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Old
Gaol Transformed Into Top Restaurant |
AFTER two
years of red tape a former Northamptonshire jail has been transformed
into an upmarket Indian restaurant, aiming to compete with the best
Indian restaurants in the country.
Before gaining
its new identity the 18th century building in Daventry played a part
in the town's history as former gaol cells and, more recently, the
local museum.
The Moot Hall
Indian restaurant and bar opened in the historic grade two listed
building last week after two years of paperwork and renovations to
carry out its transformation.
Co-owner Mohim
Uddin has taken on a 25-year lease for the building from Daventry
District Council and has decorated the interior, investing more than
£10,000 alone importing chandelier lighting from India.
Restaurant
bosses have promised that as well as the standard chicken tikka
masalas, the venue will offer other less common authentic Indian
foods such as spicy lambshank, tandoori quails, monkfish and even crab.
Mohim Uddin
said he had hired Indian chef Amwar Hussain who had experience of
working in London's Veeraswamy - the oldest surviving Indian
restaurant in the UK - to whip up some of the country's best and
least known dishes.
Bangladesh-born
Mr Uddin, who previously managed a restaurant in Milton Keynes,
said: "People have been surprised to see all these different
things on the menu.
"People
tend to see Indian restaurants as just chicken or birianis but there
are so many things to taste." |
