A renowned food critic and MasterChef judge has given one of Cardiff’s most popular restaurants a glowing review and even suggested that its chef should be given the keys to the city because of “the greatest mouthful of lamb I have ever tasted”.
William Sitwell, who regularly appears on MasterChef alongside John Torode and Greg Wallace, is a respected foodie writer for the Telegraph and this week made an appearance at Heaneys restaurant in the Pontcanna area of Cardiff. To get the latest What's On newsletters from WalesOnline, click here.
Before mentioning the food itself, Sitwell is glowing about the surroundings on offer in the leafy suburb a short distance from the city centre, describing it as “a sort of Fulham of Cardiff”. Writing in the Telegraph, Sitwell said of Pontcanna: “There is culture oozing from the arts centre; there are gastropubs and restaurants, independent coffee shops and stores, and it feels a safe place to stretch your legs. But it has a thing few other villagey city neighbourhoods do: a heavily tattooed, diminutive Northern Irisham who, at least twice a day, performs miracles in his kitchen”.
