En Route to Glasgow, having stayed over with various friends in London over the last week (to whom we are very grateful!), we broke the 400 mile journey at Kendal.
We pitched up at a nice hotel on Highgate (The Highgate hotel, in fact). After having a pint of beer in the rather, er, ‘locally’ Shakespeare pub, we ventured out to discover the restaurants in the town. Whilst it’s not a huge town, the centre seems to be dominated more by the usual selection of high-street shops than restaurants.
We were pleased then to find outselves outside the The New Moon Restaurant at 129 Highgate. On entering, the faint whiff of fresh paint belied either a recent refurbishment or an altogether new restaurant. Clearly the later based on the overheard conversation between the waitress and manageress, but not a bit worse for it.
We had a drink whilst inspecting the menu, placed our order, and were taken upstairs to the nicely decorated eating area. The food was delightful and well presented. Chicken liver pate on pepper to start for myself, then lamb with rosemary mash. Frances had the swordfish wrapped in parma ham, and we shared the perfectly cooked veg. Neither of us had a bad word to say about the food at all. Service was excellent, if a little slow no doubt due to the long distance between kitchen and eating area. But the experience was entirely positive: I hate overbearing waiting, and we were able to enjoy our time there with well timed food and service.
It was starting to get very busy when we left. No doubt many locals amongst the customers, curious at the new addition. We visited last night (14th July), only it’s second day. And it’s got it’s work cut out trying to improve: It was pretty slick, and the food was faultless in presentation, taste and range. The New Moon Restaurant is easily one of the best restaurants I’ve eaten in in this country for a while.
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