Salt beef at B & K is still Britain's best but what about the chicken soup, cheesecake and decor?

 

Salt beef sandwich on rye bread for lunch at B & K. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

B & K Decor

B and K interior has definitely got more glamorous. The transparent partitions probably installed because of Covid add a touch of sophistication as well as seclusion and cozy privacy. The black decor looks superior. I liked the little plant pots.

The salt beef is as good as ever. A huge amount. Enough to take some home. They will wrap it for you. 

I thought my chicken soup with the dumpling was not very hot. I was a bit disappointed. I would not have it again. I would take it away if they would put it in a take away drinks container and heat it up at home. I'll go back to my original preference for their filling mixed hors douvre or  chopped (chicken) liver and egg and onion. What next?

Cheesecake at B and K. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Cheesecake

The cheesecake was nicely presented. The flavour was good. Bu I was also not taken with the cheesecake texture. They have three varieties. I don't see the point of drowning the taste of cheesecake in chocolate. If I want chocolate I will go for a chocolate cake. Although, I suppose a chocolate cheesecake is healthier and adds some calcium to my diet. I chose vanilla cheesecake. It was okay. Regarding taste, it did taste of cheese. Texture? Not a mousse. Not a blancmange. But not the crumbly cheesecake you can get in New York style cheesecakes in Starbucks. 

The service with a smile was great from our server, a young lady from the Philippines who has worked here for two or three years. Everything is updated, up to the minute. You can pay with a credit card, sitting at your table. Just check the bill, add service if you like, tap, and you are ready to go.

Outside, cross the road and you are a few steps from Hatch End main line station which links south to Harrow, Wembley and Finshley Road and Euston going south, or going north to Watford where you can pick up a bus to outlying areas.

Useful Websites

B & K Salt Beef Bar 

Hatch End

https://www.bksaltbeefbar.com/

B & K Salt Beef Bar

bksaltbeefbar@hotmail.com

01923 518693

0208 9528204

353 Uxbridge Rd, Hatch End, Pinner HA5 4JN
11 Lanson House, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware Middlesex HA8 6NL

The nearest station to the Edgware branch is Edgware station. Edgware has more shops, but the Hatch End branch is nearer the station. 

About the Author

Angela Lansbury was born and bred in Britain, and has lived in the USA and Singapore. Her family has worked in or lived in Spain and Switzerland. 

She is the author of several books on public speaking and quotations.

She is a member of Toastmasters Clubs meeting on Zoom with visitors from the UK and USA, India, Sri Lanka, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Through the Toastmasters mentoring program Angela has connected with individuals in Vietnam and Romania, and Belize, a different connection each month. Please come to the next BHA Toastmasters meeting on the 3rd Saturday afternoon every month.

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Best and Biggest Lunch At B and K Salt Beef Bar, Restaurant and Take away In London, England

the mixed hors d'oevre I had on a previous visit. Photo by Angela Lansbury. copyright

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Salt beef. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Tripadvisor asks if you ate there with family or friends. Both. Four of us, two couples. We had lunch.

One person, in a wheelchair, had already managed to negotiate the doorway when we arrived.

The toilets are at the back on the ground floor. That's good. I hate going up or down a level.

First choice, set meal or not? I chose the two-course set meal. The food is always too much for us. So a shared starter and a shared dessert is good.

Starter
Start with chicken soup. It comes with a dumpling, or kind of ravioli, pasta around meat. Both, I think, costs a little extra. One soup, two spoons. No problem.

With your main course you might have chips or latkes. Latkes, fried grated potato. don't seem to me to be what they used to be. Not such a huge difference in satisfaction between latkes and chips. I was happy with both.

I made the mistake of going for chicken. Because I like chicken. But you can have chicken anywhere.

I should have had the fish balls. They were wonderful. Moist. Tasty. My friend received four, which she planned to share with her husband. Four ended up just the right amount for four people. Next time, for me, it's fish balls.

I think most men would want the filling salt beef. Piled high.

Afterwards we had takeaways to put in the fridge at home. Three sorts of baked lemon cake on a biscuity base. No, the chocolate looks and sound nice but hides the flavour of cheesecake. I prefer plain.

The lemony lokshen pudding and apple strudel and cheesecake lasted me another two days. Just a tiny piece with coffee. For breakfast, elevenses, lunch, tea, and a late night snack. Lovely.

Filling food. Fab food.

You'll find them on Facebook and TripAdvisor and Deliveroo - but not on Mondays when they are closed.

B & K Salt beef bar and restaurant
353 Uxbridge Road
Hatch End
Pinner
Middlesex
HA5 4JN

Useful Websites
https://deliveroo.co.uk/
visitbritain.com

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Nosher. (That's Yiddish for snacker, one who eats between meals, like a cow which eats all day.) Please share links to your favourite posts.

B & K Salt Beef Bar - Again, Yes, Again

Problem

Where can we go which we are sure we will enjoy?

Answer
B and K shalt beef bar in Hatch End.

We ordered the lokshen soup with kreplach for starter for one person. The other had the mixed hors d'oeuvres which we shared.

The lokshen soup had only one kreplach (ravioli with p o u l t r y filling). Spell checker prefers poetry. Thank you, spell checker, for the metaphor, but I meant poultry.

By contrast the mixed hors d'oevres seemed a generous portion.

Our main dishes were salt beef sandwich on rye. One person had it with mustard. The other person had it without. I have to say it is better with.

No spare rye bread? The managers did not seem to be around on a Sunday night.

Finally, one piece of chocolate between two of us. I would not say our forks were fighting. We are too polite. Perhaps impatient for our turn. A just right chocolate cake. I would have gone for the healthier apple strudel. But boys will by boys. It was moist and chocolatey.

The chocolate and toothpicks with the bill were a nice touch.

At £35 for two (including a coca cola) it was not madly cheap. On the other hand it was very filling.

The family has another branch in Edgware. We have been going there for years.

B & K SALT BEEF Bar and Restaurant, 11 Lanson House, Whitchurch Lane, Edgware, Middlesex HA8 6LN. Tel: 020 8952 8204.

B & K Salt Beef Bar and Restaurant, 353 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, Pinner, Middlesex, HA.

Tel 01923 518 693.

www.bksaltbeefbar.com/history

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. Please share links to your favourite posts.