Acqua Restaurant

Welcome

With the launch of Phuket’s finest gastronomic restaurant, connoisseurs of fine cuisine can revel in this experiential concept. The acqua restaurant experience promises to deliver only the freshest of ingredients, sourced from only the best producers both local and international. Taste explosions from the portfolio of Chef Alessandro Frau, of both traditional and contemporary are offered.

Italian born, Chef Alessandro, former Executive Chef at the Sheraton Grande Laguna Phuket, is an innovative concocter of recipes, whose mission is to deliver an eclectic yet unpretentious selection of dishes.

Acqua restaurant is his conception and he is excited to unveil refined, imaginative dishes that he has been working on over the duration of his career. Acqua restaurant is his vision of the perfect dining place; with informal yet aspirational ambience complemented by a culinary voyage that really is unique.

We specialise in catering for individuals with specific dietary needs including gluten free and wheat free meals. Every one of our ingredients are specially selected from around the world to create the most exciting, healthy and tasty of menus.

Acqua restaurant use HACCP hygiene system, with the consultancy and products of Ecolab which is the global leader in cleaning, sanitizing, food safety and infection control products and services. Ecolab delivers comprehensive programs and services to the foodservice, food and beverage processing, hospitality, healthcare, government services, education and training programs for quickservice (QSR) restaurants. www.ecolab.com

We are particularly keen on our level of food safety. We strive to lead our market in all safety and quality issues.

Menu Samples

Starters

• Buffalo Mozzarella, trilogy of tomatoes, Taggiasche olives and baby basil leaves
• Yellow fin Tuna and Swordfish Carpaccio with Pantelleria’s capers, cherry tomatoes, dried Musciame of tuna in lemon and mature extra virgin olive oil
• Seared Foie Gras, pickled wild mushrooms, stuffed peperoncino, Moscato wine reduction and roasted onion marmalade
• Burrata cheese with Culatello di Zibello (One of the finest Italian cured ham) and fresh figs
• Fresh artichokes salad with Bottarga, celery and fresh sheep milk ricotta cheese dressed with fine extra virgin olive oil
• Aged Parma ham versus Jamon Patanegra with baby buffalo mozzarella and giant marinated olives

Pasta and Rivoli

• Ravioli Cappellacci stuffed with pumpkin and sage on a light Gorgonzola sauce
• Ravioli Culurgionis stuffed with potato, mint and aged Sardinian Pecorino cheese, served with fresh tomato sauce
• Linguine with lobster sauce
• Potatoes and herbs gnocchi with Veal ossobuco sauce
• Black truffle paste risotto with wild asparagus and seared scallops
• Risotto with taleggio cheese, wild rocket salad and sun dried tomatoes
• Risotto with smoked Pecorino Fiore Sardo, pancetta and broad beans
• Sardinian fregola pasta with clams, lobster and fresh tomatoes
• Orecchiette pasta with Mediterranean mussels and broccoletti
• Spaghetti with Sardinian sea urchin and shaved bottarga

Main Course

• Slow cooked Veal Ossobuco on a truffle scented white polenta
• Grilled Prime black Angus rib eye with roast potatoes and grilled oysters mushrooms (350gr.)
• Grilled grain fed beef tenderloin on a potato and spinach purée, gravy juice and mixed wild mushrooms
• Maine lobster a la Rossini, with pan fried duck liver, truffle bisque sauce and grilled bread crouton
• Fillet of seabass cooked in Vermentino wine, with fresh artichokes, Potatoes, cherry tomatoes and capers
• Grilled tuna fillet Tagliata on eggplants and zucchini, fresh cherry tomatoes, capers and oregano sauce
• Roasted Black cod fish in Guazzetto of Mediterranean mussels and Taggiasche
olives, scented with saffron

Wood-Fired Pizza

• Pizza Buffala (Tomato sauce, Mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella)
• Pizza Parma Ham and Ricotta (Tomato sauce, Mozzarella, Parma ham, fresh ricotta cheese)
• Pizza Acqua (Tomato sauce, Mozzarella, lobster, fresh tuna, capers

Location

324/15 Prabaramee Road – Kalim Bay – Patong
Phuket – Thailand
Tel: 076 618127
Fax: 076 618129
reservations@acquarestaurantphuket.com

Alessandro Frau
Executive Chef/Owner
alessandrofrau.acqua@gmail.com

Marcella Mocci
Executive Director / Owner
marcellamocci@gmail.com