All Nippon Airways introduces new signature menus for both its international and domestic flights in Premium classes.
TOKYO – All Nippon Airways recently announced that it is to collaborate with the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo and St. Regis Hotel Osaka for in-flight dishes from 1st December 2012. Menus developed by the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo will be served to Business Class customers on long-haul international flights. The new à la carte menu will be offered as a second meal before arrival and will feature dishes created by Signature, a Michelin 1-star modern French dining at the hotel.
Menus developed by St. Regis Hotel Osaka will be served to Premium Class customers on domestic flights as SABO refreshments, which are served as a tea time menu between breakfast, lunch and dinner time.
On international flights, Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo’s Signature collaboration menu is created by Olivier Rodriguez, Chef de Cuisine. His modern French restaurant achieved a colourful and innovative menu that combines Japanese ingredients with the tradition of French cooking. The menu will be offered from December 2012 to February 2013 on Business Class flights from Japan to North America and Europe (excludes Haneda-Los Angeles flights and Narita/Haneda- Honolulu flights)
On domestic flights, St. Regis Hotel Osaka Chef Nicolas Chevrollier has prepared a menu that brings together traditional bistro cuisine with the quintessence of contemporary French cooking. The menu will allow passengers to enjoy the same luxurious atmosphere that prevails in the lounge of the St. Regis hotel. It will be made available from December 2012 to February 2013 on Premium Class flights from Haneda, Itami, Sapporo and Fukuoka.
Luc Citrinot a French national is a freelance journalist and consultant in tourism and air transport with over 20 years experience. Based in Paris and Bangkok, he works for various travel and air transport trade publications in Europe and Asia.
