The behind-the-scenes story of America s most famous underground restaurant featuring more than eighty-eight deceptively simple and unbelievably delicious pan-Asian recipes and dozens of luscious full color photos. In 2008 as the American economy cratered newly unemployed Nguyen Tran and his newly unemployed wife-to-be Thi opened an off-the-grid eatery in their small Los Angeles studio apartment. Word of their fabulous food quickly spread turning their culinary speakeasy Starry Kitchen into an underground sensation--and the #1 Asian fusion restaurant in L.A. on Yelp. Threatened by the city s health inspector Nguyen and Thi transformed Starry Kitchen into an acclaimed and wildly popular pop-up restaurant in a downtown sushi joint. But their success was only beginning. As their clientele exploded thanks to raves in the Los Angeles Times Nguyen and Thi moved to a bigger space of their own in Chinatown where they helped make the neighborhood the epicenter of L.A. s burgeoning food scene. Adventures in Starry Kitchen chronicles Starry Kitchen s DIY evolution-- this beautiful accident gone right --the mayhem mishaps misdemeanors milestones and amazing meals that have contributed to (and nearly derailed) its success. As they tell their story the Trans share more than eighty-eight easy-to-follow pan-Asian recipes--mouthwatering and flavorful comfort cuisine including Claypot Striped Bass Buttermilk Beer Beignets Singaporean Chili Crab Double-Fried Chicken Wings and of course Starry Kitchen s trademark Crispy Tofu Balls. Whether you re cooking for two four or sixty Adventures in Starry Kitchen demonstrates you don t have to be a desperately hip (or even trained) chef to master sensational modern food that will amaze and delight.