Brittnie O.
Yelp
Tried Kitchen Master for the first time since it opened and heard some mixed reviews but still wanted to try it out for myself. Went with a party of 6 and our total was about $340 including 20% tip.
We started off with a few different drinks: the soufflé espresso martini, strawberry cream margarita and the yuzu sake mojito.
-Soufflé espresso martini was really good, subtle and not too sweet, tasted similar to a creamy light frappuccino. Would order it again. 4/5
-Strawberry Cream Margarita - personally I didn't try this but I heard it was good and definitely had a creamy taste to it.
-Yuzu Sake Mojito - would not recommend. I love yuzu so I order anything that has yuzu in it but this drink didn't state like a mojito at all. It was more light on the yuzu enough for you to know there's yuzu in it but it was mainly club soda. 1/5
Appetizer wise the Yuzu Truffle Fries were amazing!! It had the perfect balance of citrus and savory and the fries itself were nicely crispy. They were not soggy at all from the citrus. Was definitely a good first dish.
Main course:
We ordered their famous Berkshire Pork dumplings and the Pork and Crab dumpling and honestly I couldn't tell much of a difference between the 2. It was good, but I didn't think there was anything special to them. 3.5/5
The General Chicken looked better in the pictures than what it really tasted but I would say it was still pretty decent. Kinda like Panda Express better. It did have a very slight kick to it as you kept eating it. 3/5
The Garlic String Beans were good, but the bean itself was a but over cooked so didn't get to that nice crunch. The dish itself was well flavored with minced meat. Good with rice (which was included). 4/5
The Truffle Chu Toro is one I highly recommend. The flavor profile was definitely there and the toro itself was melt in your mouth worthy. No description needed. 5/5!
The Chimichurri Lambchop was a highly recommended dish but for all of us, it was more on the salter side, that it was hard to finish a whole lamb chop per person even with a bit of rice. The sear was perfect tho. The Brussel Sprouts were amazing. 5/5 for the Brussels, 3.7/5 for the lamb chop
The Bora Bora roll was amazing. It was one of those dishes that you can't remember much about but you knew it was good when you had it.
We ordered the Chili wonton noodles and the Szechuan Pork wontons, and honestly they both tasted very similar in sauce and flavor, that if I was to get it again, I would just order the chili wonton noodles instead. Noodles were cooked perfectly to my liking. Noodle 4/5, Szechuan pork wontons 3/5 (only for them being so similar.
For dessert, we did order the Chocolate XLB I would give it a 2.5/5. The chocolate filling was a semi sweet chocolate which I think was a good sweetness level, but with the XLB skin, the two have very different taste that it didn't go well. Not sure what it was but the chocolate XLB at DTF was better.
Overall, the food was decent, but the portions were a bit small and slightly expensive. Service was quick and server was friendly. Personally I wouldn't really go back on my own unless someone recommended it and wanted to go as a group. Worth trying at least once.