Free Jug of Summer Cup

Posted on May 28, 2012 by benscanteen

As you probably know (by the amount we’ve been going on about it) our new favourite drink is Sipsmith’s Summer Cup.

We’re so keen for you guys to find out why we like it so much we’ve decided to giveaway a free jug each week.

On Monday’s simply tweet “I want a free jug of #summercup @benscanteen” for a chance to win exactly that for you and your mates.

Ben’s Canteen – The Weekend

Posted on May 25, 2012 by benscanteen

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.

Ben’s Canteen – The Weekender

Posted on May 18, 2012 by benscanteen

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.

Sipsmith Summer Cup at Ben’s Canteen

Posted on May 16, 2012 by benscanteen

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

Here’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.

Some things for the weekend

Posted on April 27, 2012 by benscanteen

Whatever the weather this weekend we are here to make sure you are fed and watered with top notch British food, lovely wines (including English ones) and some cracking craft beers from small brewers such as The Kernel and local lads Sambrook’s.