South America Experience
To celebrate more than half a century of services to South America we are hosting a special food and wine festival in April and May 2008: South America Experience.
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About South America Experience
During the food and wine festival you can let South America engage your senses! South America Experience takes place on all intercontinental flights operated by KLM, departing from Amsterdam, and going to Amsterdam from:
• Panama City
• Lima
• Sao Paulo
• Quito
• Guayaquil
During the festival we serve wines from Chile and Argentina, the two main wine producing countries in South America. To make your experience complete, our inflight entertainment programme will run special destination movies featuring Sao Paulo and Panama. In addition, our passengers in the World Business Class receive a free copy of the glossy mini-magazine ‘Taste South America’.
Even before you board your flight, KLM’s Crown Lounges at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol will be serving the onboard wines selected for the South America Experience, plus themed buffet snacks.
On flights from Amsterdam, Sao Paulo and Lima, South American food created by the best South American chefs will be served.
Special menus served on flights from Amsterdam and Sao Paulo
The food on board has been created by top Brazilian chef Mara Salles from the multi-awarded restaurant Tordesilhas in São Paulo, Brazil. Mara Salles is the world’s number one authentic Brazilian chef. For 20 years she has put regional Brazilian food on her menu, from chili-laced African stews of Bahia to robust marinades and gaúcho traditions from the far south.
In the World Business Class we serve four different menus, created by Mara Salles, with fish, shrimps, veal or chicken and accompanying wines. In the Economy Class you can choose between two different menus.
Find out the details of the menu on board
Special menus served on flights from Lima
Marilu Madueno, Peruvian top chef and host Arturo Rubio Feijoo of the renowned restaurant La Huaca Pucllana in Lima, have compiled a menu of dishes especially for KLM on all flight departing from Lima.The signature of the restaurant is the preparation of specific Peruvian dishes based on the rich culture and history of the original inhabitants.
More information about the meals served on board
Wines onboard
On the international wine stage, South America is hot. The reputation of this wine continent – built on reliable, value for money wines – is nowadays all about world-class quality.
South America has two main wine producing countries, Chile and Argentina, and they both produce tremendous amounts of wine. Argentina is the fifth largest wine producer in the world, and Chile's wine exports exceed that of the United States. Chile has always been good at producing good-value, straightforward red wines with exuberant fruity qualities, whilst wine drinking Argentina had gained a reputation for its simple table wines. Over the last two decades, however, an emphasis on quality has totally transformed both wine giants. Their vineyards, their wineries and their wines are now at an impressive international standard.
Passengers and/or Flying Blue members residing in the Benelux, Germany or the UK can purchase a selection of these special wines through www.fbselectedwines.com Flying Blue members earn 3 Award Miles for each Euro spent.
More information about the wines served on board