Port Harcourt sits in Rivers State, in the Niger Delta, and its kitchens run on river fish, prawns, crab, plantain, yam and fiery peppers. A private jet menu for Port Harcourt can borrow from that table without making the galley suffer: pepper soup travels in a sealed pot, to be re-plated hot, while grilled fish and suya keep best finished in the oven and plated at altitude. Our inflight menu leans on what holds: jollof rice, fried plantain, moi moi and fresh tropical fruit, packed as private jet platters. Private jet food from the local specialities of Rivers State is cooked for your aircraft's galley, with the sauce apart and the heat level set for your passengers. Gourmet inflight meals in Port Harcourt work best when the pepper is dialled to the guest, not the cook. For lighter service we pack private jet snacks: chin chin, roasted groundnuts and dried fruit in sealed boxes. Each box carries its seat number on the lid, so the cabin crew can match a tray to a guest at a glance.
Rivers State cooking is built on the Niger Delta: catfish and tilapia from the creeks, prawns, periwinkle, plantain, cocoyam and a long list of peppers. For a private jet menu out of Port Harcourt, the question is which of these local specialities can stand a galley and a cabin. Native jollof, grilled croaker with sauce apart and boiled yam with egg sauce all pack well and finish in the oven or at room temperature. The inflight menu can also run light, with pepper soup in a lidded pot and fresh mango or pineapple chilled for the end of the meal. Private jet food here is about heat control: guests ask for pepper, then regret it at 40,000 ft. We cook gourmet inflight meals to a stated spice level and pack private jet platters, plus private jet snacks such as plantain chips and groundnuts, all marked by seat in Rivers State.