having flown all of the US majors, plus BA, Lufthansa, SAS, Air France, Icelandic (!!yeh turboprops to Europe!!) . . . . I have a very simple rule - never to be violated.
Never get on a plane hungry. Pre-Eat for the whole flight . . .
I would agree, but I enjoy some things even when I am not hungry! I enjoyed this enough to put it on next week’s menu!
Maybe it would look more appealing if I hadn’t started eating before I took the picture.
My rule is always go for the braised dish.
You didn’t like the Air France food - we recently had great dishes
3-4 trips per year . . . I found BA to be the most consistent in service and food.
it was not always great/good/passable . . .
any airline on any given day on any given route . . . can be superb, or abysmal…
at least for non-US airlines.
for US airlines 1980+ . . . difficult to find any flight on any route at any time that are anything more than garbage @ 30,000 ft.
Wow! You might be yukin’ some yums! I’m not saying it’s restaurant worthy, but I wouldn’t call most meals I’ve had garbage! Of course, could just be me.
which could possibly explain my inviolate rule to “pre-Eat for the duration?”
I have been know to pick out bits and pieces of the “meal tray” - and leave the rest for the disposal crew.
typically, the roll, buttered…
Agreed on US based carriers but I think you are too negative on several non-US carriers which can deliver pretty decent meals consistently
Vietnam Airlines was operating the Lufthansa codeshare (not sure if this is the correct terminology) from Frankfurt to HCMC. So the food was a lot better than I expected. Dinner was a choice of pork with rice or beef and potatoes. I had the pork with rice, which was quite good but had a large section of bok choi which was very difficult to tackle with the wooden cutlery. Didn’t get a photo. Breakfast was a choice of sausage with meatballs (!) or pork noodles. I went with the pork noodles:
The bok choi strikes again!
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The domestic connection from HCMC to Hanoi had a proper lunch service. This would be unheard of for a 2 hour flight in Europe. You would be expected to buy sandwiches, snacks and drinks from the cabin crew on budget airlines. Or maybe be offered something like a pack of nuts or a cold sandwich on a carrier like BA (short haul).
The choice was chicken with noodles or fish with rice. I went with the fish. Which was really nice.
Thankfully the leafy green was short segments of choi sum. Much more manageable.
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I’m not a fan of Vietnam airlines but their meals are pretty ok. Boo Choi is used frequently bc it doesn wilt like other greens when being cooked and then reheated on the plane.
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