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With a couple of very good friends staying with us in Wivenhoe over the Easter weekend, it must mean that it’s time to re-visit the Corner House Cafe for the finest tapas experience in North Essex and beyond.

Hurrah!

Actually you don’t need an excuse to indulge in the delights served up by the good Nigel and Lisa. There has been a bit of a change around however since our last visit - the cafe is now open exclusively in the evenings, with a focus on the restaurant business. There is a slight re-brand as well, with On the Corner the new name for the restaurant.

Welcome to the new boss - same as the old boss. Which is all rather reassuring when you find the smiling Maitre d’ welcoming you with the same genuine warmth that we welcomed our very good friends into our home.

This was my third tapas experience at On the Corner. The temptation still remains to ask for one of everything when presented with the menu. Choices had to be made however, and to suit the recent microclimate around these parts, we went mainly with the cold dishes.

The cured meat was delightfully salty, the artichokes rich in taste and the melted Camembert simply smooth and satisfying- so much so that @AnnaJCowen had the cheek to ask for a doggy bag, having failed to finish off the dozen or so dishes that we ordered with our eyes, and not our stomachs.

A meal for four for just over £60, booze included, has to be a bargain. Plus we were treated to the slightly naughty experience of a post-midnight trip across the road for a lock in at the veg shop to settle the bill with the PIN machine.

There’s talk of another On the Corner experience next month when the parents visit these parts for the first time. Conservative with a small c, and not fans of “that there foreign food,” I have a feeling that On the Corner is going to convert them.

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