Dining

Savour menus designed by Culinary Curator André Chiang which showcase the bountiful ingredients found along the course of your journey in Malaysia, reinventing tradition with modern sophistication.

The Dining Cars

Local flavours and contemporary techniques shape Chef André Chiang’s train dining philosophy.

Looking down on a dish of glazed king prawns on a plate with a spoon, served with white wine in crystal glasses.
Snapshot of tables for two on one side of the Malaya dining car, laid with white cloths and flanked by red velvet chairs.

Chef André Chiang

Chef André Chiang, in a blue shirt and white chinos, laughs as he sits casually in the Malaya dining car in a plush red chair.

Meet Chef André Chiang, the train’s celebrated culinary curator, who brings his two-Michelin-star pedigree aboard the Eastern & Oriental Express.

Bar Car

A waitress in a green sleeveless top and mustard skirt carries a tray with a clear-spirit cocktail and a tumbler with bitters hues.

Raise a glass to lifelong memories as you travel through the lush jungles and charming cities of Malaysia.

Peranakan Cooking Class

A hand lifts a stem from pile of pink Torch Ginger flowers at a stall also selling radishes, bananas, squash and cabbage.

Learn how to create signature flavours in your own kitchen while aboard the Eastern & Oriental Express.

MENUS

Sample Dinner

Discover delicacies such as our sixteen-hour braised beef cheek, steamed red snapper and punchy mapo tofu.

Sample Lunch

Our lunch menu celebrates land and sea in a fusion style, ranging from kimchi niçoise to wagyu beef sukiyaki.

Sample Dinner Vegetarian

Some of André Chiang's vegetarian specialties include miso emulsion on truffle gnocchi to a 'Jungle Bouillon' of tempura vegetables.

Sample Lunch Vegetarian

The finest ingredients feature on our vegetarian lunch offering, including mushrooms cooked XO style to oven-baked broccoli steak.

In-Room Menu

In the comfort of your own cabin, order dim sum, satay, salad and more for a private feast.

Bar Menu

Our bartenders use local botanicals in their unique creations, from mangosteen muddled with mezcal to rum married with pandan leaf.

Tastes of Tomorrow Journeys

Our special Tastes of Tomorrow series sees Chef André Chiang host a global roster of chefs whose work bridges deep-rooted tradition with contemporary technique. On each departure, guest chefs bring their own cultural influences, culinary philosophies and creative worlds to the Eastern & Oriental Express.

Tastes of Tomorrow – Wild Malaysia

Chef André Chiang leans on the rails of an open-sided carriage, looking out, in an external shot along the side of the train.

Dine on the creations of Chef André and his guest chef as you glide from the epicurean haven of Singapore, through lush jungle landscape and to the culinary wonders of Penang.

Tastes of Tomorrow – Essence of Malaysia

Angled image of a dining table with a lamp and two crystal glasses, seen over the backs of two red velvet and fabric chairs.

On this culinary odyssey through Malaysia, experience menus that seamlessly bridge origin and destination.