Originally Posted by basscadet75

My wife and I have flown JFK-NRT-JFK in both F and J. She's had the Japanese meals in both directions and there's always something about them she complains about. (She is Japanese.) Their Japanese meals tend to be kind of a weird collection of "stuff" (much of which is not even Japanese) rather than having any obvious theme or progression, which isn't how most Japanese actually eat. I always get the western meals partly for that reason, and also because the type of Japanese dishes they're trying to do are really high end and require extremely fresh and naturally tasty ingredients, whereas the type of food they're trying to do for the international meals is much easier and travels better. They're not really equivalent meals in terms of difficulty, and I feel like the international meals are probably "safer" (in terms of getting reliably tasty food) for that reason. I've always cleaned my plates with the international meal; everything is good.

That said, of course it's down to personal taste. But I just never feel like the Japanese meals on ANA remind me of any meal I've actually eaten in Japan, and I've eaten a lot of meals there. The international meals are like good food you'd get at a nice stereotypical American restaurant, albeit in smaller portions.

Originally Posted by skiwindham

Can you choose items from both the Japanese and the International menu, or are you limited to which of the menus you choose?