Cantonese style cuisine? New restaurant? AND it's on the Southwest side of town?! We have got to try this!
Two of my friends had already tried Rainbow Kitchen and one of them told me that it was pretty decent. Therefore, grabbed them and my boyfriend and we tried it one night.
We ended up getting four different dishes: Cantonese styled garlic chili crab, ong choy cooked with preserved bean curd, sweet and sour pork chops, and half a soy sauce chicken.
The Cantonese styled garlic chili crab is my favorite style of crab from a restaurant. It's essentially a crab that's lightly battered and fried with a mixture of garlic and chili. It's delicious and you can definitely just get that garlic/chili and mix it with rice. I must say that Rainbow Kitchen does a great job making this dish. It was delicious and aromatic. The only problem with it though is the crab. The crab itself didn't have a whole lot of meat and the meat was a little on the mushy side. What does that mean? it wasn't fresh. So the crab was probably half dead when they took it from the tank. The crabs here are also sold $40 per versus by the pound, which is a good and bad thing. Good cause if the crabs are big. Bad if the crabs are small.
Ong choy with preserved bean curd is awesome. One of my favorite veggie dishes. Rainbow Kitchen does it well and gives you a very good sized portion.
Sweet and sour pork is pretty normal. Nothing bad about it but nothing spectacular. It's usually one of those dishes that kids love to eat so it's become a customary dish that gets ordered no matter what. And in this case, this dish is for my boyfriend. Cantonese styled dishes aren't his thing :P
The soy sauce chicken wasn't that great. The flavor was good, like with most of their dishes. The chicken itself? No. It was rough and tough. I ate one piece and I couldn't bring myself to eat more because of how tough the meat was. The soy sauce is great to mix rice with though!
Aside from that, rice is included with your dinner. I don't believe there is a charge for rice like some Chinese places. There is also soup included with your meal. They typically serve it in the beginning. If you want more soup, be sure to let them know. They don't ask you if you want more .. they just take the bowl away :( Dessert is also included. Its typically what we call "sugar water" .. or you can just call it soup. They gave us red bean soup at the end of our meal and it was a bit watery. I personally don't like red bean soup so I pawned mine off to my friend.
Overall. Decent. Hit and miss on the crab. Prices were average for a Chinese place. Service was so-so. Wish they would refill the rice without having to ask. My friends were starving so I don't think they got to eat enough rice. Not really sure if I would want to return because KJ may be a tad better.