Decadent Lamb Shoulder In Cathay Pacific Business Class

Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago.

I recently flew on Cathay Pacific on a 14-hour, 15-minute flight from Hong Kong to Amsterdam and enjoyed one of the best airline meals I have had in years: tender lamb shoulder.

Lamb Shoulder In Cathay Pacific A350 Business Class

It always surprises me when folks complain about the food on Cathay Pacific because I cannot recall a single bad meal on my many flights on the Hong Kong flag carrier over the years (unless you could that disgusting sandwich I had on the Fifth Freedom flight from Bahrain to Dubai in economy class).

I pre-ordered lamb shoulder as part of a menu collaboration between Cathay Pacific and French restaurant Louise, located in Hong Kong Central. There were many choices on the pre-order menu that sounded delicious, but I’m not one to turn down lamb when it is on the menu.

The dish included lamb shoulder braised in lamb fat served over a bed of bulgur wheat salad with mint, coriander, and dried fruits, and finished with lamb jus infused with the North African spice mix of ras el hanout and toasted pine nuts.

Just writing that makes me hungry…

The dish was served during the “supper” service shortly after our (midnight) takeoff. It was not only nicely presented with cilantro leaves placed as a garnish on top of the meat, but it was one of the most tender pieces of meat I have ever enjoyed on an airplane.

This was a very good dish that I highly recommend if you are flying Cathay Pacific out of Hong Kong.

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