![]() The latter, having been cooked sous vide for four hours, was a dish of such tenderness and utter gorgosity (yes, it’s a word) that it would make even Greta Thunberg give up her vegan ways and jump on a private jet straight to Brighton.Įmbers restaurant is perfect for those of you who like the meatier things in life. First out was a couple of rollmops (£10.50) served with pickled whiting, apple compote and dill emulsion, as well as a beef short rib (£12) accompanied by anise glaze and wasabi mayo. The Embers Brighton menu featured fun cocktails and lip-smacking small plates.Ĭocktails were ordered to accompany a spot of early-evening people-watching an El Fuego (£11) made up of rum, pineapple and vanilla arrived for me, with the fiery spirit still alight in a hollowed-out passion fruit, and The Embers Own (£11), marrying cognac, rye and smoke, for the other half.Įmbers was all about small plates (where isn’t these days?) and Arthur, the charmingly helpful GM, told us to choose three each, so we happily obliged. It showcased an exposed kitchen and forestry-meets-factory vibe with chunky wooden tables, sleek industrial surfaces and three large sheets of distressed corrugated iron suspended, gravity-defyingly, from the dark black ceiling. We eschewed a seat at the kitchen counter - where you can watch the head chefs shake their meat (and then cook it, obviously) - and instead took one of the two four-seater tables outside in the chic, Instagrammable alleyway of Meeting House Lane. ![]() ![]() This sexy, dark hangout might just be one of the best restaurants in Brighton.īrighton is often called "Soho by the sea" and Embers certainly captured the look and spirit of that corner of London’s fashionable smokeries. We dropped by to find out if it’s true that ‘where there’s smoke, there’s fire’. When I think of barbecues, I imagine charred bits of chicken, smoky old sausages and grown men standing around with beers in their hands, all trying to outdo each other as to who can get the fire going fastest - or maybe that’s just the ones I used to go to? These days, BBQ has been elevated to a culinary art form thanks to world-renowned restaurants, like Smokestak and Temper in London. Brighton is going after a slice of the action too, with the recent addition of Embers to its dining scene. The brainchild of Dave Marrow (former head of famed vegetarian restaurant Terre à Terre) and Isaac Bartlett-Copeland (chef patron of Isaac At), it’s got the south coast’s carnivores slavering all over it.
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