JAL Jan 9 - Jan 11

Sweet Jesus, JAL, where have you been all my life? If I had known, if only, if only I had known about the food on this airline. I would have gone out of my way to fly JAL everywhere! I took photos for your viewing pleasure, of course.

The presentation was impeccable, delicate, and precise, in a very Japanese fashion. To the left is a little amuse bouche of beef and salmon sashimi, and some kind of roe I can't remember now. Of course, the food wasn't nearly as good as a meal freshly prepared in a restaurant, but it's as good as you can get some 30,000-odd feet in the air. JAL fed us extremely well with a constant supply of rice crackers, soybean snacks, and a sort of gourmet selection of steaming hot cup o' noodles (your choice of soba, udon, or ramen noodles) whenever we so desired! Not to mention the extensive beverage selection of shochu, sake, beer, liquor, and delightfully fizzy Japanese sodas.

the Japanese Omakase dinner


Mango Dessert and Green Tea

The Menu


A Snack

I took a long hot shower in the Japan Airlines lounge which felt great after a 1o hour flight from Honolulu to Tokyo. The best part(s) about flying JAL besides their food was the attentive service and the little amenities - refreshing eye mask, face mask (so your nose and throat don't dry out while sleeping, and it can also be worn around Tokyo so you blend in with everyone else wearing a face mask).

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