A Chinese New Year menu that will be served on board select Qatar Airways flights and in both Qatar Airways’ Al Safwa First Lounge and Al Mourjan Business Lounge to celebrate this special festival.
Qatar Airways is celebrating Chinese New Year by serving a special Spring Festival inspired menu on board flights to popular Asia destinations on Saturday.
Guests to both Qatar Airways’ Al Safwa First Lounge and Al Mourjan Business Lounge will also have an opportunity to sample fragrant Asian cuisine and celebrate turn of the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar in Hamad International Airport (HIA) between Saturday and Monday.
First Class passengers flying to and from Guangzhou on board Qatar Airways’ A380, and Business Class passengers travelling to and from Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and Chengdu can select from an à la carte menu that will feature Cantonese style roasted chicken with mapo sauce, sautéed Asian vegetables and steamed jasmine rice with black sesame seed or grilled prawn with stir-fried noodles and Jiangxi style sauce, braised lotus root, ginkgo and Chinese kale. Dessert options include tofu cheesecake with a sesame tuile and mango coulis, and Mandarin orange and chocolate torte with raspberry coulis.
Guests travelling in Economy Class can enjoy roasted chicken with sesame hoisin sauce, steamed jasmine rice and sautéed vegetables followed by Chinese tea cheesecake or Mandarin orange and vanilla torte. Travellers on select flights will also receive a customary red envelope gift on board their flight to Doha, containing chocolate gold coins that celebrate the spirit of good fortune and prosperity.
Qatar Airways’ Premium guests travelling via HIA will also have the opportunity to celebrate this festival through an exclusive feast served in Al Safwa First Lounge and Al Mourjan Business Lounge. Chinese New Year dishes will be created upon request by Al Safwa’s in-house chef and include dishes such as Peking duck and pan-fried Chinese pancakes accompanied by bok choy, scallions, cucumber and pickled radish. Desserts will include a traditional baked red bean coconut cake and a favourite dish of sago and coconut milk, Sai Mai Lo pudding. Business travellers to Al Mourjan lounge can enjoy a festive buffet-style menu including Peking duck noodle salad, hot and sour chicken soup, yang chow shrimp and egg fried rice, festive golden five spice chicken, as well as a range of delectable desserts.
Qatar Airways Senior Vice-President Customer Experience, Rossen Dimitrov, said: “Food, and sharing a meal together is both an important tradition and a symbolic part of Chinese New Year, believed to bring good luck for the coming year, and Qatar Airways recognises the importance of celebrating such customs with its passengers, whether they are on board or enjoying our lounge hospitality in HIA. As our travellers go places together with Qatar Airways this Chinese New Year, we hope that they enjoy this special occasion and the delicious dishes our celebrated chefs have created for them as they revel in holiday festivities, observe traditions and enjoy family reunions.”
Qatar Duty Free (QDF) and China UnionPay International are also offering special Chinese New Year promotions to passengers travelling through HIA throughout the Spring Festival. UnionPay card holders shopping in QDF boutiques within HIA until February 9 will have the opportunity to win instant retail vouchers.
Passengers purchasing QDF fragrances, cosmetics, skincare, confectionery, and other gift items above the value of QR1500 using a UnionPay International credit card, can participate in a lucky draw, and will be rewarded with a traditional Chinese red envelope containing a shopping voucher of either QR100, QR150 or QR200 to enjoy at QDF retail outlets until February 9.
