All Nippon Airways (ANA) has collaborated with acclaimed restaurants around the world the introduce new inflight menus at the end of the year.
Passengers flying from Thailand, Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Los Angeles to the carrier’s base in Japan will get the opportunity to enjoy the local cuisine of the country of departure, in addition to ANA’s Japanese menu.
The new dishes have been designed by chefs from select Four Seasons and Shangri-La hotels, as well as the Patina Restaurant Group.
This is not the first time ANA has worked with renowned hotels and chefs to improve its inflight dining experience. Just last year, the airline did the same to introduce new meal options on its Taiwan and India routes.
Below is a list of the inflight meal collaborations and their availability.
FOUR SEASONS HOTEL BANGKOK
ROUTE Bangkok–Japan (excluding late-night departures)
CLASS Business class
PERIOD December 2014–November 2015
CHEF Supanut Khanarak
DISHES A choice of either deep-fried chicken and vegetable, or stir-fried squid and sweet chilli. Both dishes accompanied by shrimp toast.
REGENT SINGAPORE
ROUTE Singapore to Japan (exclude late-night departures)
CLASS Business class
PERIOD December 2014–November 2015
CHEF Liu Ching Hai
DISHES A choice of either stir-fried fillet of beef with black pepper sauce, or oven-baked whitefish with teriyaki sauce
SHANGRI-LA HOTEL BEIJING
ROUTE Beijing to Japan
CLASS Business class
PERIOD February, May, August and October 2015
CHEF Kam Siew Tong
DISHES Deep-fried cod fish with stir-fried broccoli and udon noodles
SHANGRI-LA HOTEL DALIAN, SHANGRI-LA HOTEL SHENYANG AND SHANGRI-LA HOTEL HANGZHOU
ROUTE From Dalian, Shenyang and Hangzhou to Japan
CLASS Business class
PERIOD January, April, July and November 2015
DISHES Stir-fried eggplant with Sichuan sauce and wok-fried rice noodles; accompanied by almond beancurd with assorted fruits.
KOWLOON SHANGRI-LA HONG KONG
ROUTE Hong Kong to Japan
CLASS Business class
PERIOD December 2014 and March, June and September 2015
CHEF Mok Kit Keung
DISHES Pineapple barbecued pork bun; kung pao prawn accompanied with fried rice
PATINA RESTAURANT GROUP
ROUTE Los Angeles to Japan
CLASS Business class
PERIOD December 2014 to November 2015
CHEF Joachim Splichal
DISHES Beef with colourful vegetables (daytime flight); organic scramble eggs with avocados (late-night flight)
Business Traveller Asia-Pacific has been invited by ANA to a tasting session of the new inflight menu by Kowloon Shangri-La, Hong Kong. Stay tuned for a review next week!
For more information, visit ana.co.jp
Clement Huang
