The popularity of our recently introduced Galician Blond beef rib for two has shown that there’s a real appetite (no pun intended) for main courses suited to sharing. With that in mind we’re excited to introduce another, new to the ‘From The Sea’ section of the a la carte menu – Cornish monkfish tail cooked in honey brown butter.
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We know and appreciate that for many guests a visit to aqua shard is intended as a celebration of a special occasion – a milestone birthday or anniversary, becoming engaged, success at work or a reunion with old friends – and every day can feel like a celebration!
With that in mind we’ve added a very special sharing dish to the menu – a 1kg rib of Galician Blond beef, one of the best-tasting, richest and tenderest cuts we’ve come across. Whereas most beef comes from cows aged 2-3 years, Galician Blond comes from older dairy herds aged 8 years, meaning that the meat has more marbling of fat which makes it richer and tastier.
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It’s all change on the a la carte menu for April as we introduce a host of delicious new dishes for Spring, including one that we’re sure will be an instant favourite – Mazzancolle red prawns with treacle-cured pork.
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Few things get us more excited than the prospect of a four-day weekend, and as the Easter weekend begins we thought we’d let you know about our opening hours and the menus we’ll be serving to help you get the most from your visit.
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Whether you are vegetarian or simply enjoy the occasional meat-free meal or Monday, you’re sure to enjoy these two exciting new starters for Spring from the a la carte menu.
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Here at aqua shard we’re great fans of interactive photo-sharing app Instagram, and love seeing the many great images that guests post of their visits as well as sharing our own. So we were very excited when prestigious food magazine FOUR invited our executive chef Anthony Garlando to take over their Instagram feed for 24 hours on Wednesday 18th February to give a behind-the-scenes look into a day in the life of aqua shard.
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With National Yorkshire Pudding Day approaching on Sunday 1st February, our chef Anthony Garlando – no stranger to making British classics, but also a perfectionist – enlisted the help of a true expert to ensure that his Yorkshires are the best they can be: our General Manager John Wiltshire’s mum, Jean!
Jean and John’s dad Godfrey were visiting London and took the time to visit aqua shard to share Jean’s recipe – actually Godfrey’s mother’s recipe, so it’s been in the family for generations! – and some helpful tips for making perfect Yorkshires.
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With winter approaching, the menu will gradually start to reflect the instinctive shift from summer and autumn’s lighter dishes to the more substantial, soothing food we all crave in the coldest months of the year.
New to the a la carte menu in November is this sensational Confit suckling pig, sourced from Blythburgh in Suffolk, slow-cooked in oil at 80C for twelve hours until meltingly tender and served with compressed pear spiced with pink pepper, black cabbage, potato and truffle gratin and a rich gravy.
The suckling pig is further complemented by the addition of air-dried pork loin from another of our superb suppliers, Capreolus Fine Foods of Rampingham, Dorset who also made our extremely popular Bonfire Bangers recently.
You can view the current menu and book on our website, and we look forward to welcoming you into the warm to try our winter dishes soon!
This week coincides with both British Sausage Week and Guy Fawkes or Bonfire Night, and to celebrate head chef Anthony Garlando asked Capreolus, one of our favourite suppliers, to create a special breakfast sausage and smoky ‘Bonfire Banger’.
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Provenance is very important to us here at aqua shard. Whatever the produce we’re using, whether it’s vegetables, dairy, fish or meat, we want to be sure that not only is it going to taste absolutely delicious, but that it has come from a supplier who cares as much about quality as we do.
You can imagine then how pleased we are to now be using pork from Blythburgh in Suffolk, reared by the Butler family and supplied via Aubrey Allen. Fully free-range, the pigs are reared and live their lives outside (protected when needs be from the elements by tents and huts) benefiting from ample space to roam and the sea breeze from the Suffolk coast.
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