The Bountiful Cow

Looking for my latest recipe attempt? Check out the post: Black Country Beef Stew

I have just gone through the daunting task of moving out of my flat and into the lawyers. It was daunting in so much as that I hadn’t quite realised just how much crap I had accumulated over the years and it all had to be sorted, boxed and put into storage before I head off to Madrid.  Luckily, a couple of my family were able to come down for the weekend in a big rental van to help me out.

So, after a day of having Barry and Dave hump boxes for me, I wanted to take them out for a nice meal to say thank you.  I was looking for somewhere relaxed that served simple but decent man-food. Step forward The Bountiful Cow. The cow, which describes itself as a “public house devoted to beef” is a nice little boozer tucked down a backstreet in Holborn and is renowned for the quality of the meat that they serve – their burgers and steaks are just superb.

It has to be said that the cooking at the cow isn’t going to be troubling the inspectors from the Michelin guide any time soon, but you know what, good pub food doesn’t always have to. Here, the chips might be frozen, the green peppercorns sauce gloopy and not a patch on my own Gordon Ramsay’s Great British Pub Food version, but the meat is all of the highest quality, sourced from a good butcher and cooked perfectly. With a few pints of ale, it was the perfect reward after a hard days work.

If you are ever in London and need of a good, unfussy steak or burger, you could do a lot worse than giving the bountiful cow a try.

Looking for my latest recipe attempt? Check out the post: Black Country Beef Stew