Flight attendants serve cuttlefish roe egg fried rice – enjoy 8 Taiwanese dishes on Cathay Dragon flights

Reported by Chen Rui-zhong / Taipei

Starting this year, Cathay Dragon has partnered with the Din Tai Fung restaurant group to introduce business class in-flight meals themed around Taiwanese cuisine. Dishes such as cuttlefish roe egg fried rice and tube rice cake will be available on flights from Taipei to Hong Kong starting in April.

▲ Cathay Dragon and Din Tai Fung have collaborated to launch in-flight meals. (Photo / Reporter Chen Rui-zhong, the same below)

Aside from cuttlefish roe egg fried rice and tube rice cake, this special in-flight Taiwanese meal from Cathay Dragon and Din Tai Fung also includes stir-fried rice noodles with pumpkin, radish cake, XO sauce beef tenderloin, and braised pork, making a total of eight classic Taiwanese dishes that are widely loved. The selection will rotate every two weeks, with two dishes being changed each time. Cathay Dragon stated that they hope to enhance passengers' flying experience through these delightful aerial meals.

▲ Cuttlefish roe egg fried rice.

Cathay Dragon has previously collaborated with Maxim’s Group and Thailand’s Blue Elephant Restaurant to offer in-flight meals. Din Tai Fung brings nearly 40 years of experience in Taiwanese cuisine. Both parties hope that through this collaboration, more travelers can have the chance to taste authentic Taiwanese food and be left with a lasting impression.

▲ Din Tai Fung’s tube rice cake served with pickled vegetables and fresh vegetables.

Li Hong-jun, executive director of Din Tai Fung, revealed that due to the reduced sensitivity of taste buds at high altitudes, as well as changes in flavor caused by refrigeration and reheating, the eight selected dishes were chosen from a pool of 40 options over a period of six months. Li Hai-qing, general manager of Cathay Dragon’s Sales Department, also noted that meals on planes are now prepared using steam ovens, making the recreation of authentic Taiwanese flavors a key consideration in the selection process. Among the eight dishes, Li Hai-qing personally favors the cuttlefish roe egg fried rice the most.

% (Incomplete segment) Cathay Dragon’s General Manager of Airline Services, and Din Tai Fung’s Executive Director and General Manager Li Hong-jun.