JAPAN AIRLINES TEAMS UP WITH FOOD STYLIST IILJIMA

[dropcap size=small]J[/dropcap]apan airlines have teamed up with the famed food stylistย Nami Iijima whose works have been featured on advertisements, and also movies, such as “Kamome Shokudo”, “Shinya Shokudo”, and “Umimachi Diary”. From September 1, passengers flying JAL in premium economy and economy class on select flights will sample a new range of meals that have been produced by Iijima.

Meals will be available from Japan only and will consist of popular Japanese home-style favourites which passengers will find simple in style and very tasty. Options will include:

 

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Braised Meat & Potatoes, Nikujaga with Green Soybean Rice

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Cabbage Roll with Tomato Rice

Passengers on the below flights can expect these unique dishes:

Flights from Tokyo (Narita) to Chicago, Boston, New York (JFK), Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Paris, Sydney, Moscow, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Delhi, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok.

Flights from Tokyo (Haneda) to London, Paris, Singapore (JL037) and Bangkok (JL031).

Flights from Nagoya (Chubu) to Bangkok.

Flights from Osaka (Kansai) to Los Angeles.

AIR SERIES MEALS

Furthermore, the airline has yet again teamed up with the popular Japanese restaurant Yoshinoya to create the 4th collaboration of AIR-series meals called Air Yoshinoya. These meals will beย served in Premium Economy and Economy Class during the second meal service inflight.

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The beef sukiyaki aged beef dish has been specially created to be eaten at 35,000ft, and will be served on the following routes from September 1 until November 30 2015:

Flights from Tokyo (Narita) to Chicago, Boston, New York (JFK), Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Paris and Sydney,

Flights from Tokyo (Haneda) to London and Paris,

Flights from Osaka (Kansai) to Los Angeles.

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NEW MOS INFLIGHT BURGERS ON JAPAN AIRLINES

[dropcap size=small]P[/dropcap]assengers in Economy and Premium Economy class on select Japan Airlines routes will once again be tempted with inflight burgers courtesy of Mos Burger. This is the fifth time that JAL and Mos Burger have collaboratedย to create the Air Mos Burger series, the program will run from the 1 March until 31 August 2015.

The “Air Mos Burger – JAL Special” will be served to customers as a second meal offering on the following flights:

Tokyo Narita to Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, New York, Frankfurt, Paris, Helsinki, Sydney, and Vancouver.

Tokyo Haneda to London and Paris.

Osaka Kansai to Los Angeles.

Note that on flights from Tokyo to Vancouver the program will run from 1 June, and on flights from Osaka to Los Angeles the program will run from 20 March.

JAL is always on the lookout for innovative inflight meal offerings that can be served to customers inflight; you may recall that the airline offered KFC as an inflight meal up until 2014.

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MORE BURGERS INFLIGHT

Late last year EVA Airways announced an inflight burger offering to Royal and Premium Laurel Class passengers on routes from Taipei to the USA, Canada and Taipei to Paris. The EVA Air offer is a burger containing fresh green vegetables, beef, and fragrant cheese; all served on a grilled bun accompanied by french fries, feedback about the product on Flyertalkย has been positive.

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NEW JAPAN AIRLINES AIR SERIES INFLIGHT MENU

[dropcap size=small]J[/dropcap]apan Airlines have always been known for their creative inflight meals, and the latest Air Series menu is sure to impress. Economy and premium economy class passengers travelling on select Japan Airlines flights from Narita and Haneda will get to experience the latest Air Series menu of Air Kumamon.

The Air Kumamon meal tray has been specially designed only for JAL by Mr Manabu Mizuno using the famous mascot from the Kumamoto prefecture. Served as a second meal service and created by Chef Hayama from Kourantei a restaurant in Kumamoto city.

The meal tray will include vermicelli that is made from mung beans in soup with vegetables and many other fresh ingredients that are typical of the Kumamoto Prefecture. Passengers will indulge in the Kumamon custard cake, which is one of the most popular desserts in the region made by Kumamoto Kabo.

From the 1 June until 31 August 2014 passengers flying from Narita to New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Paris, Frankfurt, Helsinki and from Haneda to Paris and London will get to experience this meal.

To see how creative Japan Airlines have been recently, check out their inflight KFC meal here.

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