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customers on select routes will be treated to a Lunar New Year dessert, a
luscious red velvet lychee cake in First and Business Class, and a creamy red
velvet lychee mousse in Economy Class. First and Business Class customers will
also receive a traditional red envelope filled with chocolate coins, to share
the good luck and wishes of the new year.
To
celebrate the Lunar New Year, Emirates Lounges in Dubai will offer an array of
festive fare on the 10 of February. Breakfast in the First and Business Class
lounges will feature a classic ‘Cheung Fun’ steamed rice noodle roll
stuffed with dried prawn and scallops. At lunch and dinnertime, First Class
lounge customers can indulge in a Cantonese roast duck bao with plum
sauce, while First and Business Class lounge guests can feast on
scrumptious poached shrimp and vegetable dumplings with soy and
vinegar dip, or Chinese rainbow salad with smoked salmon, sesame and
soya ginger dressing, or pan-seared Chilean seabass with XO sauce and
pak choy. Desserts include a sweet and light mango coconut cake with
spices, or black tea cake in the First Class lounge, with a
tangy yuzu tartlet served with green tea powder available in the
Business Class Lounges. Customers can also head to the unique old-fashioned
Emirates ice-cream cart to enjoy limited edition gourmet Matcha green tea
ice cream, made in-house by Emirates chefs.
In
the Emirates Lounge Singapore, customers can celebrate the day with Chinese
chicken sausage in lotus leaf and rice, where the sticky glutinous rice
traditionally symbolises family cohesiveness. Other main courses include stir
fried prawn with green asparagus, while delicious desserts include pineapple
upside-down cake with mango boba.
In
the Emirates Lounge of Bangkok, customers will be enticed by beef sweet
and sour- succulent tender beef with sweet and tangy flavours, or chicken
rice hainan - Hainanese chicken seasoned with a blend of ginger, garlic
and sauce, followed by a dessert of orange mousse cake.
In
Beijing, customers can indulge in Gongbao Prawn with cashew nuts followed
by eight treasure rice pudding, while in Shanghai, Lunar New Year will be
celebrated with sweet and sour mandarin fish or wok fried beef
strips with mixed pepper, followed by red velvet cake.
All
Emirates customers are welcome to enjoy Emirates' Lounges; First Class and
Business Class customers can access all lounges on a complimentary basis, as
well as Silver, Gold and Platinum Skywards members. Other passengers can
experience the lounge starting from USD 160, enjoying the facilities for up to
four hours before a flight.
Onboard
Emirates, customers celebrating Lunar New Year can get into the holiday spirit
with up 21 Mandarin and 12 Cantonese movies including ‘Day Off’, ‘Lighting
Up the Stars’, ‘Awakening Spring’ and ‘Mad Fate’. There are also more than
250 Hollywood movies with Chinese subtitles to explore, including new
releases ‘Oppenheimer’, ‘The Marvels’ and ‘Priscilla’. Customers
can also get in the festive mood with a music library of 115 Chinese albums and
1,000 songs. For those celebrating Vietnamese New Year, also known as Tet
Festival, there are 7 Vietnamese movies to choose from including; ‘Extremely
Easy Job’, ‘578 Magnum’, ‘The Brilliant Darkness’ and ‘Big Sis,
You're Mine’.
Image
Credit: © Emirates Airlines
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