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The 2012 Weekend

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Here at the Canteen we’re getting rather excited about the bank holiday weekend. We’re doing brunch, roasts, drinks and dinner as we aim to help you party, meet with friends, entertain/escape the family and generally enjoy the end of the festive period.

2012

During the day on New Year’s Eve we’ll be getting you warmed up and raring to go for the evening’s celebrations with brunch from 9am until 4pm. Then we’ll be celebrating New Year’s Eve with a very special dinner for those who have booked in for it, for those just dropping in to line their stomachs before going out on a biggie we’ll be doing a slightly reduced dinner menu… the bar of course will be open all day and night.

On New Year’s Day we’re here to help you get 2012 started in style with the busiest and best brunch in South West London (if not beyond), we’re expecting to be serving up plenty of Bloody Mary’s and Bubbles as well as some kickstart coffee. Then from 2pm it’s the 2nd weekend of our Sunday Roasts, like our brunch we want them to be amazing and the first weekend we rolled them out we smashed it so we’re expecting big things again (we’re all very serious about our Sunday Roasts at the Canteen).

And then it’s Monday and it’s a Bank Holiday… which means we’re doing another full blown brunch service, good times!

Eat, Drink and Be Very Merry!

Weekend To Do List

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Yay, it’s the weekend!

Here’s our Canteen to do list.

  1. Come to the turning on of the St John’s Hill Christmas Lights
  2. Go and visit Dovetail BBQ on Northcote Road.
  3. Follow our new Head Chef on Twitter and countdown to his new menu (launches next week and it’s going to be amazing)
  4. Read the Meat Winning review of our Burger from Burger Me.
  5. Read our 5 star review from View London.
  6. Before you go big this Saturday night, go small – £5 for a drink and a small plate.
  7. Try out our new brunch menu – we’d love to get your feedback on our homemade boston beans.
  8. Book a table via Top Table.
  9. Have a good time!

Actors, Artists, Fashionistas, Musicians and Hospitality Mondays

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We’ve just opened up our Industry Monday Nights to now include Musicians…

We know that if you’re an actor, an artist or work in hospitality, music or fashion that you often end up sacrificing your weekends.

With this in mind we’re gonna make Monday nights at the Canteen your Friday night and to get things started we’re selling London Lager at £2.50 a pint and Cocktails at £4 a pop – good times.

London Lager

So come and hang out with like minded people on Monday nights in the Canteen; share ideas and discuss projects and of course bitch and moan about everyone in your industry!

Note, the reduced drinks price offer only applies to actors, artists, musicians and those who work in hospitality or fashion. If that’s you then please tell the staff before you order your drinks.

Book for good times

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As we are now taking bookings via Top Table we thought it would be a good time to reflect on our offering.

Ben's CanteenDuring the day, Monday to Friday, we’re a cafe which opens up from 8am and frankly we believe we’re the best in Battersea, and beyond. We serve amazing Square Mile coffee and Teapigs tea alongside breakfast, lunch and tea with loads of fresh salads, sandwiches and bites to eat in or takeaway. At the weekends, we serve brunch and we do all manner of tasty things, including homemade Boston Baked Beans with a mighty Full English, Eggs Benedict/Royale/Florentine, Corned Beef Hash and a cracking Bacon and Sausage Bap.

Sexy Buns

In the evening things really crank up another level as our bar and restaurant swings into action. We serve a small but well appointed selection of wines, our Malbec, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio are hugely popular, we’ve got a really cool range of beers which include Meantime’s London Lager on tap and others winners such as locally brewed Junction Ale and beers with attitude (as Jamie Oliver would say) such as 5am Saint and Punk IPA from Brewdog. We’ve also got fizz and cocktails to get your evening off to a great start.

Cocktails

As well as bar snacks that include Mrs King’s Pork Pies, we serve Small Plates (basically modern tapas), our Raclette from Hamish Johnston is a plate of indulgence and then we have a seasonal menu. At the moment you can tuck into Mussels with Bacon and Luscombe Cider, Pork Belly with Autumn Squash, Beef and Junction Ale Stew with Horseradish Dumplings, Sea Bass, Chilli Crab Linguine and Beetroot and Squash Risotto. We also have our Canteen Classics, the BC Burger with smoked Montgomery Cheddar, Wild Boar and Apple Bangers and Mash, a Super Food Salad and an ever popular Sirloin Steak.

Beef and Junction Ale Stew

At the Canteen we chiefly try to do two things, one is to make sure the prices are reasonable, the other is to make sure the food is tasty – we try and achieve this by using Hero Suppliers. It’s an evolving list but at the moment we’re getting treats from The Dessert Deli, awesome pies from @MyPie1, bread from The Flour Station, meat from Dove on Northcote Road, cheese from Hamish Johnston, who are also on Northcote Road, the best ice cream we’ve ever tasted from Gelupo and lots of other amazing suppliers and producers.

Hero Suppliers

We also want to be a little bit different and add a bit to the local community, so we offer things like a Free Book Exchange, we have free Wifi and free nappies and wet wipes and we give out dog bowls of water. We also do lots of offers, for example you can get a cheap babysitter via our friends Like Minders or you can get a 10% discount if you cycle to the Canteen. Also, before you go big on Saturday, go small with us: £5 for a pint/glass of vino and a slider/flatbread with dips.

We’re still new and we’re still learning and improving, don’t be afraid to give us feedback, @benscanteen

We hope to see you soon and don’t forget, we now take bookings.

Actors, Artists, Fashionistas and Hospitality Mondays

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We’ve just opened up our Industry Monday Nights to now include Fashionistas…

We know that if you’re an actor, an artist or work in hospitality or fashion that you often end up sacrificing your weekends.

With this in mind we’re gonna make Monday nights at the Canteen your Friday night and to get things started we’re selling London Lager at £2.50 a pint and Cocktails at £4 a pop – good times.

London Lager

So come and hang out with like minded people on Monday nights in the Canteen; share ideas and discuss projects and of course bitch and moan about everyone in your industry!

Note, the reduced drinks price offer only applies to actors, artists and those who work in hospitality or fashion. If that’s you then please tell the staff before you order your drinks.

Actors, Artists and Hospitality Mondays

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We know that if you’re an actor, an artist or work in hospitality that you often end up sacrificing your weekends.

With this in mind we’re gonna make Monday nights at the Canteen your Friday night and to get things started we’re selling London Lager at £2.50 a pint and Cocktails at £4 a pop – good times.

London Lager

So come and hang out with like minded people on Monday nights in the Canteen; share ideas and discuss projects and of course bitch and moan about everyone in your industry!

Note, the reduced drinks price offer only applies to actors, artists and those who work in hospitality. If that’s you then please tell the staff before you order your drinks.

We’ll do the cooking tonight

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Tired? Grumpy? Lethargic? A bit chilly? Let us cook us for you tonight and we’ll inject some goodness into the evening segment of your Monday.

Tonight, we’ve added a spicy chipotle butter option for your sirloin steak so we’d definitely suggest you take that on. We’d also point you towards a cup of butternut squash soup with crispy bacon to start paired with some smoked Montgomery cheddar and tomato toasts.

Don’t forget that you can win a free meal for two tonight, get tweeting.

Small Plates

 

Enjoy small plates as bar snacks or starters or choose a selection of plates as your main – tapas style. Each plate is cooked to order and will be served as it’s ready, don’t wait to get stuck in!

Butternut Squash Bites: £3.95

Roasted butternut squash bites with a blue cheese dip.

Chilli and Lime Prawns: £4.50

Chorizo and Manchego: £4.95

Cheese and Tomato Toasts: £2.95

Smoked Montgomery cheddar and vine tomatoes on toast.

Bread and dips: £4.75

Sourdough with homemade aubergine caviar and beetroot and walnut hummus.

Cup of Soup: £2.95

Butternut squash and crispy bacon.

Chicken Skewers: £4.95

Harissa chicken skewers with mint and cucumber yoghurt.

Pork Pie: £5

Traditional or pork and stilton with chutney and mustard – pies are from the award winning Mrs King.

Scotch Egg: £2.50

Cheeseboard: £7.25

A selection of cheeses from Northcote Road food hero, Hamish Johnston.

Charcuterie Board: £5.95

Big Plates

World Cup Burger and Chips: £12.50 (add bacon £1)

Two Dove the Northcote Road butcher beef patties on a ketchup and mustard base, topped with smoked Montgomery cheddar from Hamish Johnston and gherkins. Served with chips.

Cod: £12.25

Oven roasted cod with chickpeas, chorizo and tomatoes.

Moules: £9.95

Belgian style moules (white wine, cream and shallots) with chips.

Gammon, Egg & Chips: £10.25

Gammon steak (via Dove the butcher on Northcote Rd) with hand cut chips, egg and caramelised pineapple.

Sirloin Steak: £15.50

Sirloin steak with dauphinoise and roasted tomato and a choice of chipotle or herb butter.

Bangers and Mash: £9.95

Wild boar and apple sausages (via Dove the butcher on Northcote Rd) with mash and gravy.

Chef Kirrin’s Burger and Chips: £9.00 (add Montgomery cheddar/Dorset Blue Vinny, £1.50, add bacon £1)

Home made burger with English mustard, ketchup and toasted fennel. Served with chips.

Pork Belly: £14.25

Confit pork belly on colcannon with roasting juices.

Linguine: £7.95

Linguine with fire roasted peppers, vine tomatoes and basil.

Beetroot and Goats Cheese Salad: £7.95

Roast beetroot, goats cheese and rocket salad.

Sides £3

Chips, Mash, Spinach with lemon and garlic butter, Green Beans, Broccoli, Side Salad

Desserts

Jude’s Ice Cream. Choose from Salted Caramel, Raspberry Ripple, Vanilla, Double Chocolate or Rum and Raisin. £1.50

Roasted Plum Crumble with Crème Anglaise. £4.95

Retro Coke Float (Coke with a Scoop of Jude’s Ice Cream). £2

Classic Cheese Cake. £4.95

Warm Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream & Berry Couli. £4.95

Eton Mess. £4.95

Affogato (with a scoop of Jude’s vanilla ice cream). £3

Oh and as much as we personally hate to share, we really don’t mind if you want to share your desserts, we’ve got plenty of spoons.

Cheeseboard £7.25

Old Winchester, Stinking Bishop, Strathdon Blue and Ticklemore Goat’s Cheese

Our cheeses come from Hamish Johnston, a local food hero on Northcote Road. 

Wild Boar and Apple Sausage Sanger

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Brewed Boy and Jimmy are good to you… not only do they bang out the best coffee in Battersea, and beyond, but they’re constantly evolving our Monday to Friday daytime menu. Today they’ve come up with a wild boar and apple sausage and sanger as well as a warm chocolate muffin, served with a scoop of Jude’s vanilla ice cream.

We’re super excited about this week because on Sunday, from 6pm, we’re running Sunday Pie Night with a selection of hand held pies and ones to go with mash and gravy. We should also have a pie flavour that’s exclusive to us at the Canteen (we’re trying samples tomorrow). Also at some stage this week we’ll be adding an Egg and Bacon brekkie pie to our daytime menu (this will go on to brunch too).

Don’t forget that tonight you can win a free meal for two via Twitter.

 

 

Toasties/Sandwiches

All day breakfast burrito. £5.50

(Chorizo, scrambled egg, cheese, chilli, sour cream and herbs)

Sourdough toast with Kirrin’s lemon curd, marmite and jam. £2.50

Wild boar and apple sausage sarnie with onion jam. £3.75 (add scrambled egg £1)

Ham and cheese toastie. £3.75

Mozzarella, proscuitto and spicy tomato. £3.75

Nutella toastie. £3.75

Special: Truffled Egg Toast. £4

Fish finger bap. £3.25

Side salad. £1

Pastries & Treats

Croissant, £1, Pain au chocolat, £1.25, Pain au raisin, £1.50

Brownies. £1.80, Flapjacks. £2, Millionaire caramel shortbread. £2

Carrot cake. £2.75

Chelsea buns. £2.75

Muffins. £2.45

All Day Menu

Granola with yoghurt, honey and berries. £4

Yog pot. £2

Poached/scrambled eggs on toast. £3.50

Caramelised banana pancake stack. £3.25

Cup of butternut squash and crispy pancetta soup. £2.95

Mrs King’s Pork Pie with mustard and chutney. £5

Warm chocolate muffin with Jude’s vanilla ice cream. £3.25

Afogatto (with a scoop of Jude’s vanilla ice cream). £3

Salads

Daily, fresh salads £5.50

Add cornfed chicken: Free

Kids (big and small)

Fish finger bap. £3.25

Jude’s ice cream: choose from raspberry ripple, double chocolate, vanilla or salted caramel. £1.50

Coke float (Coca Cola with a scoop of Jude’s vanilla ice cream). £2

Free Meal For Twitter Followers

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At Ben’s Canteen we’re relatively prolific on Twitter (@benscanteen) and with this in mind we want to offer a reward to those who have to put up with our babbling. So on Mondays we’re going to offer a free meal for two.

Twitter

How to claim

  1. Follow us on Twitter
  2. Every Monday Tweet “I want a free meal for 2 @benscanteen”
  3. We will randomly pick a winner, announcing them via Twitter

Of course there are some T&Cs, the offer is for 2 and is for food only (starter, mains and desserts included) and you have 30 days to claim your prize.

Friday Burrito

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We’ve been serving our All Day Breakfast Burrito for 2 days now and they are going down an absolute storm. However, the experimenting hasn’t finished, today we’re serving up American Style Pancakes with maple syrup and crispy pancetta, delish!

So pop in and treat yourself to get the Bank Holiday Weekend started – remember we’re doing brunch, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We’ll be doing a full dinner service on Saturday night and tapas/small grazing plates on Sunday and Monday and the bar will be open all day and night.

Daytime  Menu

All day breakfast burrito. £5.50

Granola with yoghurt, honey and berries. £4

Drop scones of the day. £3.50

Sourdough toast with Kirrin’s lemon curd, marmite and jam. £2.50

Ham and cheese toastie. £4

Chilli corn fritters with crème fraiche. £4

Mrs King’s Pork Pie with mustard and chutney. £5

Brownies. £1.80

Flapjacks. £2

Millionaire caramel shortbread. £2

Carrot cake. £3

Chelsea buns. £3

Muffins. £3

Sandwiches

Sandwiches of the day. £4

Add salad. £1

All of our bread and treats come via The Flour Station and The Dessert Deli.

Salads

Daily, fresh salads £5.50

Add cornfed chicken: Free

Kids (big and small)

Fish finger bap. £4

Jude’s ice cream: 3 scoops, choose from raspberry ripple, double chocolate, vanilla or salted caramel. £3.50