We went to Heft last night in Cumbria, UK. This was a great menu focused on highlighting seasonal vegetables with a good amount of protein.
Highlights included a dish called Onion, Onion, Onion, Mint which included various preparations of onion and a mint dashi. A lovely palate cleanser after amuse bouches and you almost wish more places did this kind of thing.
A fantastic mistake, glazed in zoy with a brilliant dittander and guanicale. The pork fat on top was excellent and it was a surprisingly meaty dish.
There was a fantastic sea bream dish, smoked to perfection with a mind-blowingly good Amelia tomato sauce and their own kimchi.
Monkfish follows in a traditional English curry style sauce, scorched lightly with mussels cooked in their own liquor and "chip shop scraps".
Venison was served cooked over embers with the most incredible sauce ever. Perhaps the single best cooked bit of meat I have ever eaten.
Desserts were all thoughtfully well executed. A lovely palate cleanser of compotes, brown butter and some type of very light moose followed by a fun dish called "When Daisy met Bramble", a floral ice cream on top of fruit compote, shaved fudge and spices. This was delicious. a third and final dessert arrived of some sort of choux piped with maple, a light nutty cream, hazelnut.
This was a lovely night out and we had absolutely no complaints. I'd fully recommend it anyone in the area!
by Hainault