If you’re visiting San Francisco on business or you would like to take friends out for a special occasion, you must try Aqua Restaurant. Aqua is known for their fresh seafood blended with exotic flavors. The menu is full of creative dishes, to suite every palette. If you’re feeling adventurous, experience the seasonal tasting menu. Chef Laurent Manrique prepares a 7 course meal which takes you across the globe. The dinner tasting menu begins with
Smoked Sturgeon & Caviar Bombe, this dish is truly unique because it features a fusion of bitter and sweet flavors that melt in your mouth. The second course on the tasting menu is Tuna & Foie Gras Mosaic, the flavor of the tuna is preserved and accented with the flavors of the foie gras in the center of the tuna. The third course featured Yellowfin Tuna, served cold, it brings out the natural flavors of the tuna. The fourth course featured Parmesan-Black Pepper Souffle with Dungeness Crab, Sea Urchin, and Chive Butter. The souffle is a menu favorite because it blends the flavors of the crab, sea urchin, and chive butter;this course is definitely the heaviest. The fourth course featured Maine Scallops seasoned with tandoori sauce and spices, the sauce and the spices were a great match for the scallops. The fifth course featured Monkfish accented with Ramps, Porcini Mushrooms & Sweetbread Fondue. The blend of the sweet bread fondue and the porcini mushrooms really accented the flavor of the monkfish. The last course featured Milk Chocolate Mousse Bar Ginger Infused Milk Chocolate Mousse, Caramelized Bananas, Flourless Cake, if you’re a chocolate-lover this will be the highlight of the menu; for those of you that are not chocolate-lovers its a wonderful way to harmonize all of the previous courses. This is a restaurant with excellent food, and top-rate service.
