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This weekend at the Canteen

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Another busy week at the Canteen and that means there is lots going on this weekend for you guys…

  1. Join SW London’s busiest and best brunch – we’ve added a couple of great new dishes including kedgeree – we’re open from 9am on both Sat & Sun.
  2. Grab a free beer with your dinner as part of our beer matching menu.
  3. We’ve sold out our Masterchef dinner but we’re doing a special dinner on the 23rd January with local brewery Sambrook’s, click here for details and to book.
  4. Read the 5 star review of our All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg and then come and eat it.
  5. Put a date in the diary to join us for Burns Night (25th Jan), we’ll be doing a special: Whisky braised Orkney featherblade, haggis rosti, roast neeps and artichoke puree with a bottle of Red MacGregor for £18.5
  6. Join us for what we hope is the best Sunday roast in the area (based on initial feedback) – we serve beef, chicken, pork and veggie from 2pm.
  7. By the way, if you’re planning a big party then you may be interested in our Pig Out menu.

Pig Out

This weekend at the Canteen

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Well it’s a been a weird and windy week but now it’s the weekend! We’re here to make it a winning one, come and join us and…

  1. Claim a free beer as part of our Beer Matching and British Winter Dinner Menu.
  2. Come and check out the Kedgeree we’re adding to SW London’s busiest and best brunch.
  3. Book a ticket for dinner with Masterchef winner Mat Follas.
  4. Come and try our All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg – it’s a winner.
  5. Join us for a Sunday Roast, we start serving from 2pm.
  6. Just pop in for a lovely coffee or a cuppa of tea (we’ve got a big selection) and perhaps a slice of Carrot Cake.
  7. Make a date to join us for lunch and try our new 2 courses for £10 lunch menu.
  8. Book a table.

All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg

Free Beer at Ben’s Canteen

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We recently launched a beer matching menu to go with our British Winter Dinner Menu and we’re so keen for you to come and try it out that we’re giving away free beer until the 25th Jan.

Our selection of beers,

  • Meantime London Lager
  • Kernel IPA
  • Kernel Pale Ale
  • Sambrook’s Wandle
  • Sambrook’s Junction Ale
  • Dark Star Imperial Stout
  • Samuel Smith Organic Lager
  • Red MacGregor
are matched to a dish on our winter menu and you can have a free one when you come in for dinner.

How to claim

  1. Print off this page.
  2. Hand it to a member of staff when you sit down for dinner.
  3. Choose a main course and get the matching beer free.
Terms & Conditions
  • One free beer per main dish ordered from our dinner menu.
  • The free beer must be the one matched to the dish.
  • This voucher cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
  • Must be used before the 26th January.

So start thinking about whether you’re going to have the rib-eye steak with Darkstar Imperial Stout or say Venison Pie with a bottle of Kernel Pale Ale and then click here to book a table.

Beer matching at Ben's Canteen

Beer matching at Ben's Canteen

Christmas Eve at Ben’s Canteen

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Ah Christmas Eve, we love it, there is a ‘end of term’ feeling, you’ve finished work and good times lie ahead (and the fact that your family are likely to drive you mad at some stage just adds to the end of school feeling).

Crimbo Eve is also an awesome time to catch up with mates and with that in mind we’re doing brunch, dinner and lots of drinks, including our Winter Pimms Punch.

Christmas Eve at Ben's Canteen

Brunch will be kicking off at 9am, so come in for a Big Ben (our mighty Full English), Eggs Benedict, our awesome BC Burger, that’s topped with homemade corned beef to make it extra British, and plenty more including Bloody Marys and, as it’s Christmas Eve, some fizz.

We’ll be serving our new winter menu with our recently launched beer matching options from 6pm until 8pm. The bar will be open all night and after 8pm we’ll have nibbles (such as pork pies) and a lovely winter Oxtail stew.

Plus @jimmyrhodes83 will be hosting, so you’re in for some serious Christmas cheer – he is definitely Captain Christmas in the Canteen.

Beer Matching at Ben’s Canteen

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At the Canteen we’re always looking for tasty new products and then we got to thinking about how cool it would be to match beers to our new winter menu… thus giving us a great excuse to bring in a whole range of great new beers!

New Beers at Ben's Canteen

Here’s our beer matching list – we’d love to get your feedback and have your suggestions on other beers we could be using (we’ll be changing our list from time to time so we’ll deffo consider your recommendations).

Small Plates

British Meat Plate – Junction Ale

Deep Fried Pigs Cheeks with Homemade Salad Cream – Meantime London Lager

Beef Brisket Slider with Bone Marrow Mayo – Red MacGregor

Cod Cheeks with Parsley Pesto – Sam Smith Organic Lager

Potted Ham with Homemade Piccalilli & Toast – Sambrook’s Wandle

Mains

Gloucester Old Spot Pork Chop – Kernel Pale Ale

Rib-eye Steak – Darkstar Imperial Stout

Mussels – Meantime London Lager

Beef and Junction Ale Stew – Red MacGregor

Pan Fried and Poached Chicken with Rarebit Mash – Sambrook’s Wandle

Oxtail and Horseradish Pearl Barley Risotto – Kernel IPA

BC Burger – Sambrook’s Junction Ale

Beetroot and Butternut Squash Pearl Barley Risotto – Darkstar Imperial Stout

Sea Bream – Sam Smith Organic Lager

Desserts

Trifle – Red MacGregor

Poached Pear – Kernel Pale Ale

Plum Tart – Darkstar Imperial Stout


Our Winter Menu

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Well nobody can deny that it’s getting really rather cold now. With this in mind, and with the arrival of our new head chef @corkgourmetguy, it is time to start rolling out our Winter Menu.

Snow at CJ

We’re very excited about it as it takes us to our original intention of delivering a very British menu. As the cold continues to bite we’ll be adding some new dishes and changing things around based on your feedback (best to let us know via twitter, @benscanteen but feel free to drop a comment onto this blog post or on Facebook) but for now you can enjoy Braised Ox Cheek Slider with Bone Marrow Mayo, Deep Fried Pigs Cheeks with Homemade Salad Cream, Cod Cheeks with Parsley Pesto, Potted Ham with Homemade Piccalilli, a wonderful British Meat Plate, Venison and Ale Pie, Oxtail and Horseradish Pearl Barley Risotto and lots more (see below).

Shortly, we’ll be rolling out a beer matching list too, working with London based brewers – it’s going to be great.

Small Plates

British Meat Plate: £14

Deep Fried Pigs Cheeks with Homemade Salad Cream: £5

Braised Ox Cheek Slider: £3.5

Cod Cheeks with Parsley Pesto: £4

Potted Ham with Homemade Piccalilli and Toast: £6

Mains

Pork Fillet on Fennel and Mustard Mash: £15

Venison and Ale Pie with Root Vegetables & Braised Red Cabbage: £14

Rib-eye Steak 80z: £18

Mussels in Cider Butter Sauce: £12.5

Beef and Junction Ale Stew with Horseradish Dumplings: £11

Pan Fried and Poached Chicken Breast served on Rarebit Mash with Chestnut Mushrooms and Chicken Butter Sauce: £14

Oxtail and Horseradish Pearl Barley Risotto: £13

BC Burger – Homemade Black Angus Mince Patty. Topped with Corned Beef & Smoked Cheddar with Ben’s Burger Sauce and Chips: £12.5

Sea Bream with Sauteed Potatoes and Caper Butter Sauce: £13

Sides – £3

Rosemary and Chilli Butternut Squash, Root Vegetable Gratin, Market Greens, Hand Cut Chips, Mash