Singapore Airlines new Japanese meals

From 31 October 2010, Singapore Airlines Suites, First and Business Class customers travelling between Singapore and Japan, as well as between Tokyo and Los Angeles, can look forward to an even more authentic Japanese fine dining experience.

the new Japanese meals are designed to cater to the increasingly sophisticated palates of the Airline customers.

Suites and First Class customers can take delight in the new Kyo-Kaiseki service which comprises an elaborate spread of appetisers, entres and dessert elegantly presented course-by-course, in traditional style.

The five-course Kyo-Kaiseki service will start with tantalising cold dishes such as Mukozuke (tuna belly sashimi with cucumber and tomato jelly) and Oshinogi (buckwheat soba noodles). The cold dishes will be followed by sumptuous food such as Futamono (lobster poached in white miso soup) and Yakimono (grilled duck with miso-sansho sauce and teriyaki scallop). The meal is served with fragrant steamed rice, miso soup and a seasonal dessert.

To enhance the dining experience, the Kyo-Kaiseki will be served on unique service-ware designed to represent the four elements of nature stone, water, wood and sky. The exclusive service-ware has been designed by Chef Murata, in collaboration with well-known Japanese fine bone china manufacturer Narumi.


Singapore Airlines Business Class customers will also experience a brand new meal service Hanakoireki also conceptualised by Chef Murata. Hanakoireki represents a culinary expression of nature changing beauty through the seasons.

Hanakoireki will be presented in two bento boxes. The first will include a selection of cold appetisers designed to awaken the palate and whet the appetite while the second will include meal that showcase each season's distinctive character through the use of fresh seasonal ingredients.

japanese cuisine is an art that has been perfected through the centuries. To capture the authenticity and finesse of a Japanese fine dining experience, we prepare our Japanese meals in a traditional way with the freshest in-season produce and present them with a touch of modernity. I am certain that our new Japanese meals will provide customers an exciting and delicious sensory experience in the sky,said Mr Yap Kim Wah, Singapore AirlinesSenior Vice President Product & Services.

Hanakoireki will replace Hanagoyomi, the current Business Class Japanese meal service.

Singapore Airlines will begin twice-daily flights to Tokyo Haneda Airport on 31 October 2010, complementing the existing twice-daily flights to Tokyo Narita Airport and bringing the total number of weekly flights to the Japanese capital to 28. The Airline also flies daily to both Osaka and Nagoya, and five times weekly to Fukuoka.