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All the Cathay Pacific Premium Economy Food from Hong Kong to New York

Where: Hong Kong
May 15, 2012 at 5:24 PM | by | Comments (0)

FOOD. Think about it. Food is so awesome. AIRPLANE FOOD. Now think about that. Not so awesome, right? Well, an airline can only do so much to develop an appealing onboard menu, while battling with catering companies, onboard kitchen appliances, altitude issues and passenger diets. Obviously it's best to go for First or Business Class for optimum yumminess, but we're happy to report that Cathay Pacific's Premium Economy meals are better than economy, which aren't too shabby on their own.

Flying CX840 from Hong Kong to New York in Premium Economy, we were first presented with a welcome flute of champagne, followed by a hot towel to refresh. Then, a printed menu arrived, laying out the options for a dinner, brunch, drinks and snacks at any time.

Gallery: Cathay Pacific Premium Economy Meals

Even before dinner began somewhere over Taiwan, we had a bag of nuts and a tomato juice. Excellent. You can view the complete menu and our choices in the gallery above.

Speaking with Cathay Pacific's General Manager of Product, Alex McGowan, we learned that Cathay has borrowed "business class-standard entrees" to introduce into Premium Economy, complete with metal flatware, better side salads, Haagen-Dazs ice creams and "an afternoon tea or breakfast which will be a full hot meal." In other words, it's just about as far from this sad croissant as you can be, while still flying in some semblance of economy class.

Order the prawns. Remember that the flight is 16 hours, after all, and man cannot live on noodles alone...even if they are "Cathay's famous soup noodles."

Want to try some yourself? Enter our contest to win a roundtrip from the US or Canada to Hong Kong in Premium Economy!

*Note: Cathay Pacific does of course offer a variety of other meals for special diets, which you may request when booking a ticket on the website or wherever.


Attention to detail on the glass champagne flutes

Disclosure: We paid for the ticket ourselves, but Cathay upgraded us to Premium Economy as the class didn't even exist back when we booked our ticket.

[Photos: Cynthia Drescher for Jaunted]

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