With our breakfast, mornings just got better!

Aberdeenshore stone-ground oatmeal prridge with chia seeds at aqua shard

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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Our brunch is what weekends were made for!

Baked eggs with crab soldiers and green herb sauce

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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Happy pigs make for happy pork

grilled blythburgh pork belly with fennel sausage

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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Sustainable summery seafood

Anthony Garlando's Open crab ravioli at aqua shard

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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Shard Sunrise mocktails all round!Hamza enjoying his aqua shard first birthday cake!The children from Ben Jonson Primary School with teachers and volunteers

aqua shard first birthday cake for everybody!

To both celebrate our first birthday (we opened on 1st July 2013!) and to canvas expert opinions on our very special birthday cake, we invited some Very Important People for afternoon tea today – twenty-one nine- and ten-year-olds from Ben Jonson Primary School in Tower Hamlets.
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Visit Britain’s highest barbers this Father’s day!

Sunday 15th June is Father’s Day and we have arranged a special treat for all dads joining us for Weekend Brunch – a complimentary visit to Britain’s highest barber! Luxury men’s grooming room Man Made is popping up in our private dining room from 11am-3.30pm and all fathers (and grandfathers, and fathers-in-law…!) ordering the Weekend Brunch menu are invited to enjoy a wet shave, beard trim or quick haircut before or after eating, with our compliments.
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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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Announcing a blooming marvellous special menu!

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show has been a highlight of the London ‘season’ for over a century, and to celebrate its arrival this year we’ve devised a very special menu with a floral theme.

Available at dinner from Monday 19th May until Friday 23rd May inclusive at £45 for three courses, the aqua shard Chelsea Flower Show menu sees Anthony Garlando’s signature contemporary British cuisine enhanced by the use of edible flowers, wild herbs and foraged shoots.
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Spring forward for our new seasonal starters

Spring is the season of new beginnings, when flowers bloom after Winter, colour returns to the land and rising temperatures (albeit, this being Britain, not by much!) turn our thoughts to lighter foods after a diet of warming Winter dishes. At aqua shard we are celebrating the start of Spring with all-new starters for the a la carte menu, available now.
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