The American and Israeli delegation members on the historic flight to Abu Dhabi are expected to enjoy a rich, kosher menu, of course, prepared by Chef Shahaf Shabtai • Full details inside

• El Al aircraft for the first commercial flight from Israel to Abu Dhabi

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  Micha Sander (Wikipedia)

El Al flight LY971 will make history tomorrow (Monday) and take off from Tel Aviv, via Saudi Arabia and land in Abu Dhabi. The flight of the American delegation will be accompanied by senior Israeli officials and will last about three hours on a route that will also pass through Jordan. In honor of the important event, El Al has formulated a special meal menu led by Chef Shahaf Shabtai prepared by the people of Tamm, the food factory owned by El Al and providing kosher meals to quite a few airlines around the world.

The return flight menu will be different from that offered to return flight passengers. The menus of the two flights have reached us, these are the dishes that will be served to the passengers of the historic flight from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi: for starters, a fresh vegetable salad, smoked salmon with green beans and pineapple on a bed of aioli sauce and tahini / olive oil will be served. 

For main courses, grilled chicken will be served in a pepper sauce with a burgul stew and root vegetables or roast beef in a laxa sauce and rice in coconut milk, Tanzania and broccoli and peas. For dessert, seasonal fruits, yeast pastries filled with chocolate, tapioca and coffee or tea will be served.

On the return flight from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv, LY972, which is expected to return on Tuesday, a day after landing in the Emirates, the following dishes will be served: For starters, Jared Kushner and all other passengers will receive a selection of smoked meats including corned beef, chicken breast slices, pastrami, olives and gherkins Antipasti, Dijon mustard and olive oil.

The main dishes for the flight from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv will be grilled chicken in teriyaki sauce and root vegetables, rice in coconut milk and garden peas or chunks of beef in red wine, garden peas, carrots stuffed with rice and onion onions or salmon in coconut lemon sauce, mushroom tortillas, roasted cherry tomatoes and mushrooms. 

For dessert, passengers will be served a duet financier almond and nougat brownies in a berry sauce, red grapes, creme brulee, baklava and also mouth, coffee or tea. The return flight is also supposed to last about three hours and pass in a route similar to that of the round-trip flight.