Skew You

As a rule I refuse to try new restaurants on their opening day, or even during their first few weeks of operation. There can be a steep learning curve for any new restaurant staff, and this can often result in your receiving the wrong order or an under/overcooked meal. I once made the mistake of going to the Red Rock Canyon grill too soon and got a chicken pot pie that was essentially a block of ice encased in a pastry shell. For whatever reason, I decided to throw caution to the wind tonight and try Skew Works, which just celebrated its grand opening earlier in the day.

Skew Works' menu is pretty straightforward - you can choose from beef, chicken, lamb, shrimp or veggie skewers. If you order a combo your skewers come with vegetables and your choice of rice or noodles. Most items come with peanut sauce on the side.

Here's a scan of their menu:

I generally avoid restaurant reviews, as too large a portion of my diet consists of frozen pizza and Chipotle for me to consider myself qualified to judge food. However, I will say the food we had was pretty tasty. My only complaint was that the chicken wasn't quite as hot as I'd like, though I'll chalk that up to the restaurant's newness and presume food temperature won't generally be a problem.

Here's the chicken skewer combo I ordered...

 

...and my wife's  shrimp skewers, along with a couple of potato curry puffs à la carte.

One nice thing was that the staff was extremely friendly. Hopefully that enthusiasm doesn't wear down too much over time.

An amusing thing that occurred while I was there: The staff dimmed the lights just after Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" came over the loudspeakers. I'm not sure what type of sexytime atmosphere they're going for at Skew Works...