China Kitchen is another Chinese restaurant recommended by my readers to try out. They had an outdoor seating area and since the weather was good thats where I ended up sitting. When I got the menu I found it slightly confusing at first because they have the meats and sauces separate. So instead of having a chicken section with all the chicken dishes under it, they have a “Meats” section where you choose for example either chicken, beef, crab, prawns etc.. and then they have a “Sauces” section where you can choose the sauce you want like sweet & sour chicken, Mongolian, Schezwan, Manchurian etc.. I personally prefer it the old fashioned way.
We ended up ordering the following:
Chicken Spring Rolls KD1.000
Wanton Soup KD1.000
Crab Corn Soup KD1.000
Shrimp on Toast KD3.000
Shrimp Dumplings KD3.000
Vegetable Fried Rice KD1.250
Sweet & Sour Chicken KD2.250
Kindo Chicken KD2.250
Beef with Mushroom & Bamboo Shoots KD2.750
My friend had the Wanton Soup and liked it, I had the Crab Corn Soup and didn’t think much of it but that’s because I compare all Crab Soups to the one I have at Caesars and no one seems to do it better than them. The Spring Rolls were boring but the Shrimp on Toast was pretty good especially since they give you three different sauces for it. The Shrimp Dumplings were ok as well but what really stood out for me were the main courses. Both the Sweet & Sour Chicken and the Kindo Chicken were probably the best I’ve had. They were full of flavor and really really delicious. The Beef with Mushroom & Bamboo Shoots I didn’t like at all but I didn’t really care since I was more than satisfied with the two chicken dishes.
The service was good and friendly and I really liked the fact they had outdoor seating. I do think their shrimp dishes were a bit on the pricey side but everything else was priced reasonably. I’d definitely go back there again just for the Sweet & Sour and Kindo Chicken.
China Kitchen is located in Salmiya and their phone number is 25738756. Here is their location on [Google Maps]
10 replies on “Review: China Kitchen”
Just ate from there yesterday. Had the Chicken with dried chili and cashew nuts and I quite enjoyed the flavors. The plain noodles were very tasty with some soy sauce as well Reminded me of Chinese take out in the states and the prices aren’t too shabby.
It’s also close to AUK (my uni) so whenever I’m craving Chinese I’ll stop by there.
I also love the Free Papad they give with the Chilli-Vinegar and the Red Chilli Sauce!
Great ambience…wonderful service…
Gojng there this weekend…
Cheers…
Chinese restaurants need to serve Orange Chicken, best dish ever
I heard they have some kind of fried banana dessert which is really good. I wanna try it out sometime.
it’s SO good! YUM.
Try Chicken with black pepper sauce 🙂
quit making me hungry
Hey Mark
Did you know that the chef @ China kitchen was roped from the erstwhile Peacock restaurant ( Radisson SAS)?
No idea, wok master chef supposedly was from Peacock as well.
Dear Mark,
Thank you for your review. We will take your comments into account.
We are glad you enjoyed our chicken courses. Beef with mushroom and bamboo shoot is not a common order. Our best beef sellers are beef black pepper, beef black bean and beef mongolian if you are into spicy
We also recommend you try out our vegetable dumplings- a new item on our menu.
Hope to see you again!
China Kitchen