MV TJIWANGI menu
Maker
Royal Interocean Lines
(1947 - 1977)
Date1 January 1961
Object number00000013
NameMenu
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 200 x 250 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThe dinner menu for 1 January 1961 aboard MV TJIWANGI, Royal Interocean Lines. Chef de Cuisine: Mok Yuen.HistoryThe MV TJIWANGI was launched in 1950 as a smaller style luxury liner. In her first 10 years the TJIWANGI operated on the Dutch Indies to Hong Kong Service. In 1960 she was rerouted to undertake the Australia, Hong Kong to Japan service. The TJIWANGI was focused on traditional cruising with the priority being on passengers comfort, service, and as this menu illustrates, good food. She became known with her sister ship the TJILUWAH, as “Elegant White Yachts”.SignificanceShipboard menus were the most common type of souvenir collected by passengers and these colourful examples illustrate how these exotic destinations were promoted to international visitors travelling on this luxury cruise liner.