Japanese food on American Airlines

Posted by Jennifer W. Miner Nov 17, 2006

I've gushed about Jet Blue Airways in this column before. In many obvious ways, Jet Blue's friendly service can't be beat. Now, Jet Blue has my heart, but American Airlines has my frequent flyer miles. Amass enough frequent flyer miles on American, and voila! Instant upgrade to business class. What a luxury. Say what you will about Jet Blue, but that egalitarian, no-first-class, "we're all equals" thing they've got going doesn't leave a lot of room for premium upgrades.

And now, American Airlines is offering a new menu for its US-Japan flights. Business and first class passengers flying to or from Japan can choose from a selection of Japanese food, or carefully prepared Western fusion cuisine. Click here to read more about American Airlines' new luxury Japanese fare, which assuredly puts the much maligned concept of airplane food into even deeper shame.

Miso soup, rice wine-marinated calamari, grilled shishito pepper...All that's missing is an air travel dinner of premium Kobe beef. I guess that's one first class dinner that will have to wait for American's arrival in Japan.