Great Food & Gratitude: Thanksgiving in the Skies with Emirates To celebrate the season of gratitude, Emirates will be offering Thanksgiving food, drinks and entertainment on flights to and from Dubai and USA, between November 23-30. By Mrinal Verma 20 Nov 2024 in Airline Aviation New Update Emirates serves Thanksgiving dishes onboard and in lounges Follow Us Share To celebrate the season of gratitude, Emirates will be offering Thanksgiving food, drinks and entertainment on flights to and from Dubai and USA, between November 23-30. Traditional festive fare will also be served in the lounges of Dubai, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Inflight Delights For breakfast in First, Business and Premium Economy Class, awaken to cinnamon pancakes served with apple and cranberry compote, and a dollop of pumpkin cream. Combined with complimentary blueberry muffins and cinnamon rolls! On flights from Dubai to USA, First Class customers can have creamy celeriac and pear soup with leek julienne, followed by appetisers of smoked salmon with chives, cucumber, pea shoots and horseradish sauce. A main course of Thanksgiving turkey leg roulade follows with roasted butternut, mashed potatoes with carrot, buttered brussels sprouts, roasted pecans, a dash of cranberry jus lié and classic cornbread. For dessert, First Class customers can sample the seasonal flavours of apple fritters with mascarpone cream and cinnamon sugar, or zingy key lime tart accented with raspberry coulis. On USA flights to Dubai, the soup will be a sweet potato with poached lobster and chives, or customers can choose a seafood platter appetiser with poached prawn, smoked salmon, crab cocktail and salmon gravadlax, served with caviar, horseradish and wakame. The main course will feature lemon, zaatar and buttermilk roasted turkey with celeriac apple purée, maple-roasted caraway pumpkin and beetroot, kale with cranberries, pecan and cornbread stuffing. Dessert will be hot toffee apple and pecan cake doused with salted caramel sauce and marshmallows, or chocolate marble cheesecake served with berry compote and vanilla curd. Celebrate Thanksgiving with Emirates In Business Class from Dubai to USA, the soup is followed by salmon gravadlax with ginger and candied orange, carrot coulis, blackberries and Beluga caviar, caper berries, red sorrel and baby spinach, with a main course of tender sliced turkey, cranberry jus lié, roasted butternut, mashed potatoes with carrot, buttered brussels sprouts, herbed butter, roasted pecans and cornbread. Premium Economy customers can have a classic prawn cocktail, followed by a salad of grilled artichoke antipasti, butternut squash, broad beans and kale, with sunflower seeds and dried cranberries. Premium Economy Class customers can then have tender sliced turkey with all the trimmings, and relish a dessert of key lime tart dashed with Chantilly cream and raspberry, followed by an Emirates pumpkin spiced biscotti. From the USA to Dubai, the Premium Economy main course will be buttermilk and herb roasted turkey with all the trimmings, with a dessert of berry cheesecake. Economy Class customers can savour a sticky toffee pudding. Thanksgiving cupcakes by Emirates In Economy Class from Dubai to USA, customers will enjoy a Waldorf Salad with vegan mayonnaise to start, followed by a festive roasted chicken with cranberry jus, chestnut roulade with turkey bacon, maple baked parsnips, carrot mash, peas and potato wedges. Dessert will feature all the flavours of Thanksgiving with pumpkin, apple and cheese mousse, served with cinnamon cream and ginger biscuit crumbles, followed by an Emirates pumpkin spiced cookie. On the Emirates A380 flights from Dubai to Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington DC, customers can also have a Thanksgiving sweet treat in the onboard lounge - pecan cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, and sweet treats washed down with a selection of whiskeys, cocktails, wine, and champagne. Thanksgiving food, drinks and entertainment will be offers on flights to and from Dubai and USA Thanksgiving Celebrations Between November 23-30, Thanksgiving can also be enjoyed at the Emirates Lounges in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Travellers will be invited to experience Thanksgiving dishes of roasted turkey with apple sage stuffing, garlic mashed potatoes and fall squash pumpkin, with cheesecake mousse for dessert. Emirates lounges in Dubai will be offering travellers pumpkin tarts, roasted turkey breast with cranberry sauce, stuffing, glazed chestnuts, new potatoes with rosemary and paprika, roasted root vegetables with brussels sprouts, and dedicated festive cocktails. The special service is available between November 23-30 Thanksgiving Entertainment Enhancing the Thanksgiving mood, customers can settle in to watch the top NFL and NBA games on Sport24 and Sport24 Extra and see the New York Knicks, Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bears, Miami Dolphins and more in action, over the Thanksgiving period. There is a wide array of holiday season content within 6,500 channels of on-demand entertainment on ice, over 2,000 movies, 650 TV shows, and 4,000 hours of music, podcasts, and audiobooks in over 40 languages. The special menu will also be served in the lounges of Dubai, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco Emirates Flights to and from the USA Emirates currently offers flights to 12 destinations in the USA, including Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Washington D.C.’s Dulles International Airport (IAD), Seattle Tacoma Airport (SEA), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Orlando International Airport (MCO), Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (DFW), San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Miami International Airport (MIA). #Aviation #Airline Subscribe to our Newsletter! Be the first to get exclusive offers and the latest news Subscribe Now Related Articles Latest Stories Read the Next Article