Long haul plane food

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K50 DEL

9,227 posts

227 months

Thursday 23rd June 2022
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A lot of my business travels were in F on various airlines, sadly I never took pics on those but most of my F holiday travel has been done either with a friend or treating my Mum so I generally have taken some pics on the plane including some of the food:

These first few were on the DXB - SIN A380 Emirates service in F

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Pud


The food on this service was always excellent, I never used to bother eating in the airport as I knew it would be a good meal

By way of comparison, this was the main course I was served in F on the AA service from LHR - LAX, not bad but not a patch on EK;s offerings above.


The lunchtime F offering on the BA service from LHR - IAD, another holiday with Mum:



Petrus1983

8,521 posts

161 months

Thursday 23rd June 2022
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rambo19 said:
This might not be relevant, I drive a lorry and pick up at a large food place that supplies airline meals at Stansted.
If the outside/loading bay area is anything to go by, I would avoid airline food full stop.
Not irrevalent at all - you’ve nailed it. Ear before, eat after, take your own things - plane food is there to play with for 30 mins and ignore. Unless you’re at the front. But take the good value flights - add £20 of sandwiches/salads/ Plane Food - everyone’s a winner.

Edited by Petrus1983 on Thursday 23 June 20:40

Petrus1983

8,521 posts

161 months

Thursday 23rd June 2022
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K50 DEL said:
A lot of my business travels were in F on various airlines, sadly I never took pics on those but most of my F holiday travel has been done either with a friend or treating my Mum so I generally have taken some pics on the plane including some of the food:

These first few were on the DXB - SIN A380 Emirates service in F

Starter


Main


Pud


The food on this service was always excellent, I never used to bother eating in the airport as I knew it would be a good meal

By way of comparison, this was the main course I was served in F on the AA service from LHR - LAX, not bad but not a patch on EK;s offerings above.


The lunchtime F offering on the BA service from LHR - IAD, another holiday with Mum:


Very nice and perfectly timed - you get what you pay for.

jonsp

778 posts

155 months

Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Jos Notstoppen said:
I used to work for an airline in the catering office £15.00 is nowhere even close for 1st class. Probably double at least.
At least. I had a phase of flying back and forth to Dallas every 2-3 weeks - American Airlines in business. Asked a stewardess once the difference between the classes and she said they budget £6/head in economy £80 in business and £120 in first. Aside from the food - which was very fair - presumably offering free alcohol in business/first accounts for a chunk of that.

K50 DEL

9,227 posts

227 months

Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Petrus1983 said:
Very nice and perfectly timed - you get what you pay for.
Indeed you do... one of the reasons I enjoyed EK F on the 380 so much was the onboard bar area, made it really pleasant to eat dinner with your flying companion in an area other than your seat.


This was another F offering, I think BA from LHR to BOS possibly, to get a Yorkshire pudding looking this good on a flight was pretty impressive I thought:

paulguitar

23,104 posts

112 months

Thursday 23rd June 2022
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jonsp said:
t least. I had a phase of flying back and forth to Dallas every 2-3 weeks - American Airlines in business. Asked a stewardess once the difference between the classes and she said they budget £6/head in economy £80 in business and £120 in first. Aside from the food - which was very fair - presumably offering free alcohol in business/first accounts for a chunk of that.
Alcohol is free in steerage too, of course. It's just better wine upfront.

GT03ROB

13,208 posts

220 months

Friday 24th June 2022
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paulguitar said:
jonsp said:
t least. I had a phase of flying back and forth to Dallas every 2-3 weeks - American Airlines in business. Asked a stewardess once the difference between the classes and she said they budget £6/head in economy £80 in business and £120 in first. Aside from the food - which was very fair - presumably offering free alcohol in business/first accounts for a chunk of that.
Alcohol is free in steerage too, of course. It's just better wine upfront.
Yip, BA 1st do LPGS champagne which retails at around 120/bottle, Club champagne is probably 25quid stuff. Safe to say I can get a fair bot of the price differential back in champagne consumed alone! drunk

Flew back to work yesterday & they had a new member of crew. She obviously hadn't been fully trained in the art of spirit measures. The G&Ts were gin with a splash of tonic.

Alorotom

11,908 posts

186 months

Friday 24th June 2022
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jonsp said:
Jos Notstoppen said:
I used to work for an airline in the catering office £15.00 is nowhere even close for 1st class. Probably double at least.
At least. I had a phase of flying back and forth to Dallas every 2-3 weeks - American Airlines in business. Asked a stewardess once the difference between the classes and she said they budget £6/head in economy £80 in business and £120 in first. Aside from the food - which was very fair - presumably offering free alcohol in business/first accounts for a chunk of that.
Id be stunned if they're true representations of the procured values per head. Plus in fairness how/why would crew have any remote idea what the meal value would be, hardly like they are involved at the purchase/negotiation of the contract with the suppliers etc...

A Skift interview with a Gate Group exec details of the 300+ airlines they service for meals the approx cost of economy meals is $8 and business is $25 but both costs include food and equipment — the china, the cutlery, the glass, the napkin, the pepper and the salt, the tray - many of which are reusable certainly in business.

alangla

4,723 posts

180 months

Friday 24th June 2022
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DeejRC said:
Who on earth is shocked that flying with TUI will mean crap food though? Of course it will be crap, you know it will be crap before you even board the plan, you are flying with TUI ffs! The same goes for flying anywhere with anyone in economy, short haul or long. Any sustenance you will be given will be naff.
I mean you say that, but have you actually tried EasyJet’s Pot Noodle? (No joke, it’s actually on the inflight catering menu). One dish that surprised me was Ryanair’s lasagne. Didn’t expect it to be anything but awful but it was actually passable last time I had it.

K50 DEL

9,227 posts

227 months

Friday 24th June 2022
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alangla said:
I mean you say that, but have you actually tried EasyJet’s Pot Noodle? (No joke, it’s actually on the inflight catering menu). One dish that surprised me was Ryanair’s lasagne. Didn’t expect it to be anything but awful but it was actually passable last time I had it.
Not just Easyjet..... this is the First Class menu from one of my flight to Singapore..... check the item right there directly above the caviar laughlaugh


DeejRC

5,708 posts

81 months

Saturday 25th June 2022
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I can honestly say I have never tried EasyJet pot noodle. Nor am I ever going to.

paulmakin

653 posts

140 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Pot Noodle - chicken and mushroom pls - would have been a significant improvement on Virgin TAB-LHR offerings recently

DeejRC

5,708 posts

81 months

Sunday 26th June 2022
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Oh I don’t mind Pot Noodle at all…I have a beef n tomato in my away case at the moment and I bought two Bad Boys yesterday for some lunch next week.