When we replaced the dichroic downlights in our kitchen, eating area and back porch (also front porch and fence lights) with LEDs we took a sample light with a plug into the bathroom of the lighting shop so we could see how they looked in a real life situation.
The angle of some of them was distracting, though the dichroic lights certainly had a distinct direction downwards. We didn't really like the level of light from the ones with a definite direction, so chose instead to buy sealed units which spread the light. So we went from lights that you needed to be pretty much underneath the "spread" to see really well, to having general lighting in the whole room.
Our kitchen is about 3m x 5m and we have two lights over the bench, one over the toaster/kettle/coffee machine bench (these three line up equally spaced in the middle of the room) and one near the wall over the sink.
We also have two lights spaced equally over our everyday kitchen eating area, which is plenty. That area is about 3m x 4m.
The LED lights we first looked at would have not been bright enough, but the sealed units we got with the diffuser is more than enough.
It took a while to get used to. I did really love the light from the dichroics. The new ones gave off so much more light we had dimmers fitted. They flickered so much, we had the dimmers removed. I'm quite used to it now, but it was a bit of a change, having so much "general" light instead of the "spotlight" type we had had.
That is no help to you as I have no idea about lumens or wattages but I'm just thinking that in a 4m x 4.4m room you will feel like you under interrogation with 9 lights
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In contrast, the LED lights we have on our front porch and on the gate are quite different, no diffuser. You can clearly see the little dots of light and they are not strong enough to light up the path, and upstairs on the verandah you couldn't read by them, but they do the job required, ie. enough light for the front door and general ambience to sit on the verandah (as long as you don't want to read there at night - we have a standard lamp for that if needed).
