The Limetree Restaurant

By Steven McCombe

For a restaurant that's only been opened for little under two years, The Limetree Restaurant in Moffat has amassed a surprising amount of awards and good reviews. And the main reason for this is probably that The Limetree puts the emphasis on the eating. The menu is small but the cuisine is massively decorous.  Sometimes restaurants can be guilty of over-complicating dishes but, at The Limetree, dishes are simple but effective at tantalising your taste buds. A light dish of gazpacho or Caesar salad and crisp bacon will set you up nicely for a filling smoked haddock or even a lamb neck fillet for your main course. The smoked haddock comes with a pea risotto with spring onions and parsley while the lamb neck fillet is served with piedmontese pepper, polenta and oregano. And then if you can manage, you could follow up your main course with a beautiful lemon curd shortbread sandwich with raspberry ripple ice-cream that will leave you feeling like a crossbreed between a washed-up whale and a Cheshire cat. The Limetree Restaurant is housed in one of Moffat's oldest buildings but it's been renovated and furnished in a modern style that compliments the food on offer. Matt Seddon works behind the scenes as restaurant chef while wife Artemis runs things out front. Matt said: "Everything is made in-house, from the bread through to the ice creams and sorbets. "I cook what I like to eat; that is bold food, big on taste and flavour without any of the fuss." It seems that Matt is as decisive as the food is good. For more information on The Limetree Restaurant visit their website. www.limetree-restaurant.co.uk