Dining on In-flight Meals at the Restaurant
“Legend of Concorde”
Near Kansai International Airport, there was a restaurant where you could enjoy in-flight meals served by airlines from around the world, outside of Japan.
In January 2017, the restaurant hosted a special “Finnair Fair,” where Finnair’s business class in-flight meals were offered. I visited on two consecutive days — on the first day I had the Japanese meal, and on the second day, the Western meal.
Finnair is the flag carrier airline of Finland.
Day 1
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Japanese Appetizers and Salad
This is Finnair’s business class in-flight meal.
On this day, I chose the Japanese meal. These are the appetizers.
- • Appetizer plate
- • Green salad plate
- • Shallots and more, in a small round glass dish
Japanese Appetizers
The appetizer plate.
- • Japanese rolled omelet (Dashimaki Tamago)
- • Shrimp and Fuki (butterbur) skewer
- • Simmered taro
- • Pickled lotus root
- • Kiriboshi daikon (dried daikon radish)
- • Norimaki (seaweed roll)
Japanese Main Course
The main course plate.
- • Yahata-maki (burdock rolled in beef), simmered vegetables (carrot, pumpkin, snow peas)
- • Pumpkin soup
- • Bread roll
- • Cheese, dates, walnuts
- • Chocolate cake, cheesecake
Complete Japanese Meal
A top view of the main course set.
Day 2
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View of Kansai International Airport
Day 2. From the window, you can see the runway and Terminal 1 of Kansai International Airport beyond the parking lot.
The appetizers were similar to those on Day 1.
Appetizers
The appetizers on Day 2.
- • Appetizer plate
- • Green salad plate
- • Round glass dish with curry-flavored chicken and green onion
Main Course
The main course plate.
- • Pasta with broad beans, cherry tomatoes, and cheese in ketchup sauce
- • Pumpkin soup
- • Bread roll
- • Cheese, dates, walnuts
- • Chocolate cake, cheesecake
Pasta Dish
The pasta plate.
On Day 1 this was beef Yahata-maki with simmered vegetables, but today it was replaced with pasta.
