Restaurant Review
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knowledge adds flavour to this dining experience
When this month’s restaurant review came around I was almost spoilt for choice after the recent Weetabix Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards. Having missed the awards evening, I was really interested to fi nd out more about the winners and one venue stood out for me. After winning a gold award for both Booker
Young Chef of the Year and Dining Venue of the Year, it was a simple choice to visit Restaurant Ember in Wellingborough. Now most foodies would have heard of James Peck and sampled his wonderful food throughout Northamptonshire. Sadly I was not one of these, so I was massively excited to fi nally sample some amazing food from James and his team. Let’s start with the booking process, as simple
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Scan the QR code to view the video of our visit to Restaurant Ember.
as could be. On the website you are taken through to book your table for the desired time and date and then pay a small deposit. At fi rst, I was hesitant about this but when I visited I totally understood why. We booked a table for 5.30pm on a Friday evening as the babysitter could not stay all night! Please bear in mind that I booked two weeks in advance, and I had a choice of 5.30pm or 9.30pm, which shows how popular the restaurant is. Restaurant Ember is conveniently located in Nene Court,
Wellingborough, which off ers a local shopping experience with unique and independent shops and businesses. T e restaurant itself was lit up and looked amazing and we were able to park right outside the front doors with no charge (always a bonus). On entry we were greeted by one of the team and were shown to
our table. As soon as the front doors opened we were greeted with an amazing wood fi red smell which defi nitely set the tone for the evening. T e food and drinks menus arrived and I was happy straight away as they had Italian lager, while my wife was happy as she had a decent cocktail selection to pick from (which she proceeded to work her way through). What I was immediately impressed with was the staff and the owner were engaging with diners at their tables and making recommendations. James came over to our table and introduced himself and we
immediately asked what was best to start with as neither of us could choose. James recommended the corn bread alongside the lamb and pork tacos, I simply could not ignore the king scallops either. Every plate was delicious. Having never had corn bread before I
was surprised at how tasty these were, but the outright winner was the scallops. Cooked over embers with a wood-fi red pepper dressing, they were amazing. T e thing I loved the most was the samphire, I could have eaten a bowl of it by itself. Bring on the meat for mains! I couldn’t decide on the whole onglet steak or the 8oz fl at iron steak, but I felt confi dent enough to ask James
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