Agua’s Updated Winter Infinity Weekend Brunch

Posted: October 28th, 2014 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Foodies & Dining Scene, Hot Tips, Upcoming Events | Tags: Agua, Infinity Brunch, Spanish food, Weekend Brunch, Winter Menu | 11 Comments »

Agua’s Infinity Weekend Brunch Launches Updated Winter Menu

With the sudden drop in temperature, Agua’s taken the initiative to warm up our weekends with their updated Infinity Weekend Brunch menu which now includes a beautiful range of warming dishes including their Beef Bourguignon, Marinated Pork Belly and Icelandic Halibut with pumpkin puree.

A weekend brunch that was first launched back in April (pretty much right after they launched their Spring menu), this updated menu now highlights a lot of their new seasonal fall and winter dishes.

“Agua’s Infinity Brunch is perfect for the standard Sanlitun scene-sters and abundant Beijing brunchers throughout the city. For fall we’ll be switching some dishes to offer more seasonal tastes for the chillier months and we will be also adding a set brunch dining option. Our take on the all-you-can-eat/drink brunch experience is all about freshness with everything cooked a la minute. RMB 298 for infinite food, plus RMB168 for infinite cocktails including free flow Bloody Mary’s, Spanish Mimosas, red/white wine, sangria or cava.” – Sarah Ting-Ting Hou, Agua’s Marketing Manager

For anyone who’s looking for a place to celebrate or just enjoy an indulgent weekend treat, Agua’s Infinity Brunch is exactly as it promises – an infinite amount of tapas-sized Spanish dishes made fresh-to-order for you to savor and satiate till you drop.

A Packed House of Hungry Brunches at Agua’s Saturday Infinity Brunch!

As much as I loved their previous menu, this revamped menu is even better.

Their new Land and Sea dishes are phenomenal (see photos below!) and they’ve swapped out all their previous dessert items for 4 newly improved delectable dessert additions. And I’m pleased that though the majority of the menu is new, they’ve still kept a handful of my favorite dishes including their three ever-popular egg dishes (Alaskan salmon eggs Benedict, sunny side-up duck eggs with chorizo, and homemade sausage trio with a poached egg), seafood paella, and Argentinean brine boiled prawns.

The only thing I’ll warn you about in advance is that even though it’s all-you-can-eat, they only allow you to order dishes per person and in limited quantities. I support this notion to ensure freshness, smooth service and decrease waste, but if you’re coming with a big appetite, I recommend that you also come with a big group of fellow foodies so that you can all order together and share plates to sample as many of the menu’s 20+ dishes as possible.

Agua’s Infinity Brunch Ordering Guide:

To Start: 2 Courses per person

To follow: 1 course per person

*Order at your heart’s desire but also at your stomach’s content  

I’m pleased to say that two of us smashed out 17 of the infinity brunch’s 23 menu items and we were comfortably full (we learned our lesson last time after over-stuffing ourselves until we could barely pick ourselves up to leave the restaurant!).

The price for Agua’s Infinity Brunch is RMB 298 for unlimited food between 12PM-2:30PM (on Saturdays and Sundays) and you can also add on free-flow drinks (Cava, Spanish Mimosa, Bloody Mary, Sangria, Red or White Wine) for an extra RMB 168.

If you accidentally sleep in too late and worry you can’t get your money’s worth by coming in after 1PM, you can opt for their 3-course set lunch menu for RMB 198 with free flow beverage options still available.

Infinity Brunch with NEW! Fall/Winter Brunch Menu 

Date: Every Saturday and Sunday from 12PM-2: 30PM, free flow until 3PM

Agua’s NEW! Weekend Set Brunch Option

Since we came ready to plow through the new infinity brunch menu, you can see a snapshot summary below of Agua’s new Infinity Brunch menu with cocktails to kickstart our weekend:

Spanish Mimosa & Bloody Mary & Sangria

Viennoiserie Platter (Variety of Pastries and Bread with Butter and Jam)

Soup, Salads & Starters

Pumpkin soup, pumpkin seeds and balsamic reduction

Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad

Stewed Lentils with Chorizo and Pork Ribs

Eggs

Beetroot Alaskan salmon eggs Benedict

Sunny Side-Up Duck Eggs Served with Hash Browns & Homemade Chorizo Sausage

3 Homemade Sausages with hashbrowns, roasted cherry tomatoes and poached egg

Savory Starches

Crispy Ham & Potato Croquettes

Agua’s Seafood Paella

From the Land & Sea

Jordi’s Beer & Mustard Marinated Pork Belly, Grilled and served with Baked Potatoes in Pommery mustard sauce

Steak Tartar with mustard grains and poached quail egg

Icelandic Halibut served with Pumpkin puree and vegetables “escabeche”

Beef Tenderloin with sweet potato and bacon puree, green asparagus and beef jus

Classic Beef Bourguignon

Delectable Sweets:

Roasted Apple Crumble & Caramel Ice Cream

Whipped Cream & Sour Cherries

Classic Creme Brulee

Peanut Ice Cream & Chocolate Fudge Crepe

Though I miss Agua’s signature burger on their new brunch menu (see previous Agua Infinity Brunch post here), the new Land and Sea dishes were the main highlights of our brunch experience, especially their Steak Tartare, Icelandic halibut and Marinated Pork Belly.

When it comes to an infinity brunch experience, the last thing you want to do is save the best for last so keeping in this strategy, I’d recommend ordering all the Land and Sea dishes first, then the Egg dishes, and depending on how much stomach space you have to spare, I’d be selective in just ordering a few of the starter and savory starches so that you can finish strong by tasting your way through all of their desserts. I was particularly pleased by their creme brulee (yes, we ordered seconds!) and the roasted apple crumble came a close second.

Agua’s Contact Details:

• Address: Next to Enoterra Wine Bar and above Apothecary Bar, 4/F Nali Patio, 81 Sanlitun North Street

• 北京市朝阳区三里屯北街81号那里花园4楼

• Tel: 86-10-5208-6188

NEWS! Agua’s Sweet 6 Anniversary Party:

Agua’s 6^th Year Anniversary

“The Sweet 6”

Date: November 14th, 2013

Time: 11pm-2:30am

Last year was a blur of incredible tapas, crafty Hayman gin cocktails, a giant cake cake in the shape of the number 5, so much splendid food and friends and great, great fun.

I’m delighted to share that Agua will once again be throwing another epic party celebrating its 6-year anniversary with free-flowing cava, wine, gin and vodka cocktails, and musical beats by Alex Molina from Mosto! Space is limited so book tickets in advance as they will not accept walk-ins once they are at capacity!

“It’s been 6 years for Agua in Beijing but only our second anniversary party. With the success from our party last year we think we’ll make Agua’s birthday celebration an annual party now for our special guests. For this year’s anniversary we’re extending the hours, Jordi will be cooking up some canapes and confectioneries and we’ll have lots more drinks in store for our guests, including bubbly, house pours of Hayman’s gin and Infina vodka, Grand Marnier cocktails and wine. Looking forward to seeing you all there!” – Sarah Ting-Ting Hou, Agua’s Marketing Manager

Pre-sale tickets RMB200, and they will be RMB 250 at the door, please call 86-10-5208-6188 to reserve tickets.

And to reward those of you who kept scrolling down this far into the post…

LDS + AGUA HOOK-UP!

Thanks to Sarah Ting-Ting Hou, Agua’s lovely Marketing Guru, one lucky LDS reader will get the chance to snag two tickets to Agua’s Sweet 6 Anniversary Party! 

For your chance to win TWO FREE TICKETS, you must complete two tasks:

1. “Like” Agua’s Facebook Page here and scan this QR Code here to add Agua to your Wechat:

2. Answer the following question in the comment section of this article:

If it were your birthday, what six sweet wishes would you ask Chef Jordi to cook up for you? 

To leave your golden answer, click here and scroll down to comment section.  Be sure to leave your email address so Sarah Ting-Ting and LDS can contact the winner directly!

Deadline is Thursday, November 13 at 3PM. 

Agua’s Sweet 6 Year Anniversary:

• Date: Friday, November 14th, 2014

• Time: 11pm-2:30am

• Price: RMB 200 (Pre-Sale) or RMB 250 (door)

Snapshots from Agua’s 5th Anniversary Party:

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