Guest Author - Yvonne Russell

Airline meals are not usually the culinary highlight of a trip. Now there’s good news from Singapore Airlines. A panel of top international chefs have designed the Gourmet World Cuisine menu.


Book The Cook
First Class and Raffles Class passengers also have an additional service. You can preorder your airline meal choice 24 hours ahead, or when you book your ticket. The new service from Singapore Airlines is called Book The Cook.

The airline meal choices are for all flights from major world airports heading to or from Singapore. These include Amsterdam, Dubai, Frankfurt, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Los Angeles New York (JFK and Newark), San Francisco, Hong Kong and Taipei .

Your Book The Cook choices differ, depending on your point of departure. The New York outbound menu offers 10 main inflight meal choices.

Sit back, Ladies and Gentlemen. Enjoy your flight and enjoy eating at the Mile High Restaurant. Here’s the main meal menu.

Your Choices from New York (JFK)

• Grilled shrimps and scallops in tarragon mustard sauce with leeks, carrots and linguini

• Lobster Thermidor with buttered asparagus, slow roasted vine-ripened tomato and saffron rice

• Pan-fried chicken in green peppercorn sauce, squash and creamy mashed potatoes

• Pecan crusted veal with red onion marmalade and candied sweet potatoes

• Roast Long Island duck with natural jus, roasted vegetables and red skin potatoes

• Roasted seabass with wilted spinach and glazed crab mashed potatoes

• Roast rack of lamb with natural jus, roasted vegetables and creamy garlic mash

• Baked Chilean bass in Oriental XO sauce with mixed vegetables and fried rice

• Braised short ribs of beef in Chinese wine and 5 spice with mixed vegetables and egg noodles

• Stir fried chicken in Chinese wine with seasonal vegetables and chicken flavored rice