, I wrote in my reddit post I would release one recipe a week. I lied, and I change my mind right now and I wanna scream at the top of my lungs #FUCKCOVID19 (even though in this pic from the book I’m karaoke’ing in Hanoi, VN😅), and here's our Lemongrass Chicken recipe... which is HELLA good on a bed of Garlic Noodles. (If I can make the time, I'll try to release one recipe from our book [fer FREE] a day, no promises, to help make 4-5 course meal maybe or at least give a lot of options to y'all that don't have the book OR for those that have the book and want the updated recipes) Steal/lurk/up/downvote away! And seriously, if you have any questions, I'll ask you guys to direct them there because Reddit's way easier for anyone that's searching on google to find if they want to... and because your question (and my subsequent HOPEFULLY effective answer) is probably relevant to not just you. ;) Feel free to ask about anything related or unrelated to the recipes too. We want to help anyway we can to help you figure out what you guys can make during this (crappy, but necessary) social quarantine. Karaoke photo cred: @baomnguyen (unceremoniously cropped for IG purposes... 🙋‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️) Lemongrass Chicken on a bed of delicious Garlic Noodles: @kimfoxfoodphoto (ALSO cropped by... well, ummm, 🙋‍♂️😅) #lemongrasschicken #adventuresinstarrykitchen https://www.reddit.com/r/starrykitchen/comments/fjuymb/recipe_lemongrasschicken_pg_13/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf (at Banana Suit Enterprises) https://www.instagram.com/p/B90GNwkhYP5/?igshid=wy6ax7deogce

Ok, I wrote in my reddit post I would release one recipe a week. I lied, and I change my mind right now and I wanna scream at the top of my lungs #FUCKCOVID19 (even though in this pic from the book I’m karaoke’ing in Hanoi, VN😅), and here's our Lemongrass Chicken recipe... which is HELLA good on a bed of Garlic Noodles. (If I can make the time, I'll try to release one recipe from our book [fer FREE] a day, no promises, to help make 4-5 course meal maybe or at least give a lot of options to y'all that don't have the book OR for those that have the book and want the updated recipes) Steal/lurk/up/downvote away! And seriously, if you have any questions, I'll ask you guys to direct them there because Reddit's way easier for anyone that's searching on google to find if they want to... and because your question (and my subsequent HOPEFULLY effective answer) is probably relevant to not just you. ;) Feel free to ask about anything related or unrelated to the recipes too. We want to help anyway we can to help you figure out what you guys can make during this (crappy, but necessary) social quarantine. Karaoke photo cred: @baomnguyen (unceremoniously cropped for IG purposes... 🙋‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️) Lemongrass Chicken on a bed of delicious Garlic Noodles: @kimfoxfoodphoto (ALSO cropped by... well, ummm, 🙋‍♂️😅) #lemongrasschicken #adventuresinstarrykitchen https://www.reddit.com/r/starrykitchen/comments/fjuymb/recipe_lemongrasschicken_pg_13/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf (at Banana Suit Enterprises) https://www.instagram.com/p/B90GNwkhYP5/?igshid=wy6ax7deogce

(Out of my social media slumber😴😴😅...) SO coincidentally, on my birthday, Monday, November 25th, I get to see if the rules of #Timecop apply to watching myself on that-there televisions (because, you know the time tested #JCVD rule of “the same matter cannot occupy the same space,” which means I’ll be fine because it’s only tv, YAY PSUEDO-SCIENCE👍) on #thebestthingieverate on @cookingchannel (9pm ET for all 2 of you that would like to watch🙏) WHERE this time I’m not talking about anyone else’s food this time but instead OUR VERY OWN grub at @buttonmashla. Namely the 4.5 cheese (or do we say 5 cheese, I dunno but it’s tasty I promise🙋‍♂️) Mac n’ Cheese (which, if you really wanna steal the recipe, you can pick one of the 2 #adventuresinstarrykitchen copies left on Amazon... no joke, Amazon actually says that right now😱🤷‍♂️🤣) thanks to our new buds @themonticarlo +her amazing son DAAAAAAANGEEEEEEER (But it’s really spelled “Danger”, and yes that really is his fucking AWESOME name🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️☝️) who swung by and will tell you all about it... while I look pretty... I hope... I also hope they didn’t change the time/date on me because that would make this post far more awkward especially if I decide to get ppl together in Dallas to watch it... in which case I’ll just have to re-enact the entire interview, episode, Danger’s awesome outfit and find some substandard “cool glasses” to act like Monti too... which will be more exhausting than anything BUT I’m always up to the challenge... 🤔🤔🤔 Bye! 😝 PS- I did indeed just lazily reuse my best thing I ever ate appearance post from last year because “why not?!” PPS- 👆photoshop hack job c/o 🙋‍♂️ #yourewelcome 😉😘 (at Button Mash) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ETd7fBo3g/?igshid=1f097357avgv9

Today I come out of social media slumber (aka TRYING to be a present parent/“preschool teacher” as possible, #cillíanthecute pic included👦) because this Thursday, June 27th, a monumentous (for me at least🙋‍♂️) occasion: we are throwing a #SpamilyStyle FREE Spam Fried Rice (while supplies last?!?🤔) PARTAY @ @buttonmashla with @spambrand @yomyomfofficial @stage13network It’s a rare opportunity to get to celebrate working on a new show (aka #FAMILYSTYLE 👏👏👏) that brought together many old friends of ours like @angryasianman @originalspin @anderson_le , prior to our SK days (who were obviously out of viable, better options to interview that they finally landed on me😱🤷‍♂️😅) +make new friends (“Hi” @eurasian_vogue @marie_jamora 👋) to celebrate their amazing new show (that you can binge watch online right now, just google “family style show” 👍) that celebrates the multitude of Asian cultures+drool worthy food with ppl far more famous than me (to be honest, in whatever neighborhood you live in, any dog you’ve met on your street, they’re ALSO more famous than me?!? Lol😅🤷‍♂️). Come out and hang w/ some of the #foodiefam while hopefully sharing your most fond spam memories (all of mine involve cooking spam at home as a “latchkey kid” and gettin’ that crispy sear on a thin slice of savory spam eating it over pillowy white rice🤤)... oh yeah, if you’ve read this far you can ALWAYS steal the recipe in our #adventuresinstarrykitchen book - link in ze bio 👆🙏👆). See ya there #prettyplease 🙇‍♂️🙏🙇‍♂️ Xoxo, Nguyen “Banana Man” Tran Chief Instigating Officer STARRY KIIIIIIIIIIITCHEEEEEEEEN 🍌 (at Button Mash) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzL313Zh-6m/?igshid=111jat024pygp

#malayandmanga (is what I’d like to call this pic at least LOL) SOOOO @lecreuset has asked me to do a tasty+fun sampling/demo (yeah, LE CREUSET asked... ME?!?😱🙇‍♂️🙏) for their #factorytotable sale event (May 2-5th) at Barker Hangar in SaMo. After much debate (like 2 seconds in my head to be exact), I’m gonna demo on May 2nd at the 6.30-9.30p VIP session how to make+serve some super unctuously delish #MalaysianChickenCurry 🤤 (which we lovingly refer to as “Malay” for short) from our #AdventuresinStarryKitchen book (and something we used to serve in so many of our different, previous iterations... I know, it’s all confusing🤷‍♂️🤣). Get a ticket (👉 https://lecreuset.ticketspice.com/fttla 👈)+know a portion of the ticket proceeds will go towards @mealsonwheelsamerica + @afterschoolallstars.🙌 They’ll be selling rare+über puuuuuurdy colors from Europe for the many of you #lecreuset die-hards (🙋‍♂️😅) w/ special discounts and other (way cooler than me🙇‍♂️😭) chef demos like @ladyandlarder @lebongarcon other times as well. Come one. Come all. (Feel free to Come with #manga too 🤓😬💪). Hope to see y’all theres 👋 #FTTLA #sponsored #magicknightrayearth #fullnerd #nerddeep #anime (at The Barker Hangar) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwldCKYBmKB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=i9zmdibof8bi