INDAIN airline Jet Airways is launching an all-new in-flight dining service – ‘Epicurean Series’. Partnering with renowned gastronomic brands to offer a fine dining experience, the series will launch onboard its long haul Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on the Hong Kong-Mumbai route. The first partnering restaurant will be Man Ho of Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel, the signature Chinese restaurant brand of Marriott International, famous for dishes from the Pearl River Delta. A range of varied Indian and international menu options will be offered in the first and Première (business) class sections with passengers departing from Hong Kong receiving the Man Ho-designed menu featuring an array Oriental flavours. Veteran Chinese experts with 51 years of culinary experience between them – executive chef Marco Cheng and executive Chinese chef Ricky Wu – exclusively created and designed the airline’s first Epicurean Series. Featuring Canton- and Sichuan-inspired cuisine as well as fusion creations distinct and unique to Man Ho, signature dishes include wok-seared fillet of fish with soy sauce and creamy egg white served with pink basil noodles and baked duck rolls with asparagus and mixed vegetable gratin in curry sauce served with braised e-fu noodles and eggplant. The luxurious in-flight dining experience will be enhanced by a new line of bespoke crockery from the house of William Edwards – one of Britain’s leading and ceramic designers. Jet Airways has also raised the standard of luxury, privacy and comfort for passengers on its Hong Kong-Mumbai route by upgrading to a wide-body Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The eight tastefully designed first class suites will offer passengers a personal cabin area with dual sliding doors featuring the world’s longest fully-flat airline beds, dining tables for two, private wardrobes, touch-screen control panels and 23-inch flat-screen LCD TVs.
