Wednesday 3 August 2011

The Horseshoe, Hampstead

As a birthday treat I had the ultimate indulgence package at Natura day spa in Hampstead last weekend, heartily recommend them by the way, if pampering is your thing, it was fantastic. Anyhow, following a morning of relaxation, I dined at The Horseshoe for brunch.

This place's main appeal has to the the micro brewery, most of their home brews have recently relocated to bigger surroundings in Chalk Farm but there are still several barrels to be found under the dining room here in Hampstead. But the food is certainly not an afterthought and I have to say this is perhaps the finest smoked salmon (bizarrely from Camden apparently) and scrambled eggs I have had in a long while.


Great bread was served too on a nice little wooden board, rustic and hearty seems to be the ethos here, the room is minimal and service is nonchalant. Excellent toasted sourdough the perfect platform for the fine coupling of salmon and eggs.


They had regrettably sold out of the eggs Benedict Thomas' first choice so he went for the cheeseburger. Another use for the little wooden boards, and chips in a bucket, again, seeing this everywhere!

I really liked the relaxed vibe at The Horseshoe, having stumbled upon it is fun too, I usually plan meals so it's nice to discover somewhere having not researched beforehand, how we used to do things pre food blogs.

I'd like to come back, the mussels smelled great. Less than £15 a head, my dish came with a glass of rose for £12.50. Lovely day for it.

The Horseshoe
28 Heath Street
Hampstead
NW3 6TE
8/10

Horseshoe on Urbanspoon

4 comments:

Hanna @ Swedish Meatball said...

I really like The Horseshoe; one of my favourite places when I used to live that side of London! Glad to see it's still looking good ;)

Anonymous said...

Smoked salmon, scrambled eggs and sourdough is just the perfect combination...and a great pick me up after a relaxing spa day. Very jealous!

Boo said...

Hanna - they've certainly still got it!

LL - it's hard to beat salmon and eggs for breakfast, I agree, this was a fine example!

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