2013-04-10 — /travelprnews.com/ — With summertime around the corner, Air France is bringing a breath of fresh air with new dishes on its A la carte menus, available as an alternative to the menu of the day (free of charge) offered in Premium Economy and Economy cabins on most long-haul flights departing Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Paris-Orly*. Since 1 April 2013, customers have been able to enjoy brand new “Ocean”, “Tradition”, “Bio” (organic) and “Une Sélection LENÔTRE” menus.
With the “Tradition” and “Une Sélection LENÔTRE” menus, specially created for Air France by the renowned Maison Lenôtre, customers can enjoy a genuine French fine-dining experience and discover a selection of exquisite dishes. Among the new dishes proposed, the Tradition menu features a “foie gras terrine, gingerbread, dried fig chutney and baby spinach”, followed by “veal with blanquette cream sauce, glazed pearl onions with thyme, mushrooms and Basmati rice”, and the “Une Sélection LENÔTRE” menu features “Marinated sautéed shrimp, pan-seared scallops with Dugléré orange sauce, Vegetable risotto, carrots, sugar snap peas, celeriac, and a “Strawberry entremets”.
The “Ocean” and Bio” (organic) menus continue to offer an artful blend of delicate flavours and fresh produce with “Salmon dumplings, blini and cabbage with horseradish, baby spinach”, “Alaskan hake fish with lemon and butter, mashed potatoes with tomato and ratatouille” or “Sautéed shrimp, sautéed radishes and mango with olive oil, Julienned carrots and zucchini with honey and soy sauce”.
The Air France A la Carte menus, available at a price varying between €12 and 28, can be ordered online on the www.airfrance.com website at the time of booking or in the “View/Modify my bookings” section, and at our call centres and Air France ticket offices up to 24 hours before departure. On departure from the French Overseas Departments; Fort-de-France, Pointe-à-Pitre, Cayenne and Réunion, three menus are available; Italia, Ocean and Tradition which will be renewed for winter 2013.
*except to Delhi, Bombay, Amman, Damascus, Montreal, Toronto and Bangalore.
Read the press release: Air France renews its “A la carte” menus”
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Air France is bringing a breath of fresh air with new dishes on its A la carte menus