Kit N Kitchen

This weekend, we tried Kit N Kitchen, a small restaurant located near UH. There was an ad in the newspaper promoting their $20 four course meal. It sounded promising, so we decided to check it out.

Ambiance:
Looked as if they were trying very hard to look artsy, but ended up going a bit overboard. Otherwise, not too bad. (It seems that they buy their dishes from Walmart: our friend has the same water cups at his house).

Service:
The servers were very friendly, but friendliness doesn't serve you water. Just kidding...mostly. The service was haphazard at best. One of the waiters was new, so it was forgivable. We ended up spending two hours in the restaurant.

Food:
We started off with soup or salad:

• Milano Tomato Soup: a pretty standard tomato soup. Looked like it was made from fresh veggies. Also appreciated that they didn't try to go too fancy.
  
• Salad: A small salad with a ginger dressing. Came with daikon, corn, carrots and cucumber. The daikon added an interesting zing.

Next up, the appetizers:

• Escargot Wellington: basically, snails in puff pastry. Wasn't as buttery as other escargot, a welcome surprise. Other than that, pretty standard.
• Beef Chimichurri: thin slices of beef covered in LOTS of garlic. Very tender, cooked on the rare side.
• Garlic Basil Shrimp: standard, yet again. Two pieces of shrimp with a bit of pesto on it.

Entrees:

• Pepper Rack of Lamb: two very small pieces of lamb. To call it a rack would be a bit of an understatement. Came with a mound of rice and a disproportionate amount of sauce to meat. Sauce was overpowering to the lamb. Just ok. Tasted more like beef than lamb, and as if it were something made by a cafeteria. On the plus side, the cab sav made it wash down a bit easier.
  
• Pan-fried Basil Salmon: Alright. The salmon wasn't overdone, though it was on the drier side. Got this dish with noodles. Like the lamb, found the noodles to be a bit heavy on the sauce. Very rich. In addition, the side of mushrooms were a lot saltier than the rest of the dish. Chardonnay was alright.

Dessert:
Let's get this straight. We don't usually like to order dessert with our meals. But we ordered anyway since it was part of the deal.

• Sundae: a small scoop of ice cream with whipped cream and chocolate syrup.
• Chocolate cake: tasted like a Costco cake.

Value:
A good promotion and for $20, lived up to expectations. A little on the generic side, but if we were going for something higher quality, we'd have to pay a lot more.

Overall:
Offering upper-end foods for a reasonable price. Caters well to the college crowd.