Yesterday saw the opening of Hedi’s Kitchen in Workington. It has opened where the old Bounty used to be opposite The Carnegie.
To be honest I hadn’t heard much about the place, but in for a penny etc.
On entering the restaurant – in the former Eden on Finkle Street – I was surprised at how cosy it is for such a big space.
There’s a hot running buffet that consisted of fries, curly fries, chicken nuggets, mozzarella fries and other food to serve either as an accompaniment or to suit kids really, but it was all hot and was being replenished regularly.
After selecting a glass of house red – large – the first food appeared straight out of the kitchen. Would I like some chicken pizza? yes please, and very nice it was too.
This continued for the duration of my meal, vegetarian pizza, hot shot, garlic sausage and meat feast slices all came and went.
Before I continue – this pizza was fantastic, very thin crust, crispy, with a good amount of topping but not enough to make it go soggy and it was very obviously fresh out of the oven.
Also being delivered was fresh pasta, a small bowl but with everything else there was plenty to eat, a bowl of vegetable linguine was very nice, tasty, well cooked and not drowning in sauce this was followed a bit later by some spaghetti carbonara, lovely.
Each pasta dish had an accompanying waiter with a bowl of fresh Parmesan to sprinkle over the pasta. Really, can you ever have too much?
Two large glasses of red, four slices of pizza a handful of curly fries and two bowls of pasta was more than enough food for me….I don’t think that the last slice of pizza was a wise decision but the charming staff encouraged me to have a little more, that is my excuse for overeating and I am sticking to it….
After a nice relaxing meal with lots of different food to try my bill was under £20, due to an introductory offer on for a few nights as they get into the swing of things.
I can honestly say that I will be back.
Hedi’s Kitchen is run by Reza Ershadi Yazdi, 46, who also has the town’s Sadie’s takeway and Hedih Pirnazar, of Birmingham, who is also a SEN teaching assistant.
Hedih said: “We thought the town needed something to help bring more life back into it, as there’s not many restaurants for people to enjoy a date night or a trip out with family or children.
“We decided to do Italian cuisine because it’s so popular, but in a new way, by serving food with waiters and waitresses offering it to tables fresh as it comes out the oven.
“It was really exciting to be open and have so many customers be so supportive on our first day – which is always a stressful time.
“People were saying it was the best food and environment to be in and that’s exactly what we wanted to hear.
“Our staff were working so hard, and we had people saying telling us they couldn’t wait to come back.”
MARK REGAN
