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Eid
flavours onboard Emirates
From
the 10-13 April, Economy Class customers departing Dubai will be treated to the
flavoursome favourites of Eid including chicken biryani with crunchy
fried onions, raisins and cashew nuts, or tender lamb kibbeh labanieh with
vermicelli rice and rich laban sauce. Eid themed desserts include a halwa
brownie with cardamom sauce, and chocolate mousse topped with
batheeth crumble.
Premium
Economy and Business Class customers can sample traditional chicken mashwi
el jeder, with a spiced sauce, chickpea hashwa and ghee rice tossed with
potatoes, or savour a fish matfy in a spiced tomato sauce and
indulgent butter rice. Desserts will include a fragrant pistachio and
hibiscus namoura with raspberry curd, or a luscious vanilla and rose
mousse cake.
First
Class customers can experience crafted dishes like hammour matfy, in
Emirati style spiced tomato sauce with basmati rice, or braised beef short
ribs machbouse with fragrant rice and a local spice blend, or
succulent lamb kebabs marinating in spicy tomato butter. Eid desserts
will include vanilla and rose mousse cake with pistachio anglaise and
fresh berries, or a warm orange blondie served with a white chocolate
and vanilla cream tart, drizzled in caramel sauce. All passengers will also
receive a mini treat with their meal wishing them ‘Eid Mubarak,’ a sweet
pumpkin Asseda, with an additional almond apricot tart for Premium
Economy, Business and First Class customers.
In
the A380 onboard lounge, a selection of Emirati pastries and Arabic coffee
awaits, or customers can help themselves to a decadent slice of pistachio cake
with cream cheese, or aromatic saffron and cardamom cake.
Emirates
Lounges serve Eid favourites
In
the Emirates Lounges of Dubai on 10 April, First Class customers can explore a
wide selection of options including Arabic coffee, jallab and kamarruddin
juice, hot and cold Arabic mezzeh, lamb ouzi or Arabic mixed grill followed by
sweet treats of kunafa, kathayef and bassbousa. In the Business
Class Lounges, there will be classic chicken khabsa and a range of tempting
desserts available throughout the day like date mammoul, baklava pecan
rolls and saffron bassbousa. Emirates First and Business Class guests
are invited to the old-fashioned ice cream cart in the lounge to enjoy homemade
Baklava and Arabic coffee ice cream, made especially for Eid celebrations.
Entertainment
for Eid on Emirates ice
A
variety of content will be available on the award-winning ice for
those travelling over Eid al Fitr, from up to 6,500 channels of on-demand
entertainment and more than 2000 movies from around the world. This includes
more than 100 Arabic films, including new releases - Amakor, El Saf El
Akheer and Al Masafa Sefr, and up to 285 Hollywood movies with
Arabic subtitles including new releases Napoleon, Aquaman and the Lost
Kingdom, Wish, Ferrari and Killers of the Flower Moon. There are
46 channels of Arabic TV series including Chef Bel Beit, Lo’bat Al Hayah
and series from Shahid including Batn El Hout, Seeb Wa Ana Aseeb and El
Ghareeb. Emirates customers can also enjoy 15 channels of Arabic podcasts
and audiobooks, The Holy Qur’an, and more than 500 channels of Arabic music
including pop, classics, Khaleeji, Maghrebi and Arabic fusion.
Image
Credit: © Emirates Airlines
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