This kitchen set mimics the more expensive "sliced" fruit and vegetable sets that little hands love. There is also a good collection of kitchen utensils! My grandson loves to dress up and cook amazing soups, make amazing salads and ask grandma to do the dishes. :) I'm very happy with the quality of the dishes as I was suspicious and thought it might be cheap flimsy plastic and metal, but it's durable and still in perfect condition after many wrong dishes created by my great chef.