South African Airways First Class
Capetown - London Boeing 747-300
November 1996


Dinner
Cold Hors D'Oeuvres
Osietra caviar with blinies and creme fraiche
Chilled assortment of Cape seafood, marinated and served with roasted capsicums

Hot Hors D'Oeuvres
Duck-liver tart topped with caramlized apple slices, served with a pickled ginger sauce

Season's Salads
A selection of seasonal salads served from the trolley, sun-dried tomato dressing or French vinaigrette

Main Dishes
-Baby crayfish from Natal, simmered with Dijon mustard and shallots, baked in a traditional Termidore style
-Grain-fed chicken breast cooked with an infusion of olive oil and fresh herbs, dressed with a fresh provencal sauce
-Centre-cut fillet steak, served on a rich ragout of forest mushrooms, flavoured with Cape cabernet wine
-Vegetarian lasagne of basil pasta, layered with ricotta cheese and spinach, baked with a hazlenut crust
Fresh vegetables in season

Desserts
-A refreshing orange and mango yoghurt ice cream served with a fruit coulis
-Baked apricot and date pudding wiht a 'Cape velvet' sauce

Cheese board & Fresh fruit

Coffee, decaf, tea served with a selection of fine pralines


Breakfast

Freshly squeezed fruit juice selection
Fresh fruit appetiser
Plain and fruit yoghurt
Breakfast cereals with milk

A selection of Continental-style cold meat and cheese
Lightly scrambled eggs cooked on board
Poached eggs baked with Mornay sauce served with sliced mushrooms and chives
Boiled eggs to order
chicken and sage sausage
Grilled loin bacon
Herbed farm mushrooms
Baked tomatoes
Toffee waffles

Bread basket with toast, bread rools, croissants, banana muffins, and Danish pastries
Butter, honey and a selection of preserves


The menu was comprehensive enough. The wine list covered more than twenty pages, and listed some excellent wines which were served each month on board. Wonderful descriptions and photographs of the bottle label were included. The November selection included:

Champagne: Laurent Perrier Grand Siecle La Cuvee

Sparkling: Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel Brut 1992

White Wine:
Mulderbosch Barrel Fermented Sauvignon Blanc
Zonnebloem Sauvignon Blanc / Chardonnay
Red Wine:
Cape Levant Pinotage
Meerlust Rubicon 1989

Port: Landskroon Estate 1991

One of the most impressive wine menus for South African wines, it was a pleasure to take it with me and use for personal reference on the ground!