Gobble Up! Emirates Launches Special Thanksgiving Inflight and Lounge Menu

Travelers flying between the United States and Dubai with Emirates this week will be treated to a special in-flight menu as the Gulf Carrier launches a festive offering to celebrate Thanksgiving.

From Saturday, November 23, to Saturday, November 30, Emirates will be offering a variety of Thanksgiving-inspired dishes to all passengers, from First Class to Economy. Travelers visiting the airline’s airport lounges on both sides of the Atlantic will also enjoy traditional festive food during this celebratory period.

First and Business Class

First Class passengers flying from Dubai to the U.S. can enjoy a delicious meal that begins with a creamy celeriac and pear soup garnished with leek julienne. This is accompanied by smoked salmon, served with chives, cucumber, pea shoots, and horseradish sauce.

Photo: Thanksgiving menu. Courtesy of Emirates

The main course features turkey leg roulade, complemented by roasted butternut squash, mashed potatoes, carrots, Brussels sprouts, roasted pecans, cranberry jus, and cornbread. For dessert, guests can choose between warm apple fritters served with mascarpone cream and cinnamon sugar or a key lime tart accompanied by raspberry coulis.

A different menu will be available on flights from the U.S. to Dubai, starting with a choice of sweet potato, poached lobster, and chives or a seafood platter with poached prawn, smoked salmon, crab cocktail, and salmon gravadlax served with caviar and horseradish.

For the main course, they can tuck into lemon, zaatar, and buttermilk roasted turkey served with celeriac apple purée, maple-roasted caraway pumpkin and beetroot, kale with cranberries, and a pecan and cornbread stuffing.

Airline food onboard of Emirates Business Class on an Airbus A380. / Photo: Photofex_AUT/Shutterstock

A choice of hot toffee apple and pecan cake with salted caramel sauce and marshmallows or chocolate marble cheesecake with berry compote and vanilla crud will be served for dessert.

Business Class passengers can enjoy a starter of soup served with salmon gravadlax, carrot coulis, blackberries, Beluga caviar, caper berries, and baby spinach.

The main course features tender sliced turkey with cranberry jus, roasted butternut squash, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts with herbed butter, roasted pecans, and cornbread.

Premium Economy and Coach

In Premium Economy, passengers flying from Dubai to the U.S. will be served a starter of classic prawn cocktail followed by a salad of grilled artichoke antipasti, butternut squash, broad beans, kale, sunflower seeds, and dried cranberries.

For the main course, they can look forward to a tender sliced turkey with all the trimmings, while for dessert, they can feast on a key lime tart with Chantilly cream and raspberry accompanied by pumpkin spiced biscotti.

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On flights from the U.S. to Dubai, Premium Economy passengers enjoy a meal of buttermilk and herb-roasted turkey with all the trimmings and a berry cheesecake for dessert. Economy passengers are served sticky toffee pudding.

Economy passengers flying from Dubai to the U.S. will start their meal with a Waldorf salad made with vegan mayonnaise. The main course will feature roast chicken served with cranberry jus, chestnut roulade, turkey bacon, maple-baked parsnips, carrot mash, peas, and potato wedges.

Photo: Thanksgiving cupcakes. Courtesy of Emirates

For dessert, passengers can enjoy a mousse made from pumpkin, apple, and cheese, accompanied by cinnamon cream, ginger biscuit crumbles, and a pumpkin-spiced cookie.

All passengers will be offered a traditional Thanksgiving breakfast, too, featuring cinnamon pancakes served with apple and cranberry compote and pumpkin cream, along with blueberry muffins and cinnamon rolls.

Where to find the special menu

These Thanksgiving in-flight menus will be served all week on flights between Dubai International Airport (DXB) and its twelve U.S. destinations: Boston (BOS), Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), Newark (EWR), Orlando (MCO), San Francisco (SFO), Seattle (SEA), and Washington, D.C. (IAD).

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Emirates will also be celebrating Thanksgiving at its airport lounges in Dubai, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco with an array of festive dishes and treats.

In its Dubai lounge, travelers will be offered pumpkin tarts, roasted turkey breast with cranberry sauce, stuffing, glazed chestnuts, new potatoes with rosemary and paprika, roasted root vegetables, and festive cocktails.

In its U.S. lounges, Emirates passengers can enjoy traditional roast turkey with apple sage stuffing, garlic mashed potatoes, fall squash pumpkin, and a cheesecake mousse dessert.