Oh, howdy.
Last Saturday morning I was VERY excited as I was heading with LM to Barnyard – the latest venture from Mr Ollie Dabbous – the ingenious chap behind Dabbous, and who seems to be able to do amazing and rather ground breaking things with the simplest of ingredients. Like carrots*.
*No offence to carrots. I love carrots. They were just the first thing that sprung to mind.
The walls are made of corrugated iron…
The signature white picket fence is inside and outside…
The tables are stripped wooden planks and we were sitting on oil drums…
So I suspected Barnyard was going to be special, but something deep in my soul told me to NOT dress up in my Oklahoma outfit. And despite all my inner urgings, pigtails were also not donned by me. Nor by LM.
The MOST delicious Virgin Mary
The thing about Barnyard is, it’s super special DELICIOUS food, disguised on the menu as something you might expect to find at your local caff – Steak and Eggs, Tomatoes on Toast, Full English etc…. But HOLD ON one cotton picking second, (that actually works well here – result) there is something exceptional going on here…
Smoked salmon, soft boiled duck egg, green asparagus and chervil – £11
Avocado on toast, loveage and mint – £4
Black pudding, chorizo, potato and onion hash, topped with a fried egg – £7
Summer berries and ripe figs, strained Greek yoghurt and homemade granola – £6
The problem was, we wanted to order everything on the menu. Had we had any room left we’d have most certainly gone for the Warm Acorn Flour Waffles, Maple Syrup & Smoked Butter… but we didn’t, so it will have to wait until next time.
I was also desperate to try their amazing sounding smoothies and shakes – Blueberry Pancake Shake, anyone? (With or without bourbon…) And they’ve gone to town on their shandy menu too, but really – 11:30am is too soon, surely. Surely?
Barnyard on Charlotte Street
This is fantastic and simple food, with wonderful flavours at affordable prices – I loved it and will certainly be back with pals in tow.
There is a no bookings policy and it is teeny tiny, so definitely be prepared to wait for a table… however, saying that there was no queue when we arrived (11:30am on Saturday morning) and there was a constant stream of happily seated customers after us as well…
See you there – I’ll be the one with a cowboy hat and a popcorn shake.
Barnyard
18 Charlotte Street
London
W1T 2LZ
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Aaaah this is making me very hungry!! The avocoado and summer berries look particularly beaut – need to check this place out!!
Great post :)
Felicity
fiftytwofridays.co.uk
Thank you Felicity! You should definitely make the trip to Barnyard – and then tell me all about it! xx
What an adorable place!
I agree entirely! xx
This place looks lovely, I have to take a trip down there, looks like it would give me some great ideas!
Oh it really would Jordan – the flavours are absolutely wonderful xx
This all looks yummy! I’m trying to work out whether I’ve walked past this before or not..! Got a bit of a craving for that smoked salmon and dug egg dish now I have to say! :)
Ceri
It is quite well hidden – I think I may have walked right past it had I not been looking out for it… just keep your eyes peeled for a white picket fence!
This looks amazing, brunch is my far my favourite time to eat out. When we come into London we normally eat friends at The Breakfast Club, which is a little bit hyped up but also is exceptionally yummy. May have to give this place a go next time I am in town- perhaps that could be our date? And a Blueberry Pancake Shake sounds AMAZING!
Ooooh great idea! Let’s go there! Although, we can’t book so may need to camp out the night before ;) xx
I am absolutely in love with your blog! I so glad I came across it x
Ahh thank you Leila – your comment has made my day x