Alberto Hernandez | Aqua London

Valentine’s at aqua london

aqua london is dedicating an entire weekend to our tribute to love with tantalising tastes across both aqua nueva and aqua Kyoto.

Head Chef Alberto Hernandez’s labour of love is a four-course feast of Spanish delicacies with dishes including Seared scallops with black ink rice parcels and ‘San Sebastian’ style crab, Matured rib eye Galician beef with confit piquillos and potato gratin and a delicate Valentines cake made from Champagne mousse with edible gold almonds and raspberries. Available in aqua nueva on both Saturday the 13th and Sunday the 14th of February, you can enjoy a romantic four-course meal with complementary glass of Veuve Clicquot champagne for £80 per person. Read more +

Great reviews for #newnueva!

While of course the best compliment is the number of guests coming through the doors (many of them several times!) since we opened the new aqua nueva, it’s always gratifying to read great reviews – and there’s been a couple of those recently which we’re excited to share!
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The #newnueva is now open!

We’re delighted to announce that the refurbishment of aqua nueva is now complete and the ‪#‎newnueva ‬ has opened, serving an exciting new menu in stunning surroundings!
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A first taste of the #newnueva menu!

With the opening of the all-new aqua nueva just a few days away, chef Alberto Hernandez and his team have been busy putting the finishing touches to the menu. We were lucky enough to be invited to a tasting of some of Alberto’s new dishes recently and have been given the go-ahead to give you a preview of what’s in store.

Unveiling the new aqua nueva

After many months of planning and struggling to keep the exciting news under wraps, we’re absolutely delighted to let you know that we’re having an extensive refurbishment of aqua nueva this year. The restaurant will close this Sunday, 13th April, and will re-open in early June.
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aqua nueva, a jewel in ‘London’s Mile of Style’

For a Spanish restaurant, it’s always exciting to be recognised by the Spanish community. So you can imagine how the Cava corks popped when aqua nueva was featured recently in El Viajero, the prestigious travel magazine of El Pais, Spain’s best-selling newspaper.
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Love is in the air this Valentine’s Day!

We’re great romantics here at aqua and every Valentine’s Day we look forward to welcoming the many couples who entrust their happiness on this special evening to us. This February 14th both restaurants will be offering sumptuous special menus, each including a glass of Champagne on arrival, guaranteed to please the most particular of partners.
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A true Spanish classic dish updated at aqua nueva

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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Spanish delights on the menu in aqua nueva

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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Spoil Mum this Mother’s Day at aqua nueva

Mother’s Day, which this year falls on Sunday 30th March, is always a very special day and while of course we think mums deserve to spoilt every day of the year, we also think it’s great that they get to be the centre of attention on this day.

To mark the occasion, we’re excited to announce that this year aqua nueva will open on a Sunday for the first time ever, offering an indulgent four-dish menu created by chef Alberto Hernandez.
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