Eat Out London!The Bountiful Cow Public House & Dining
Holborn's hidden gem, The Bountiful Cow is an independent, family-run bar with a delicious steak oriented lunch & dinner menu.
The Bountiful Cow
10oz Fillet Steak Our deliciously tender 10z Fillet Steak is served with field mushrooms sautéed in butter focaccia.
Served with a hearty portion of thick cut chips.
Surf 'N' Turf For Two A platter of sirloin rump steak, served with prawns, onion rings our thick cut chips.
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[Review] The Bountiful Cow burger, Eagle Street, London
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The Bountiful Cow.Baby Bountiful Burger (don't be fooled by the name, this is still 9oz beef, and includes chips) - £10.50.
All is in order for a classic pub burger.Mild melted cheese merges seamlessly with the beef patty, and the super thin bacon packs a punch of salt and charcoal from its char grilling.
The whole experience is finished off with a generic 'burger sauce' which adds a creamy acidity into the mix.The meat in this burger is a real throwback to the 'gourmet' burgers of old - lean, ground beef mixed with herbs - I know, it sounds like something out of the twilight zone BUT* and I caveat this heavily, it actually tastes quite good.There are three reasons for this:1) it's freshly (and coarsely) ground so the salt hasn't had time to draw out the moisture in the beef i.e. it's juicy.2) There is no binding agent, so the texture is unadulterated.3) It's cooked a perfect medium-rare.
So it's a bit of a mixed bag.On paper, and on sight, the brioche bun used for the Baby Bountiful burger looks to be the ideal wrapper for this burger, but the reality is a big fat Bun Fail.
The same char-grilling which leaves the meat acrid has been deployed to toast the bun, but it's a cursory press onto the char-grill which leaves deep, burnt marks in the bun but does little to stop it pulling apart and collapsing after just a couple of bites.If you can get over the adulteration of the beef, and the chargrilled cooking method, and the stale bun - all big barriers to burger enjoyment - then this isn't too shabby.
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On London’s Eagle Street, The Bountiful Cow dishes out great steakhouse dishes made using the best ingredients.
The Bountiful Cow feels comfortable yet sophisticated, a versatile location that’s a lovely the backdrop for anything from a dinner with friends to a first date.
There’s much more than meat here, too, so bring along your veggie friends – they’ll love the bruschetta with guacamole and artichoke hearts.
Book ahead to save your table at The Bountiful Cow on Holborn’s Eagle Street.
The Bountiful Cow offers something different | London Evening ...
GO London Newsletter Just like its sister pub the Seven Stars, this one shares both an owner and a devotion to the Suffolk beers of Adnam's but has regular guests on the taps, Hophead from Dark Star was on when we were last in.
The interior too, takes its cue from the aforementioned pub, being both small and having walls decorated with old movie posters.
That the Bountiful Cow's are for cowboy films illustrates the emphasis here on burgers, steaks and all things bovine-related (vegetarians look away now, nothing to see here).
NEAREST STATION: Holborn Station FEATURES: real ales and a separate restaurant The Bountiful Cow 51 Eagle Street, WC1R 4AP
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The steak is good.
Unsurprisingly, few concessions are made to vegetarians on the very meat-heavy menu, but the £8.50 tomato bruschetta with capers and anchovies balanced by sweet piquillo peppers proved to be keenly priced – it arrived overlapping the plate.
Puddings provide few surprises, but there’s good drinking to be had: draught Dark Star Hophead, perhaps or a feisty pays d’oc merlot, available by the 500ml carafe.