With New Year’s Eve just a fortnight away, if you haven’t firmed up your plans yet be sure to get something sorted to avoid disappointment at the last minute. It’s happened to us all – you want to keep your options open, and don’t want to pay inflated prices just get into the same old places, then the big night comes and everywhere’s sold out!
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It’s not often we encourage our staff to run, but we were shouting support from the sidelines when we entered a team into the recent National Waiters’ Day race!
A brilliant initiative described by its founder Fred Sirieix as ‘A day to celebrate all Front of House staff and inspire people about careers in the hospitality industry’, National Waiters’ Day took place on 25th September and the highlight for us was The Waiters’ Race in London’s Hyde Park.
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It’s the hallmark of aqua nueva chef Alberto Hernandez’s cuisine that he takes some of Spain’s most famous traditional dishes and reinvents them from a modern but highly respectful angle. Drawing on his years of experience at leading restaurants including world-renowned el Bulli, Alberto creates dishes which, while recognisable as the classics that inspire them, surprise and delight with their flavours, textures and technique.
A perfect example of this is Alberto’s Pulpo a la Gallega con su empanada. This is in fact a marriage of two dishes typical of Galicia - Gallega - the largely coastal region in the far north-west of Spain; pulpo a la Gallega, or Galician-style octopus, and empanada Gallega, a savoury open-sided pastry.
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Never underestimate an aqua london lady. Torrential rain, miserable running conditions and injury couldn’t – and didn’t – put off our intrepid team of runners who turned out last Saturday 28th June to run Race for Life, determined to do their bit to ‘beat cancer’s butt’.
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Our address may be on glamorous Regent Street, but anyone who’s arrived at aqua via Oxford Circus station will know that we’re just a few short steps from Oxford Street too. On Thursday 29th May we’ll be celebrating that association as we take part in the Oxford Street Giveaway, an exciting shopping evening organised by leading lifestyle titles Emerald Street and Mr Hyde.
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We posted recently that with the Spring weather we would be opening up the terraces and that we would let you know when the full ‘Terrace experience’ began for the Spring/Summer season. Well true to our word, that time has come and we’re delighted to invite you to come and discover our famous, fabulous roof terraces for yourself.
Here at aqua we think it’s very important to recognise the fantastic contribution that our teams make to ensuring that our guests enjoy the best possible experience. All our staff, from front-of-house to kitchen and maintenance to back office, work very hard, but from time to time some individuals give that little bit extra that makes a big difference.
To reward this, we recently introduced an Employee of The Month scheme, which every month will see one of our team members received a certificate and gift voucher, as well as being entered for Employee of The Year!
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While the spotlight has been focused on aqua kyoto recently thanks to the Dish Of The Week series on our Facebook page, sister restaurant aqua nueva has been serving up some sensational Spanish dishes.
Chef Alberto Hernandez, previously of world-famous restaurant El Bulli in Spain, has created a menu which honours the culinary heritage of his home country in a resolutely modern way, by updating familiar family dishes using creative, surprising cooking techniques and stunning presentation.
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The lights and marquee went up outside the London Palladium, directly across Argyll Street from our front door, a few weeks ago for I Can’t Sing! The Musical, and ever since we’ve barely been able to contain our excitement at the imminent opening (on Wednesday 26th March) of what’s sure to be a smash hit.
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Spring is here and with the arrival of the sunshine, we’ve thrown open the doors to our three stunning terraces. For the time being you’ll need to order your drinks in aqua spirit or aqua nueva bars and take them outside, but from about mid-April we’ll be offering the full terraces experience. With that in mind, we thought it would be helpful to answer a few of your most Frequently Asked Questions…
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