Seat 2A

Imagine sitting in the little airport terminal in Moroni, the capitol city of the Comores Islands awaiting your 7:00pm departure across the Indian Ocean to Nairobi. The street vendors outside the terminal offer tasty (and not so tasty) local snacks but you’re holding out for the dinner that awaits you inflight The sun sits low on the horizon as you settle into your First Class seat aboard the Air Mauritius 707 and peruse the menu…

Moroni to Nairobi

DINNER

Appetizer
Seafood Cocktail

Salad
Lettuce and Tomato Salad
Offered with Thousand Island or Vinaigrette Dressing

** *** **

Entrees

Sliced Fillet of Beef Bordelaise

Brochette of Chicken

Curried Fish

Accompaniments
Chateau Potatoes
Baby Marrow with Garlic
Vichy Carrots
Oriental Rice

** *** **

Dessert
Black Forest Cake

Assorted Cheese

Fruit Basket

Chocolates

Seat 2A

Ah, the good old days of trans-Pacific travel when all flights bound for Australia or New Zealand made stops in Hawaii and/or Fiji or Tahiti. In 1978, Air New Zealand offered all of these routings. The following service was aboard a DC-10-30 via Honolulu. Although the First Class seats were not true sleepers (Those didn’t show up on TE until the arrival of its 747s in 1981) they were covered in lamb’s wool and offered impressive recline. And, as you will see, Auckland bound First Class passengers aboard Air New Zealand were very well fed indeed.

A I R . N E W . Z E A L A N D


Los Angeles to Honolulu

DINNER

To Begin
Assorted Hors D’Oeuvre

Appetizer
Montana Brook Trout Grenobloise

Soup
Shrimp Bisque

Salad
Freshly Tossed Garden Salad
With Italienne or Mayonnaise Dressing

** *** **

Entrees

Tournedos Maitre d’Hotel

Pheasant Souvaroff

Roast Loin of Pork Charcutiere

Hare Bourguignonne

Southland Venison with Potato Dumplings

Crayfish Cardinal


Accompaniments
Noisette Potatoes
Lima Beans
Baby Carrots
Braised Celery

** *** **

Dessert
Cherries Jubilee

Selection of New Zealand Cheeses

Fresh Fruit Basket

Chocolates

** ** ** ** **
** ** ** ** **

Honolulu to Auckland

REFRESHMENTS

Various Brochettes
King Prawns Louise
Open Sandwiches
Hot Savouries

** *** **

BREAKFAST

To Start
Fresh Fruit Juices

Appetizer
Compote of Fruit

Continental Breakfast
Selection of Cereals
Bread Rolls
Croissants

Hot Choices
Poached Eggs Bretonne
Chicken Omelette
Mahi Mahi Meuniere

Accompaniments
Grilled Canadian Bacon
Saute of Veal Liver
Devilled Kidneys
Minute Steak
Chipolata Sausages
Tomato Halves

Fresh Fruit Basket

** *** **

Next up:

Aer Lingus New York - Shannon - 1978
VARIG New York – Rio de Janeiro 1975
Saudia London – The Kingdom 1984


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Raldal

1972 LH F/Class Menu B707 Routing THR - IST - Muc - FRA

THR - IST

Breakfast

Orange Juice
Grapefruit

Yoghourt
Cornflakes

Roll - Bread - Croissant
Butter - Jam - Honey

Egg Dish
Assorted Cold Cuts
Basket of Fresh Fruit
Cheese

Coffee - Tea


Ist - Muc

Brunch

Caviar Sevruga Malossol
Truffled goose-liver "Starasbourg Style"
Tureen "Gourmet"
Toast and Butter

We offer for your choice

Sauteed Crayfish tails in dill sauce
Chicken Fricassee Berlin Style
Ragout of Veal Karlsbad Style
Smoked loin of pork in red wine sauce
Beef Stroganoff
Roast leg of Venison in creamed mushroom sauce with

Choice of vegetables in season
Sauce Hollandaise
Home-made noodles "Spaetzle"
Rice Vreole Style
Buttered Potatoes

Basket of fresh fruit
Assorted cheese
Bread - Butter

Coffee - Choclates
German Brandy - Cognac - Liquers

Muc - Fra

Beverages for your choice

Assorted Canapes

LH738

Wow, thanks for your contributions.

I've never thought in the 70ies and 80ies that I would ever board a plane due to fear of flying. Now I can read what I really missed.

rbAA

I just grabbed my AA Bistro Bag and could not find the Beluga cavier. Did I get the wrong thread here?

Seat 2A

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, VARIG offered spectacular food and service aboard its DC-10-30s and 747s. This 1975 menu is an excellent example of that service between New York and Rio de Janeiro.

V A R I G

New York to Rio de Janeiro

DINNER

Assorted Hot and Cold Canapes

Hors D’Oeuvre
Caviar Beluga Malossol on Blinis
Lobster Copacabana
Medallions of Foie Gras de Strasbourg in Port Wine Aspic
Smoked Turkey

Soup
Cream of Mushroom

Salad
Seasonal Salad

** *** ***

Entrees

Tournedos Mascotte with Truffle Sauce

Tender Breast of Pheasant Chasseur

Served with:
Glazed Carrots
Buttered String Beans
Rice Pilaf

** *** ***

Cheese Plate
Brie, Camembert, Emmenthal, Gervais, Gouda and Roquefort

Dessert
Assorted French Pastry

Fruit Basket

Brazilian Coffee


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Seat 2A

Ahlan Wa Sahlan. Welcome aboard Saudia’s nonstop service between Riyadh and London. It’s 1984 and your First Class seat is aboard an L-1011.

S A U D I A

Riyadh to London

DINNER

To begin
Arabic Coffee and Dates

Hors D’Oeuvre
Your choice of a Continental Appetizer or an array of Arabic Delicacies

Salad
Seasonal Salad with a choice of dressing

** *** **

Entrees

Grilled Filet Steak
A center cut of choice Steer Filet

Grilled Lamb Cutlets
Individual Prime Lamb Cutlets served with a mint sauce

Tajen
The Arabian way to prepare fish in a zesty tomato sauce


Vegetable Selection
White Rice
Rissole Potatoes
Peas and Mushrooms
Glazed Whole Carrots

** *** **

Fruit and Cheese Service
A selection of fresh fruits with your pick of Blue, Gruyere, Edam or Cheddar Cheese

Dessert
Arabic Pastry
Banana Layer Cake
After Eight Mints

** *** ** *** **
** *** ** *** **

Here’s the return service to the Kingdom

London to Riyadh

LUNCHEON

To Begin
Arabic Coffee and Dates

Hors D’Oeuvres
Avacado Pear with Crab Cocktail
Egg Farcie
Asparagus Tips

Salad
Country Garden Salad, served with a choice of dressing

** *** **

Entrees

Beef Duglere
A filet of beef garnished with mushrooms and tomatoes

Duckling A L’Orange
Tender braised duckling with orange sauce

Trout Grenobloise
Fresh trout prepared in butter with shrimps, lemon and capers


Vegetable Selection
Rice Creole
Potato Parmentier
Button Mushrooms
French Green Beans

** *** **

International Cheese Service
On the cheese board, a selection of Stilton, Cheddar, Red Leicester and Boursin accompanied by an array of fresh summer fruits

Dessert
Black Cherry Flan
Ice Cream Refreshment
Individual After Dinner Mints

** *** **


Next up:

Aer Lingus New York - Shannon - 1978
Garuda Jakarta – Honolulu – Los Angeles 1996

The-Longhauler

Following your interesting thread

Has anyone here experienced SAS First Class ?
What was that like ?


Huge Dan Viking


Huge Ivar Viking

Seat 2A

I will post a couple of late 1970s SAS menus for you in the next week.

The-Longhauler

Thank you very much, if you remember anything else from SAS first I would be glad to hear it..

johan rebel

Here are the oldest menus I can find :

Roma – Catania – Tripoli, April 7, 1959, Alitalia.

Classe Turistica (they still had printed menus in economy back in those days, even on short flights).

Consommé in tazza

Piatto di carne (o pollo)
con due contorni

Formaggio

Frutta di stagione

Caffé

Acqua minerale

Per le bevande alcooliche vedasi la lista bar.

Tripoli – Amsterdam, April 14, 1959, KLM, Lockheed Constellation PH-LDM “Vlaardingen”
Royal (First) Class. Menu printed in English and French, with “the Admirality Magazine in Rotterdam” on the front and back covers.

Starter

Assorted cold hors-d’oeuvre

Vintage champagne

or

Fresh cold salmon à la royale

Vintage champagne

Main course

Fillet steak mignon à la Chartres
String beans
Mixed salad
Parisienne potatoes

Grand Bordeaux wine

or

Roast spring chicken
Buttered green peas
Mixed salad
Diced potatoes

Grand Bordeaux wine

Dessert (unspecified)

Assorted cheese

Fruit of the season

Coffee

Drinks

Manhattan, Dry Martini and other cocktails, Scotch, American and Canadian whisky, brandy, dry gin, Dutch gin, vodka, rum, Liqueurs : Cointreau, Drambuie, “half om half”, red port, medium dry sherry, very dry sherry, Italian vermouth, French vermouth, beer, Coca-Cola, mineral water, tonic, lime juice.

Amsterdam – Stockholm, April 15, 1959 KLM.

Tourist class. Printed menu in English and French, with an illustration of a Dutch girl in traditional dress holding an infant.

Appetizer (unspecified)

Veal collop Viennese style
Spinach with cream sauce
Fried potatoes

Fruit

Coffee

“An international agreement does not permit us to offer alcoholic beverages free of charge to our passengers in the tourist class. However, same may be pruchased at the prices mentioned in the price list”.

johan

Seat 2A

Although I haven't experienced SAS's First Class, here is a menu from SAS’s Royal Viking First Class service between Copenhagen and Singapore. I remember seeing a brochure about SAS’s First Class service aboard its DC-8s that advertised an On Board Chef on the long distance flights. A picture showed the aforementioned chef kindly carving a roast for some smiling passengers.

S A S

Copenhagen to Bangkok

DINNER

Scandinavian Hors D’Oeuvre

Salad
Seasonal Salad with a choice of dressings

** *** ***

Entrees

Fillets of Plaice
Served with Tomatoes and White Wine Sauce

Roast Filet of Beef
Served with Red Wine Sauce

Medallions of Pork
Presented with Creamed Chanterelles


Vegetables
Boiled Potatoes
Anna Potatoes
Buttered Rice
Asparagus Tips
Buttered Green Beans
Glazed Baby Carrots
Stuffed Tomatoes

** *** ***

Served with:
Glazed Carrots
Buttered String Beans
Rice Pilaf

** *** ***

Cheese Board

[b]Dessert[b]
Ice Cream Cake with Cloudberries

Fruit Basket

** *** **

BREAKFAST

For Starters

Fresh Fruits
Grapefruit Segments

Cornflakes
Yogurt

Rolls and Croissants
Butter, Cheese and Marmalade

Hot Choices

Boiled or Scrambled Eggs
Plain Omelet
Bacon and Sausages

Coffee or Tea

** *** **
** *** **

Bangkok to Singapore

REFRESHMENTS

Hot Buffet

Fresh Fruit Salad in Coconut Shell
Danish Almond Macaroons

Coffee or Tea




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Seat 2A

Here’s a 1995 Garuda menu depicting Garuda’s First Class service between Jakarta and Los Angeles.

G A R U D A

Jakarta to Honolulu

DINNER

Hors D’Oeuvres

Soto Ayam

Salad
Seasonal Salad with a choice of dressings


** *** **

Main Courses

Lamb Loin with Garlic Sauce

King Prawns in Spicy Sauce

Braised Duck with Chestnut


All main courses accompanied with potatoes with leek, steamed rice with peppers and a choice of vegetables


** *** **

Assorted Cheese

Dessert
Spice Apple Cake Lembang
Apricot Tartlet
Blueberry Spice Cake

Fresh Fruit

** *** ** *** **
** *** ** *** **

BREAKFAST

To Begin
Fruit Juice
Sliced Fresh Fruit

Cereal and Yogurt

Assorted Bread
Served with preserves and honey

** *** **

Hot Selection

Omelette with Fine Herbs
Mini Breakfast Steak
Grilled Sausage
Seafood Quiche
Boiled Eggs

Served with your choice of:
Grilled Tomato
Sauteed Mushrooms
Pompin Potatoes
Oriental Fried Rice

Cold Cuts
Smoked Beef
Smoked Chicken
Smoked Fish Fillet

Coffee or Tea

** *** **
** *** **

Honolulu to Los Angeles

LUNCHEON

Hors D’Oeuvres

Salad
Seasonal Salad with a choice of dressings


** *** **

Main Courses

Chicken Breast with Papaya Sauce

Breaded Trout with Basil Butter

Fillet Mignon with Mushroom Sauce


All main courses accompanied with Anna potatoes, steamed rice and a choice of vegetables

** *** **

[i]Assorted Cheese[/b]

Dessert
Chocolate Truffle

Fresh Fruit

Pralines

Seat 2A

First Class on Aer Lingus?! Man, it’s been awhile… Well, as it was Aer Lingus offered a very nice First Class product known as Golden Shamrock Service. Following is a menu from the evening departure between New York and Shannon. After reading this, I wish Aer Lingus still offered First Class… This menu dates from 1979.

A E R . L I N G U S

New York to Shannon

DINNER

Assorted Canapes

Hors D’Oeuvres
Saumon Fume
Harengs Dieppoise
Fois Gras
Oeufs Farcis
Salade de Volaille
Salade Nicoise

Soup
Consomme Celestine
Creme Reine

Salad Bowl
Served with your choice of French or Thousand Island Dressing

** *** **

Fish

Homard Chanteclerc
Diced tender Lobster served on rice, coated with a perfect blend of Nantua and Curry Sauce, garnished with Mushrooms and Shrimps

Filets of Sole Au Vin Rouge
Fillets of Black Sole poached in Red wine with shalots and served in a rich demi glace

Meat

Caneton Au Grand Marnier
Mouth watering Duckling, roasted to perfection, served with Grand Marnier Sauce

Escalopes of Veal Florentine
Tender milk fed Veal on a bed of spinach enveloped by a rich Cream Sauce, topped with cheese and glazed

Tournedos Choron
Prime American Beef served with Choron Sauce and Parisienne Potatoes

Cold Buffet Service


Vegetables
Pommes Chateau
Pommes Nature
Petits Pois a la Flamande
Poireaux Braissees

** *** **

Dessert
Flan aux Pommes Meringuees
Bombe Bresilienne
Fruit Salad

Petits Fours
Cheese Board
Fruit Basket

Coffee or Tea
Irish Coffee

** ***** **
** ***** **

BREAKFAST

Fresh Orange, Grapefruit or Tomato Juice

Cereals

Natural Yogurt with Fresh Fruits

Rolls and Croissants
Butter and Preserves

Tea or Coffee

** ***** **
** ***** **

WINE LIST

Louis Latour – Macon Lugny 1978

Louis Latour – Corton Grancey 1973

Krug Vintage


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Seat 2A

It's 8:30pm and you've just settled into your plush First Class seat aboard South African Airways' 747-200 "Lebombo". Champagne and canapes make the rounds, followed by the menu presentation. This is one of the nicer menus I've displayed here at FlyerTalk. The year is 1981. The service is SAA's Blue Diamond First Class Service.

S O U T H . A F R I C A N . A I R W A Y S

London to Johannesburg

DINNER

Assorted Hors D’Ouevres
Crab Barquettes
Salami Cornets with Cream Cheese
Anchovy and Egg Croutons
Cold Ham and Pineapple

Caviar from the Caspian Sea
Buttered Brown Bread – Melba Toast

Appetizer
Smoked Salmon with Horseradish Sauce

Soup
Clear Tomato Soup
Cream of Asparagus Soup

Salad
Orange and Tomato Salad
Served with Roquefort or Vinaigrette Sauce

Bread Rolls and Butter

** *** **

Main Courses

Turbot with Butter Sauce and Lemon

Roast baby Chicken with Bacon

Roast Leg of Lamb with Mint Jelly

Fillet of Beef with Mushrooms

Game in Season


Accompaniments
Braised Celery with Parmesan Cheese
Vegetable Macedoine
Fried Potatoes
Baked Mashed Potatoes

** *** **

Assorted Cheese

Dessert
Melon Ice Cream
Fruit Flan

Fruit Basket

With your coffee, enjoy friandises and chocolate mints