Sometimes when my friends and family travel near and afar, they look out for me and collect menus to add to my collection. While I support their menu collecting habits 110%, I always make sure to tell them to do so with caution and just make sure it's safe. I would so bail them out if they got into trouble, but it's best to avoid that situation.
And speaking of friends collecting menus for me, my really good friend Maria travels a lot and has also taken up an interest in collecting menus for me. She has for quite some time now. She's super awesome and loves to do it and most recently, has collected 4 menus on recent trips:
Hello Kitty menu on
Eva Air;
The Laundromat Cafe in
Reykjavik, Iceland;
Norwegian Air on the way to
Guadeloupe in the
Caribbean; and
Quai 17 in
Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe.
God bless you, Maria. Thank you! Always.
Hello Kitty Menu
There is nothing too crazy on the menu. It didn't have a lot of vegetarian options, though. I wondered what business class would've offered, so I Googled and came across a blog that Mark follows regularly and this
blogger captured a lot of what is offered in business class. Hello Kitty overload!
I'm not sure if Eva Air still operates
Hello Kitty flights. I think so? I went on their website to double check but the info is kind of confusing to me, but it looks like they are introducing a new Sanrio character,
Bad Badtz-Maru. I love this character and even have a wallet that is somewhat functional that I keep, but don't use. Now that is one flight I would consider taking just because.
Eva Air
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| Eva Air |
The Laundromat Cafe Menu
According to their website, the cafe is part of a laundry mat and hopefully away from the food. They started in
Copenhagen and have a total of 3 restaurants in
Denmark and 1 in
Iceland. I suppose the idea seems meaningful and kitschy, but I'm not quite sure I would be going to a laundry mat to meet new friends and eat.
I'm shocked that
NYC doesn't have many of these around. In fact, I Googled and only one laundry mat came up,
The Wash House, but it closed in 2014. I'm guessing permits, licenses and space are the culprits because to obtain a food license in NYC is very difficult and most of these laundry mats are owned and operated by mom and pop, and I'm sure they don't have the time nor the money to deal with that. However, I did come across an interesting article where owners have gotten creative in transforming their laundry mats into unique and unusual public spaces:
Six Unique Laundromats in NYC.
This menu is fabulous! Design-wise. I love the front cover of the menu for obvious reasons. I don't know what Icelandic cuisine is all about, but I imagine it would include a lot of fresh fish. Maria did mention that she ate whale for the first time. I don't know if I would be that adventurous. It was surprising not to see that much fish on this menu but they did have an extensive international tab beer selection. I suppose that's all that matters to some people. Skál! Cheers in Icelandic.
The Laundromat Cafe, Austurstraeti 9, 101
Reykjavik, Iceland
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| The Laundromat Cafe |
Norwegian Air Menu
I was so sad when Maria gave me this menu because I was supposed to go with them on this trip. If you recall from last year, I had collected
Norwegian Air's menu en route to Martinique with Maria and Becky. While there, we said that we would plan a trip yearly from that point on and the trip for this year had them flying back on Norwegian Air en route to Martinique's sister island of Guadeloupe.
The trip went well from what they told me and Guadeloupe is not that different from Martinique. Guadeloupe is larger, more lush and seemed to have more tourists but both have its own charm. I can't wait to visit Guadeloupe whenever that may be.
Norwegian Air
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| Norwegian Air |
Quai 17 Menu
The entire menu is in French with no English translation (doesn't surprise me). There are some pictures to help guide you with your selection, but if all else fails, Google translate. The website is very helpful with pictures and pertinent info. Not much more to add except that I wish I went with them and Maria, many thanks for the collection of menus. Hope you also collected great memories.
Quai 17, 1 et 2 galeries de la Marina
97118 Saint-Francois, Guadeloupe
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| Quai 17 |
Air India Menu
The reason why I wasn't able to go to Guadeloupe was because Mark had to film another video in
India for
Trickle Up. Mark has filmed in rural parts of India before but this time around the filming took him all over India, which proved to be both taxing and challenging, especially when lugging around fragile and large filming equipment. He does it, though, and is always up for the challenge. He is a great director and always very respectable to the communities and the local people where he shoots. Very humbled by what he sees and the people he meets, he does all this work on his own time and own expense and delivers an outstanding product once the job is done. Way to go, Mark!
It was just a year ago when he traveled to
Guatemala to shoot a video and collected a
menu for me. This time around he wasn't able to collect a local restaurant menu but did collect the airline menu for me. Thanks, love!
The menu selection is sparse, but maybe it was a shorter flight. I probably would've been fine with veg pizza and water.
Air India
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Air India
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