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New Dinner Menu – Small Plates

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At the end of last week we launched our new dinner menu and err the snow came. Bit odd that part but it also brought the intended part too; even more tasty grub into the Canteen whilst mixing some really dirty burgers with some lighter eats and offering you more value (as part of this our 2 courses for £20 has gone down to 2 courses for £18 plus a free glass of wine).

Anyways, we wanted to introduce you to some of the new dishes, starting with our small plates. Whilst they are typically viewed as starters we’ve got no probs with you ordering a few to have as a main, to share with a mate and a drink or two or to order as sides to go with a bigger plate or, say, a burger.

Fish Tacos

Pictured below, these are already proving super popular; breaded white fish (Coley), avocado, shredded cabbage and a tasty crema. You get 3 in a serving for £6, click here to book in and try them out.

Fish Tacos

All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg

Our scotch is epic, we really do think it is one of the very best in London, and beyond, and given how often we sell out, you guys seem to agree. It’s a monster, it’s served warm and the egg is a bit runny – happy days. We serve it with English mustard.

Scotch Egg

 

Cauliflower Bites

We’re really into cauliflower at the moment and we wanted to find a fun way of getting it onto our small plate menu. We’re dipping them in a slightly spicy tempura batter and they taste good, with just a little background heat. You deffo don’t need to be vegetarian to enjoy them.

Ben’s Buffalo Wings

We’ve moved these from being a side dish, up into the small plate section as they were too good to hide away. There are lots of ways to do buffalo wings, ours are a little different, no doubt purists will be weeping but it’s all about the final flavour and we hope you like it. We’re serving the wings in bigger portions than most and brining before coating in a spicy rub and oven cooking them.

Crispy Mussels

We spotted these on a recent trip to France, in an awesome brasserie solely dedicated to Moules, and we thought they’d be a fun addition to our menu… dip them in our homemade tartare sauce.

So there we have it, the small plates. Let us know your thoughts via twitter @benscanteen, we’re already developing our next menu and would love some input from you. Also, we’ve really started getting into Instagram, it would be very cool if you added your images of our food, just add #benscanteenmenu to your pics. This way people can see your images as well as the ones we’ve uploaded.

 

First weekend of 2013

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Happy New Year y’all! First up, we want to thank you all for supporting Ben’s Canteen last year, we genuinely appreciate it and you guys drive us on to try and get better and better. A special thank you to everyone who voted us to Best Local Restaurant in SW London & Surrey, we were absolutely thrilled to win that award.

As we said, we’re always trying to get better and that’s why amongst lots of other things we have,

We’ve got loads of plans for the coming year; look out for a new dinner menu, some exciting new wines, more cocktails, some amazing Bloody Mary’s, more funky interior design and we’ll also be working with our people to make things run smoother. As ever, we genuinely value your feedback, so do let us know what you like and don’t like (via Facebook or Twitter if you like).

Anyways, enough of that, it’s the weekend! Come and join us on St John’s Hill for brunch, dinner and drinks.

  • Brunch kicks off from 9am – it’s the busiest (and we believe) the best in SW London, join us for big breakfasts, sexy eggs, top notch tea and coffee, Bloody Marys (we also do Virgin ones for those of you doing a dryathon this January) and smoothies.
  • Dinner now starts at 5pm and on Fridays and Saturdays we keep our kitchen open later, meaning you can get a late bite, right up to 11pm.
  • Don’t forget if you do join us for an early dinner then you can pick up some January value in the shape of a free glass of wine and 2 courses for £20.
  • We don’t take bookings for weekend brunch as we get so busy, it’s the only way we can seat and serve more of you, but you can reserve a spot in the evening online or by calling us on 020 7228 3260.
  • On Sunday nights we offer the Sunday Night Saver – get one of the Top 10 Burgers in London with chips for a flat tenner (or any of our other burgers and sandwiches for the same price).
  • Finally, if you need to host a party (or small gathering) in 2013, then drop us a line, we’re super flexible and you can hire all or some of the Canteen – click here for more details.

Right, go have an awesome first weekend of the year and we hope to see you in the Canteen at some stage.

Ben's Canteen, Best Local Restaurant 2012

Ben’s Canteen, Best Local Restaurant 2012

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

 

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!

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

DippityBits @ Ben’s Canteen

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Our friend Kate has started a dips company, DippityBits (you should follow her on Twitter).

On Saturday night she is bringing a batch of her new creations to the Canteen and giving them away for free, in return for your feedback. The current line up of dips is looking like,

- Roasted butternut with honey cashews
- Grilled baba ganoush with basil
- Hummus with a wasabi kick
- Garden peas and fresh mint
- Creamy artichoke hearts
- Chunky sun-dried tomatoes, coriander and chili

Sound tasty right?

If you want a bit of the backstory on DippityBits before Saturday night then here are some words from Kate…

“DippityBits is my little creation which was born out of absolute love for dips and being able to share these delicious treats with my family and friends. The inspiration for the ingredients has come from my foodie adventures around Europe and Australia.

Pre-dinner drinks, BBQ’s, summer picnics (generally any fun occasion) just wouldn’t be the same without your close friends and some DippityBits! Like cider in the common on a sunny day, it goes hand-in-hand.”


 

Coke Floats and Poached Eggs

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So we launched a new small plates menu last night and given we sold out of every small plate one can only conclude that it was a pretty popular evolution to the food that we offer at Ben’s Canteen. However, we’re not stopping there with the new stuff, today we’re adding a retro option to our daytime menu – Coke Floats. There is also a chance that our World Cup Burger will make its debut tonight and that we’ll be trying out some new small plate options too.

Also, we’ve been doing an under the counter Poached Eggs offering for those who ask us in the daytime, from today we’re making it a bonafide daytime menu option, served on toast. In the coming weeks we’ll probably start doing Eggs Benedict/Royale but for now we’re keeping it simple, poached eggs on some lovely Flour Station bread.

Don’t forget that if you work for the NHS then we’ll knock 10% off your bill, just show us your card to get the discount.

NHS DiscountFinally, thanks to our friend Captain Intensity who came and did one of his guest cocktail nights behind the bar. He’ll be back next Wednesday, he does a mean Mojito, so put a date in the diary. Follow the intense one on Twitter, @danfrodo.

Daytime  Menu

All day breakfast burrito. £5.50

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

Granola with yoghurt, honey and berries. £4

Poached eggs on toast. £4

Drop scones (pancakes) of the day. £3.25

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

Ham and cheese toastie. £3.75

Chilli corn fritters with crème fraiche. £3.50

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

Brownies. £1.80

Flapjacks. £2

Millionaire caramel shortbread. £2

Carrot cake. £2.75

Chelsea buns. £2.75

Muffins. £2.45

Sandwiches

Sandwiches of the day. £3.75

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. £3.25

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

Coke float. £2

It’s definitely a bangers and mash night

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Blimey it’s horrible out there tonight! It’s most definitely a night for Wild Boar and Apple Bangers (from Dove, the butchers on Northcote Road) and probably a bottle of Junction Ale or a nice glass of Malbec.

We’ve also got a lovely Plum Crumble on the dessert menu to warm you up.

Don’t forget that on Monday nights we give away a meal for 2 for those who follow us on Twitter.

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 Rd) 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 Rd) 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

All Day Dining

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Ben’s Canteen is open all day from 10am (this will soon be changing to 8am) and during the daytime we’re a cafe/deli serving up lots of tasty treats (before turning into a bar and restaurant in the evenings). For example we’ve got amazing Chelsea Buns from The Flour Station, lovely Granola and you have to try our All Day Breakfast Burrito (chorizo, scrambled egg, cheese, sour cream, chilli and herbs).

Pop in and use our free book exchange and free wifi and try the best coffee in Battersea (for those really into coffee you’ll be glad to know that we use Square Mile) or a lovely cup of Teapigs. And for the kids (big and small) we’ve got chalk board tables.

Finally, every Monday we give away a free meal to our Twitter followers, for more info click here.

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

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: choose from raspberry ripple, double chocolate, vanilla or salted caramel. £1.50

Mmm Monday Brunch

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St John’s Hill looks lovely this morning, so come and grab one of outside tables or take a seat at one of the sharing tables in the windows.

With an extra day off we’re strong advocates that today should be about treating yourself, get stuck into a Full English and a Bloody Mary or go for more elegance in the shape of Eggs Royale and a glass of Prosecco. Oh and for those really feeling the fury this morning, from last night, then ask our team for a Berocca and Ice.

Later on today we’ll be giving away a free meal for two for those who follow us on Twitter.

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.

Full Veggie: £7.50

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

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

Burgers

British beef burger with chips. £9

Chicken burger with chips. £8.50

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

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

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

Hangover Busters

Chase away that hangover.

Bloody Mary Glass: £5.50

Bloody Mary Jug: £18

Berocca and Ice: £2

Bottle of Prosecco: £22.95