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P&O Cruises Adds a Modern Australian Taste to Cruising with New Restaurant Offerings

P&O Cruises hasunveiled the menus for its two new restaurants, Angelo’s and Dragon Lady, whichwill add an international flavour to its latest ships, Pacific Aria and PacificEden, when they join the cruise line’s fleet in November.

With their Italianand pan-Asian offerings, the two new dining options will bring a relaxedsophistication to the contemporary cuisine served onboard the ships, which havebeen heralded as game changers for the local cruise industry.

Taking its designinspiration from Angelo Frontoni, one of Italy’s best-known photographers,Angelo’s offers a taste of la dolce vita, while Dragon Lady will create an evocativeOriental dining experience with dark timbers and moody lighting complementingits Asian cuisine.

P&O CruisesSenior Vice President Sture Myrmell said the new restaurants reflected thecruise line’s celebration of modern Australian cuisine with influences takenfrom around the world.

“The menu at Angelo’sis first for us and a move away from the traditional trattoria style menustowards more contemporary Italian dining. We've considered a mix of classicItalian dishes in the menu but also added a very modern take that incorporatesthe latest trends in Italian dining,” Mr Myrmell said.

The result is arobust menu includes traditional favourites like Linguini Pasta Vongole andEight-hour Veal Ossobucco Gremolata as well as modern specialities likeSicilian-style Fremantle Sardines using fine Australian produce.

Meanwhile theatmosphere at Dragon Lady is exotic and seductive, and brings together a modernAsian menu that spans Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Indonesian andIndian cuisines.

Highlights on theDragon Lady menu include favourites such as Gaeng Daeng Creamy Chicken Soup andTempura-crusted Uramaki Sushi as well as a host of exciting new dishes,including Singapore-style Soft Shell Crab, Kung Pao Masterstock Slow-cookedBeef Cheeks and a Salted 70% Dark Chocolate Cake.

Mr Myrmell said thetwo new restaurants were in keeping with the modern Australian flavour of theships and will be available for a nominal fee. Bringing together tastesfrom around the world, other dining options onboard Pacific Aria and PacificEden will include the exciting new international marketplace The Pantry, theWaterfront Restaurant and Luke Mangan’s Salt grill, a favourite across P&OCruises’ Australian fleet.

“Australians have awonderfully broad palate - they like to eat different foods and try newexperiences when they are on holiday, so we think the wide range of diningoptions on Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden will really appeal,” he said.

Both restaurants areexclusively available on Pacific Aria and Pacific Eden.

For more informationvisit www.pocruises.com.au
About P&OCruises: The region’s largest and longest-serving cruise operator, P&OCruises Australia leads the way in cruising as Australasia's only 'home brand'and its favourite cruise line. P&O Cruises has been sailing the region formore than 80 years, and has pioneered new destinations around Australia, thePacific and Asia including Papua New Guinea, as reported in the New York Times’52 top destinations for 2015. On November 25, 2015, P&O Cruises willwelcome two additional ships to its current three-ship fleet becoming thenation’s largest cruise line with five ships cruising from eight home ports inAustralia, New Zealand and Singapore. The addition of Pacific Aria and PacificEden has paved the way for exciting new cruise options including deploymentsfrom every mainland state in Australia and an extended deployment fromAuckland. The pair herald a new era for P&O Cruises, as reflected in itsnew brand repositioning - P&O Cruises, Like no Place on Earth.

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