With the exception of the occasional food or community festival, outside catering isn’t something we usually do. But we were delighted to be able to lend a hand to our friends and neighbours at Kids Company when they asked if we could help them with the launch of their exhibition and research project, ‘Hungry Childhoods’, last night.
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Last Saturday we waved goodbye – for this year! – to the festival season with a one day pop-up at the wonderful Bermondsey Street Festival. After a fun first time in 2013, we were naturally keen to return and this year took along a bigger team – and a barbecue!
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Guests ordering mineral water recently will no doubt have noticed the beautiful, colourful butterfly design on the label. But it’s not just the bottle that’s a talking point – the water itself is benefiting communities in Africa who don’t have access to the clean water that we take for granted.
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Gin is part of the DNA of aqua shard; distilled and shipped from Bermondsey and Southwark for centuries, the quintessentially British spirit gives our lively west-facing dining room the Gin Wing its name, and there’s a whole section of ‘Gin Inspirations’ on our cocktail list.
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Many people say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, essential for getting the right start before the rigours of the day ahead. Even if we do say so ourselves, we think that our breakfast menu is about as good a start to the day as it’s possible to have.
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Weekends: a time when normal rules don’t apply for when to get up and when to eat, and thus perfectly suited to the leisurely enjoyment of brunch. Intended to take the place of both breakfast and lunch – hence the name, of course – the best brunches, we think, span both sittings and offer a wide range of food options to suit every appetite.
That’s why our Weekend Brunch menu is served from 10.30am right through until 3.30pm every Saturday and Sunday, meaning whether you’re an early-riser looking to fill up on substantial, breakfast-y dishes before seizing the day ahead or enjoying a lie-in with the papers before heading out to enjoy a late hearty roast, we’ve a time and dishes to suit!
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Our regularly-changing Market Lunch menu, available every day from Monday to Friday except Bank Holidays, is the perfect way to discover chef Anthony Garlando’s contemporary British cuisine at a convenient, great-value set price.
The menu changes monthly to reflect the seasons and showcase the best, freshest British and Irish produce. Current dishes include a delicious pulled duck leg salad with cauliflower piccalilli and spring onion panna cotta starter and a main course of grilled rainbow trout from Hampshire with risoni pasta, confit red pepper and raisins.
There is always a vegetarian option for each course. The Market Lunch menu is priced at £25.50 for two courses or £29.50 for three – to book your table to try it for yourself please visit the About Us page – we look forward to seeing you!
Champagne corks were popping this week at the wonderful news that Myles Donneky, our bar manager, had been named winner of the inaugural Rothschild Rising Star award.
This prestigious award, founded by the Food & Beverage Managers’ Association (F&BMA) recognises an outstanding young manager in the hospitality industry who demonstrates the potential to be a food & beverage director of tomorrow.
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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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