Review on Aqua Eight

Aqua Eight opened in 2006, tucked behind Ipswich town centre square, an award winning restaurant regarded by diners as one of the best dining venues in the area. Spread over two floors, with a vibrant bar downstairs serving a tasty cocktail menu, leading to an outdoor heated and covered garden area, the intimate, modern dining room with its stylish décor is set on the first floor.

Owned by brothers Vincent and Patrick Wing Cheung whose father Simon introduced some of the first Chinese restaurants to the UK in the 1960's, it is Patrick who trained as a chef and is responsible for Aqua Eight's signature blend of Pan-Asian fusion dishes, while Vincent admirably looks after front-of-house. The kitchen has a close association with local farmers and fishermen ensuring that ingredients are fresh and first class, while specialist Asian spices, rice, noodles and exotic fruit and vegetables are imported to maintain the authenticity of certain Pan Asian dishes.

From the a la carte menu choose a starter of tom yum kung soup consisting of prawn and shiitake mushroom, followed by the popular main course of char- grilled wasabi sirloin steak with soya and lemongrass, or for fish lovers there's Thai monkfish with mango and passion fruit in sweet chilli sauce. To finish enjoy desserts in the shape of chocolate chilli bake with vanilla cream or banana filo pastry with coconut ice cream.

The well spread wine list is worth perusing and there's as extensive variety available by the glass.

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Cuisine

Pan Asian

Chef

Alan Tang

Restaurant Opening Times

Lunch: 12.00 - 2.15pm Tue-Sat
Dinner: 5.30 - 10.00pm Tue-Thu (5.30 - 11.00pm Fri & Sat) (5.30 - 9.30pm Sun)

Accepted credit cards

Visa, Master Card

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Facilities at Aqua Eight

  • Alfresco dining
  • Vegetarian menu

Address

Aqua Eight
8 Lion Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 1DQ

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Aqua Eight Sample Menu

A LA CARTE

Hors d’oeuvres (min 2 persons) - priced per person
mixed hors d’oeuvres with 5 appetisers (per person) £10.45
(prawn toast, capital pork chunks, Thai satay chicken skewers, chilli and pepper squid, chicken gyoza)
vegetarian mixed hors d’oeuvres with 5 appetisers (per person) £8.95
(yasai yakitori, chilli and pepper japanese tofu, edamame, vegetable rice rolls and yasai gyoza)
seafood mixed hors d’oeuvres with 5 appetisers (per person) £11.95
(chilli and pepper squid, crayfish and vermicelli California rice rolls, scallop truffle, tempura prawns,
crab and prawn katsu)
(Please note the above hors d’oeuvres cannot be altered)

Small Eat
crispy duck roll with hoi sin sauce £5.95
steamed or fried Shanghai dumpling with shichimi £5.95
tea smoked honey ribs £7.95
chargrilled sirloin beef and asparagus rolls in teriyaki £8.50
chilli and pepper squid £7.95
crab and prawn katsu with wasabi mayonnaise £5.95
crayfish and vermicelli California rice rolls £5.50
scallop truffle £8.50
Thai chicken lemongrass skewers £5.95
sesame prawn on toast with seaweed and takuan £6.50
Thai satay chicken skewers £8.50
capital pork chunks with shiro miso £7.95
spicy pork chunks with Thai chilli dressing £7.95
chicken gyoza with sweet chilli sauce £5.95
tempura prawns with spicy lemon dressing £8.95
edamame (v) £4.75
vegetable rice rolls with a peanut dip (v) £4.75
yasai yakitori (v) £550
chilli and pepper Japanese tofu (v) £5.35
yasai gyoza with sweet chilli sauce (v) £5.35
dim sum basket(4)
Siu mai, prawn dumpling, vegetable dumpling and shanghai dumpling £8.50
vegetable dumpling (3) (v) £5.35
siu mai (3) £5.75
prawn dumpling (3) £5.95
sweet potato korreke (v) £5.35

Small Eat - Intermediate
Please note that these dishes may be chosen as a starter or intermediate course
fried soft shelled crab with red chilli and curry leaf £16.50
honey glazed salt and pepper quail with salad £13.50
aromatic crispy duck (with cucumber, spring onion and hoi sin sauce) qtr £13.50
half £21.50
tempura vegetables with spicy lemon dressing (v) £8.45
minced vegetables in lettuce wraps (v) £7.95
tempura vegetables with red chilli and curry leaf (v) £8.45

Seafood
stir fried scallop with asparagus and cloud ear £12.50
stir fried seafood with xo sauce £13.50
Aqua Eight prawns (cooked with salted duck eggs) £13.95
pan fried prawns with garlic and spring onion £12.50
fried tiger king prawns with red chilli and curry leaf £13.95
kung pao tempura prawns with daikon and takuan salad £12.50

Tofu
stir fry tofu, asparagus and lotus root with black pepper (v) £7.95
braised aubergine and morinaga tofu in black bean sauce with chilli (v) £7.95
stir fry shiitake and fine beans with morinaga tofu in oyster sauce (v) £7.95

Vegetables
aubergine and fine beans in miso (v) £7.50
stir fry pak choi in oyster sauce (v) £7.50
stir fry three style mushroom with pak choi (v) £7.95
stir fry monks vegetables (v) £7.95
stir fried fine beans in Thai chilli dressing (v) £7.50
aubergine, potato and physalis green curry (v) £8.50
pan fried tofu with pine nuts in yellow bean sauce (v) £7.50
pan fried vegetables in teriyaki sauce (v) £7.50

Rice And Noodles
glutinous rice in lotus leaf (2) £5.80
(with minced pork and chicken)
egg fried rice £4.25
Thai fragrant steamed rice (v) £3.80
stir fried noodle and beansprout (v) £4.95
Aqua Eight vegetable rice (v) £5.85
Aqua Eight vegetable noodles (v) £5.85
phad Thai noodles (with prawns) £8.95

Soups
tom yum kung soup (prawn and shiitake mushroom) £4.50
shiro miso soup with enoki mushroom and morinaga tofu (v) £4.50
Salads
chargrilled sirloin beef salad with Thai chilli dressing (8oz) £16.95
green leaf avocado salad with miso dressing (v) £7.00
crispy duck salad with balsamic hoi sin dressing £13.50

MAINS

Poultry
chicken katsu in lemon yuzu sauce £10.50
Thai red chicken curry with menma and red onion £10.50
chicken katsu with Thai chilli dressing £10.50
chicken in yellow bean sauce and pine nuts £10.50
roasted duck with mango and passion fruit sauce £13.50
massaman duck curry with potato, peanut and onion £13.50
char grilled chicken with soya and lemongrass £12.50

Meat
honey glazed roast pork with asparagus (30 minutes notice) £14.95
stir fry black pepper fillet beef £12.95
sweet and sour pork £10.50
stir fry fillet of beef with ginger and spring onion £12.95
stir fry fillet beef in black bean sauce with chilli £12.95
mandarin venison with wasabi red onion £11.50
stir fry venison with ginger and spring onion £11.50
chilli beef with scallions £10.95
char grilled wasabi sirloin steak with soya and lemongrass (8oz) £16.95
green sirloin steak curry (8oz) £15.95

Fish
massaman monkfish curry with potato, peanut and onion £12.50
monkfish tossed with black pepper and honey £12.95
Thai monkfish with mango and passion fruit in sweet chilli sauce £12.95
Alaskan black cod with miso £21.50
pan grilled fillet of seabass with teriyaki sauce £17.95
pan grilled fillet of seabass with Thai chilli dressing £17.95
steamed silver cod with ginger and scallions in soya sauce £21.50

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

Aqua Eight Christmas Menu

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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