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Sustainable summery seafood

We think we can safely say that summer’s well and truly here, and with it come new dishes created by Anthony Garlando to reflect the lighter, brighter season both in taste and appearance.

One ‘From The Sea’ dish already proving hugely popular is this Open crab ravioli, made using fully-traceable, sustainable crab from The Real Cornish Crab Co. This family-run fishery give every delivery a QR code, which when scanned gives the date the crab was caught, the name of the boat and even the name of the fisherman!
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Chef’s search for English charcuterie

Following on from our very enjoyable trip with chef Anthony Garlando to meet our poultry suppliers recently we were down on a farm again this week! This time we went with Anthony to Rampisham in west Dorset to visit Capreolus Fine Foods, from whom chef is going to be sourcing some fine English charcuterie.

Tanqueray TEN tests our bar team!

Anyone who’s joined us for cocktails in the bar at aqua shard will know that our cocktail list is innovative, unusual and – alongside some classics – features many drinks that simply can’t be found anywhere else. One way we achieve this is by constantly challenging our team to come up with new ideas, and there were plenty of those at a recent competition organised by Tanqueray No. TEN gin.

Going live! Anthony Garlando at Grand Designs Live

Everyone at aqua shard was delighted when our executive chef Anthony Garlando was invited to give a live demonstration at Grand Designs Live. This very popular annual home lifestyle and design exhibition took place from 3-11 May at London’s ExCel, and Anthony was given two slots on the busy final Saturday!
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Exploring ‘London’s larder’, Borough Market

Ever since we opened, the quality of the produce Anthony Garlando and his team use to create our contemporary British cuisine has been of paramount importance. No ingredient will go into one of Anthony’s dishes unless it meets his stringent expectations and he takes great pride in sourcing as much as possible himself from hand-picked suppliers.
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By George! Announcing our patron saint’s day menu.

Whether or not you believe that St George really slew a dragon with his lance, or think it’s odd that a (probably) Greek soldier in the Roman army is somehow patron saint of England, we’ll still be marking the Feast of St George with a very special menu that flies the flag for England’s finest produce.

Introducing our unique Tain salad

One of our strongest commitments at aqua shard is to use in our dishes the very best British produce and, where we can, to champion small, interesting and independent suppliers. Our Tain salad, new to the Market Lunch menu for February 2014, does just that by using as its main ingredient Caboc cheese.
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