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ANA Renews First Class Menus – Continuing its series of collaborations with leading restaurants around the world, ANA is delighted to announce two completely new menus – Japanese ‘Kaiseki’ and Western haute cuisine – for First class intercontinental flights departing this autumn and winter.

Japanese – in collaboration with Tsujitome
The Japanese ‘Kaiseki’ menu was created under the watchful eye of master Tsujitome. The third generation of his family to head the kitchen of the eponymous restaurant in Tokyo’s Akasaka district, he brings his ethos of “Kaiseki as hospitality at its greatest” to his art, along with more than 60 years of experience of Japanese culinary lore. Using the finest ingredients of the season, the delicacy of flavour, texture, appearance and presentation of his dishes carry the essence of autumn into the cabin, creating a very Japanese expression of warm hospitality.

Western – in collaboration with Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
Three head chefs from this luxury hotel in the heart of Tokyo, which boasts no less than two Michelin-starred restaurants, deliver an exciting combination of seasonal ingredients and diverse expertise to the table-tops of ANA’s First Class passengers: a Frenchman who combines a mastery of his country’s contemporary cuisine with an intimate knowledge of Japanese ingredients; an American who popularised and continues to thrill Tokyo with his ingenious molecular creations, who also trained as a sushi chef; and a Japanese patissier who dazzled judges to scoop second prize in the Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie.

Passengers are invited to enjoy the tastes of autumn as presented by Tsujitome and Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo from September 1 to November 30 this year, and the delights of winter from December 1, 2009 to January 31, 2010 (subject to change).

Angeles, San Francisco, London, Frankfurt and Paris, and apply to the first meal only.

ANA operates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with eight First Class seats on flights to North America, London and Frankfurt, and alternates this with a Boeing 747-400 service with ten First Class seats on flights to Paris. There is no First Class on ANA flights to Washington DC.

To take note:
1) Kaiseki is a culinary art form which balances the taste, texture, appearance, and colours of the freshest seasonal and local ingredients, carefully prepared to preserve and enhance their flavor. Dishes are beautifully presented, and garnished with leaves and flowers, on plates chosen to augment both the appearance and the seasonal theme of the meal.
2) Dessert for the Kaiseki menu is not part of the collaboration with Tsujitome.

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