Hewat's Restaurant (Newington)

• A good local restaurant is a place that caters to the people in the local neighbourhood
• Is a quirky area with a lot of students as well as families and couples of all ages
• The ceiling sparkles with chandeliers and rustic metal candle holders light each table
• So he had beetroot carpaccio with goats cheese
• On the table was also a bowl of warm kalamata olives
• They were an absolute revelation and went particularly well with the beetroot and goats cheese
• The thin slivers of venison were served on thin slices of mandarins and accompanied by crispy parnips
• In one corner were a couple who probably go every week &ndash
• To our left was a table of six women catching up after choir practice
• Further in were a couple of couples out of a leisurely bite
• January and November are not the restaurant trade&rsquo
• It was nice to see that there were people coming out
• I had the roast loin of boar with mustard mash and braised cabbage
• The boar was really moist and the mash was delightfully soothing
• Mash and cabbage makes me want to curl up in front of a fire and here was a wonderful serving of warming and tangy comfort
• Had a brie tart with grilled vegetables
• S do a lot of different special offers so it is worth keeping an eye out
• In January they were running free corkage on BYOB as well as a dinner for a tenner deal
• Finished his meal with a coffee and petit fours &ndash
• Chocolate torte with kirsch soaked cherries
• Not only was it enormous and very pretty with its bright white H on the plate
• With good chocolate flavour it was neither too sweet nor too bitter
• The cherries were tangy and pretty too
• S a really nice neighbourhood restaurant with good food and good prices

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