The 21st April marks National Tea Day and we thought we’d celebrate the occasion by hitting the refresh button on our popular afternoon tea. Executive chef Dale Osborne and Head pastry chef Ji Sun Shin have updated our contemporary British tea to include delicious new savoury and sweet treats.
Today marks the start of National Butchers’ Week and to commemorate the occasion, we’re placing the spotlight on Aubrey Allen, the family-owned butcher where our Executive Head Chef Dale Osborne sources his Hereford beef from. Read more +
We like to pay homage to British events at aqua shard, allowing us to have some fun with our specials and Shrove Tuesday is no exception. In celebration of Pancake Day, our talented bars and kitchen teams have created a flippin’ fantastic cocktail and dessert for guests to enjoy.
At aqua shard, we’re celebrating the renowned British-grown Bramley apple! Every Bramley apple can be traced back to a tree that’s over 200-years-old and is still growing in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. In 1809, Mary Ann Brailsford planted the first pips in her garden.
To commemorate the fine fruit, our head pastry chef Ji Sun Shin has created a special dessert for guests to try. Made of apple cheesecake, cider ice cream, pistachio crumble and apple compote, the Bramley apple adds a tangy flavour that it’s so well known for, together with its light and moist texture. Read more +
With a new dish on our dessert menu, we have decided to embrace the great British debate – Marmite, love it or hate?
This Autumn we’ve introduced a Marmite and Milk chocolate semi freddo and it has made us a little curious about where this spread has come from, and if it is indeed as British as we think?
On our menu we have a Dry-aged, Hereford beef sirloin. Recently our Executive Chef Dale Osborne visited a farm in Ireland rearing Hereford cattle, along with our butcher Aubrey Allen and a group of chefs from London and Birmingham, to discover first-hand what makes this breed so special.
Dale shares his photos and tells us about the trip.