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Royal Ascot Brunches

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Royal Ascot is an awesome event, yes there is some racing but really it’s all about having a massive day out – getting dressed up and letting loose. We think you should start your day in style with brunch at Ben’s Canteen before you join the masses at Clapham Junction.

With this in mind we’re offering an Ascot Special – Eggs Benedict and a Glass of Bucks Fizz for £12. This will be available every day of Royal Ascot. If you’d like to book a table then please click here.

Of course we’re also offering the rest of our brunch menu so, for example, you can set yourself up for a big day with the Big Ben (our epic Full English).

Ben's Canteen BrunchYou might also want to hit up the Canteen post Ascot. We serve dinner and Pimms (if you can drink any more of it!) from 6pm every night.

Ben’s Canteen – The Weekend

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This week we’ve been loving the sunshine and reflecting that if you want breakfast, lunch, brunch, dinner or just drinks around Clapham Junction, Wandsworth, Battersea or Clapham then St John’s Hill is a belter of a street for it.

Anyways, here’s what’s going down at the Canteen…

  • We’re now keeping our kitchen open all day on Saturday, normally we close it between 4 and 6pm but no longer.
  • We’re getting massively into Sipsmith’s Summer Cup, this genuine rival to Pimms is going to make your weekend an awesome one.
  • We run a super popular brunch but we wanted to spice it up some more. So, we’ve created a Bloody Mary menu - come and try it out this weekend.
  • On the subject of booze, we’ve never been so excited about a shelf, behold our Gin Shelf.
  • Ditch those Sunday blues with our  Sunday Roast. We serve it from 2pm every Sunday. Enjoy Roast Orkney Beef, Pork Belly or Roasted Chicken with roasties, cauliflower cheese and broccoli, greens, root veg mash and yorkies.
  • With an eye on next week, you should come and try out our new lunch menu – we’ve added a bunch of news salads, fish cakes and more.
  • Time and Leisure just nominated us as one of London’s best local restaurants, if you like us then would you be so terribly kind as to vote for us here?!
  • Also, Ben recently got interviewed by our friends at Le Cool, click here to read the interview.
  • To add to our British food, done well ethos and British beers we’ve added a selection of English wines (British wines means something else), including a cracking sparkling by Chapel Down. Come and run the rule over them this weekend and let us know what you think.

Sipsmith Summer Cup

Ben’s Canteen – The Weekender

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This week has been all about The Fabulous Feast on St John’s Hill – and this weekend sees the street’s celebration of food and drink go up another gear with all sorts of events and activities taking place, including a bunch of pop-up stalls.

Here’s what’s going down at the Canteen…

  • We’re going to keep our kitchen open all day on Saturday, normally we close it between 4 and 6pm but not for The Fabulous Feast.
  • We run a super popular brunch but we wanted to spice it up some more. So, we’ve created a Bloody Mary menu - come and try it out this weekend.
  • On the subject of booze, we’ve never been so excited about a shelf, behold our Gin Shelf.
  • Ditch those Sunday blues with our  Sunday Roast. We serve it from 2pm every Sunday. Enjoy Roast Orkney Beef, Pork Belly or Roasted Chicken with roasties, cauliflower cheese and broccoli, greens, root veg mash and yorkies.
  • Sunday night, at 8pm, will see Murderous Cupcakes in the Canteen, we think it’s going to be fun, you should come.
  • We’re getting massively into Sipsmith’s Summer Cup, this genuine rival to Pimms is making us feel all summery in lieu of any actual sun.
  • Time and Leisure just nominated us as one of London’s best local restaurants, if you like us then would you be so terribly kind as to vote for us here?!
  • Also, Ben recently got interviewed by our friends at Le Cool, click here to read the interview.
  • To add to our British food, done well ethos and British beers we’ve added a selection of English wines (British wines means something else), including a cracking sparkling by Chapel Down. Come and run the rule over them this weekend and let us know what you think.

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Sipsmith Summer Cup at Ben’s Canteen

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Ok we can’t deliver you sunshine but we can bring you Summer Cup from the good people at Sipsmith.

Summer Cup at Ben's CanteenHere’s what they say about Summer Cup…

“First we distill our award winning London Dry Gin on our copper still, which is, and we’re a little overexcited about this, the first such still in London since 1820. Then, inspired by the quintessentially English ‘cups’ of of the 1800s, we blend it with a host of fabulous summery fruits and flavours including infusions of Earl Grey tea, Lemon Verbena and Cucumber. The natural cloudiness comes from the real ingredients that we infuse to give our summer cup its wonderful character and depth of flavour. Aromatic yet dry, it’s perfect for marrying with a mixer in the sun.

We think it’s a belter of a drink, especially when paired with our homemade lemonade. It’s a true rival to Pimms and @jimmyrhodes83 can’t wait to serve it to you.

Jimmy and Summer Cup

St John’s Hill Festival Brunch

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Morning Battersea! It’s the St John’s Hill Festival today, things kick off from 11am. There is a big raffle taking place at 5pm, the Grand Prize is dinner at Ben’s Canteen, The Fish Club, Artisan and Vine, The Plough and the Alchemist. You can buy raffle tickets from our Retro Coke Float and Ice Cream stand (note we’re using Jude’s Ice Cream which is superb), £1 a ticket, a fiver for a book.

Raffle tickets

We’re doing brunch from 9am to 4pm and then we’re doing drinks and cakes until 6pm when our Small Plates/Tapas menu will start. Last orders on the bar is 10.30pm – pop in and grab some last of the Summer Pimms.

By the way we had a great night last with our friend Kate and her awesome DippityBity dips – the Cricket one was an absolute winner. Keep an eye on these dips, they’re gonna go big.

The Big Ben – Full English: £8.50

Sausage, back bacon, mushroom, Heinz beanz, black pudding, sourdough toast and 2 eggs (choose fried, scrambled or poached). Add sausage/bacon/tomato/mushroom £1 per extra.

Go really Big – Add a 4oz rump steak to your Full English: £5

Full Veggie: £7.50

Tomato, spinach, mushrooms, Heinz beanz, sourdough toast and 2 eggs (choose fried, scrambled or poached). Add extras: £1 per item.

Burgers

Rugby World Cup Burger: 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. £12.50

Chef Kirrin’s home made burger with English mustard, ketchup and toasted fennel. Served with chips. £9

Chicken burger, marinated in garlic, lemon and parsley, with chips. £8.50

(add emmental cheese £1, add bacon £1)

Eggs

Eggs Benedict: £7

Eggs Royale: £7.50

Eggs Florentine: £6

Scrambled eggs: £5.95 (with salmon: £7.50)

Breakfast Burrito: £5.50

Chorizo, scrambled egg, cheese, sour cream, herbs and chilli.

Breakfast Sarnie: £4

Bacon and egg

Sausage and egg

Sandwiches:

Steak sandwich with tomato and chutney served with fries: £9.50

Club sandwich served with chips: £6

Tuna melt served with chips: £6

French Toast: £6

French toast with bananas and maple syrup.

Granola: £4.50

Granola with yoghurt and berries.

Salads: £6.50

Watermelon, cucumber and grilled haloumi.

Avocado, tomato, and goats cheese with honey and lemon dressing.

Kids (Big and Small)

Fish finger bap: £4

Natural yoghurt pot with honey: £2.50

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

Retro Coke Floats (Coca Cola with a scoop of Jude’s Vanilla Ice Cream) £2

Hangover Busters

Chase away that hangover.

Bloody Mary Glass: £5.50

Bloody Mary Jug: £18

Berocca and Ice: £2

Bottle of Prosecco: £22.95

A night for Pimms and Mojitos

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Well this is most unusual, it’s been a lovely day, all day! This calls for Pimms and Mojitos, we’ve actually spent some of this afternoon preparing them so pop in and grab one, in fact somebody literally just ordered two, so come and join them.

MojitosThis weather though has caught us out a bit on the menu front… we had decided that winter was firmly here so we added Wild Boar and Apple Sausages and a Plum Crumble and then of course it turned out to be hot, hot, hot. However, if that’s why it’s a nice day then we’re happy to take one for the team and actually they are so tasty they’re worth ordering regardless of the temperature. By the way, the bangers are from Dove, our favourite butcher in the local area.

Bar Snacks/Starters

Pork Pie: £5

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

Scotch Egg: £2.50

Egg encased in meat and breadcrumbs and dropped in the fryer for crunch.

Cheeseboard: £7.25

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

Charcuterie Board: £5.95

Selection of cold meats with chutney, pickles and toasted ciabatta.

Beetroot Ravioli: £4.95

Ravioli of beetroot with a chive and basil ricotta filling.

Tartiflette: £5.95

Bacon, roast potatoes and grilled cheese on sourdough toast.

Quails Egg Salad: £5.25

Salad of rocket, parmesan and quails eggs.

Mains

Cod: £12.25

Oven roasted cod with chickpeas, chorizo and tomatoes.

Gammon, Egg & Chips: £10.25

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

Sirloin Steak: £15.50

Sirloin steak with dauphinoise and roasted tomato.

Beef Burger: £9.00 (add emmental cheese £1, add Montgomery cheddar/Dorset Blue Vinny, £1.50, add bacon £1)

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

Pork Belly: £14.25

Confit pork belly on colcannon with roasting juices.

Bangers and Mash: £9.95

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

Linguine: £7.95

Linguine with fire roasted peppers, vine tomatoes and basil.

Watermelon & Haloumi Salad: £6.50

Watermelon with haloumi and cucumber.

Sides

All sides are £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

Classic Cheese Cake. £4.95

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

Eton Mess. £4.95

White Chocolate and Cointreau Crème Brulee. £4.95

Roasted Plum Crumble with Crème Anglaise. £4.95

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

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

On the board we currently have,

Lincolnshire Poacher

Stinking Bishop (much nicer than the name may suggest)

Shropshire Blue

Woolsery Goat’s Cheese

It’s an extra Saturday Night!

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The beauty of the Bank Holiday is that you effectively get an extra Saturday night! Tonight we’re not doing a full dinner service, instead we’re releasing big Sanket from the Kitchen and inviting him upstairs to the bar area. From here he will be cooking up tapas/sharing plates on our contact grills – it’s going to be fun and super tasty. Food will start from 6pm and the bar is open now, with last orders coming at 10.30pm.

Bank Holiday Special from 6pm

Tapas/Small Sharing Plates/Snacking/Grazing

Patatas Bravas with Chipotle Sauce: £3

Crayfish and Mango Quesadillas: £5.50

Grilled Haloumi and Field Mushroom with a Balsamic Reduction: £3.50

Chilli and Lime Prawns: £4.95

Grilled Chorizo and Manchego Cheese: £4.95

Tortilla – Spanish Omelette: £3

Mrs King’s Pork Pie: £5

Scotch Egg: £2.50

Charcuterie Board: £5.95

Cheese Board: £7.25

Chilli Puffs/Wasabi Peas: £2

Suggested Bank Holiday Drinks

Pimms: £5.50

Beaumont’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer: £4.90

Luscombe Cider: £3.60

Hendrick’s and Fever Tree: £6

Bank Holiday Bubbles – Prosecco, Glass: £7.40 Bottle: £22.95

Alisios (Brazil) Pinot Grigio-Riesling, Glass: £4.95, Bottle: £20.95

De L’Hospitalet (France) Pinot Noir, Glass: £5.95, Bottle: £24.95

 

 

Woop it’s Thursday night

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We’ve always loved Thursday nights, the weekend is within touching distance (in this case a bank holiday one!) and life always seems full of more possibilities.

Tonight we’ve got a couple of new starters on the menu; a salad of rocket, parmesan and quails eggs and a calamari salad too. We’ve also replaced the hake with oven roasted cod, served with chickpeas, chorizo and tomatoes.

All of our starters can be had as bar snacks or of course you can forget food and just prop up our bar/grab a seat upfront and get stuck into London Lager, Junction Ale or a glass of Pimms.

Bar Snacks/Starters

Pork Pie: £5

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

Scotch Egg: £2.50

Egg encased in meat and breadcrumbs.

Cheeseboard: £7.25

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

Charcuterie Board: £5.95

Selection of cold meats with chutney, pickles and toasted ciabatta.

Tartiflette: £5.95

Bacon, roast potatoes and grilled cheese on sourdough toast.

Quails Egg Salad: £5.25

Salad of rocket, parmesan and quails eggs.

Calamari: £6.95

Salt and pepper calamari, peppers, cucumber, thai style sweet chilli sauce and caramelised peanuts.

Mains

Cod: £12.25

Oven roasted cod with chickpeas, chorizo and tomatoes.

Sirloin Steak: £15.50

Sirloin steak with a peppercorn rub, dauphinoise and roasted tomato.

Beef Burger: £9.00 (add cheese £1, add bacon £1)

British beef burger served with date chutney and 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.

Watermelon & Haloumi Salad: £6.50

Watermelon with haloumi and cucumber.

Sides

All sides are £3

Chips

Mash

Spinach with lemon and garlic butter

Green Beans

Broccoli

Side Salad

Desserts

Jude’s Ice Cream. Choose 3 Scoops: Raspberry Ripple, Salted Caramel, Vanilla or Double Chocolate. £3.50

Classic Cheese Cake. £4.95

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

Eton Mess. £4.95

White Chocolate and Cointreau Crème Brulee. £4.95

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

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

On the board we currently have,

Lincolnshire Poacher

Stinking Bishop (much nicer than the name may suggest)

Shropshire Blue

Woolsery Goat’s Cheese

 

Peppercorn Rub

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For tonight we’ve put together a little peppercorn rub for our sirloin steak – if that’s too hot for you then cool it down with a glass of rose!

Don’t forget we’re also a bar (open until midnight) and we’re kinda tailor-made for summer evenings (when we get them). We’ve got outside seating and nice big folding doors and lots of nice cooling drinks, Rose/Blush, Beaumont’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer, London Lager, Punk IPA and Pimms and a cool little cocktail called a Louisiana Jam.

Bar Snacks/Starters

Pork Pie: £5

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

Scotch Egg: £2.50

Egg encased in meat and breadcrumbs.

Cheeseboard: £7.25

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

Charcuterie Board: £5.95

Selection of cold meats with chutney, pickles and toasted ciabatta.

Tartiflette: £5.95

Bacon, roast potatoes and grilled cheese on sourdough toast.

Tuna: £6.95

Seared tuna on an avocado and mango quesadilla.

Beetroot Ravioli: £4.95

Ravioli of beetroot with a chive and basil ricotta filling.

Mains

Hake: £12.25

Oven roasted hake on caponata with salsa verde.

Sirloin Steak: £15.50

Sirloin steak with a peppercorn rub, dauphinoise and roasted tomato.

Beef Burger: £9.00 (add cheese £1, add bacon £1)

British beef burger served with date chutney and 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.

Watermelon & Haloumi Salad: £6.50

Watermelon with haloumi and cucumber.

Sides

All sides are £3

Chips

Mash

Spinach with lemon and garlic butter

Green Beans

Broccoli

Side Salad

Desserts

Jude’s Ice Cream. Choose 3 Scoops: Raspberry Ripple, Salted Caramel, Vanilla or Double Chocolate. £3.50

Classic Cheese Cake. £4.95

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

Eton Mess. £4.95

White Chocolate and Cointreau Crème Brulee. £4.95

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

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

On the board we currently have,

Lincolnshire Poacher

Stinking Bishop (much nicer than the name may suggest)

Shropshire Blue

Woolsery Goat’s Cheese

Tartiflette tonight?

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Well done you’ve got through Monday, never much fun. Now you need a reward… pop into our bar for a pint of London Lager or a Pimms, grab a snack and then let us cook for you.

We’ve got a new starter/snack on tonight, a lovely, comforting, tartiflette (pototoes, bacon and cheese on toast). That’s what we term a belly rumbler.

Snacks/Starters

Pork Pie: £5

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

Scotch Egg: £2.50

Egg encased in meat and breadcrumbs.

Tuna: £6.95

Seared tuna on an avocado and mango quesadilla.

Charcuterie Board: £5.95

Selection of cold meats with chutney, pickles and toasted ciabatta.

Beetroot Ravioli: £4.95

Ravioli of beetroot with a chive and basil ricotta filling.

Tartiflette: £5.95

Bacon, roast potatoes and grilled cheese on sourdough toast.

Mains

Hake: £12.25

Oven roasted hake on caponata with salsa verde.

Sirloin Steak: £15.50

Sirloin steak with dauphinoise and creamed horseradish.

Beef Burger: £9.00 (add cheese £1, add bacon £1)

British beef burger served with date chutney and chips.

Lamb Rack: £15.25

Herb crusted rack of lamb (via Dove, the butcher on Northcote Road) with dauphinoise.

Pork Belly: £14.25

Confit pork belly on colcannon with roasting juices.

Linguine: £7.95

Linguine with fire roasted peppers, vine tomatoes and basil.

Watermelon & Haloumi Salad: £6.50

Watermelon with haloumi and cucumber.

Sides

All sides are £3

Chips

Mash

Spinach with lemon and garlic butter

Green Beans

Broccoli

Side Salad

Desserts

Jude’s Ice Cream. Choose 3 Scoops: Raspberry Ripple, Salted Caramel, Vanilla or Double Chocolate. £3.50

Classic Cheese Cake. £4.95

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

Eton Mess. £4.95

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

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

On the board we currently have,

Lincolnshire Poacher

Stinking Bishop (much nicer than the name may suggest)

Shropshire Blue

Woolsery Goat’s Cheese