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Airline Food: The good, the bad and the ugly

David Ross

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liuzhou

liuzhou

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18 hours ago, KennethT said:

@liuzhou wow... that doesn't look bad at all, especially for such a short flight!

 

Yes. We basically flew up to cruising height, had lunch and started to descend.

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chefmd

chefmd

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Had a very eventful trip from Washington DC to Moscow, not a happy occasion, cancelled flight, re booked through London, taking Aeroflot from London to Moscow, over one hour to get from terminal 2 to terminal 4 in Heathrow, seat 39K on an empty plane.  A surprisingly good meal in the very back of the plane and a surprisingly nice flight attendants.  No smiles.  But they were kind.   

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liuzhou

liuzhou

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Flew back to China from Vietnam with Sichuan Airlines today. It's a 2 hour flight. Left Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) at 2 pm.

 

Served this once we were at cruising height.

 

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Again, not very pretty, but it was surprisingly tasty. Rice, greenery and a very tasty, well flavoured spicy lump of flaky fish.

 

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Of course, being Sichuan Airlines, they had to pop on some chilli.

 

Bread roll with Anchor butter from NZ, yoghurt from Vietnam and a weird yellow custardy dessert which was lemon flavoured but about 2000 times too sweet for my taste.

 

Washed down.with a beer.

 

Not bad. Not great. Acceptable. Especially the fish.

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liuzhou

liuzhou

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45 minutes ago, KennethT said:

@liuzhou I hope we get to see some of the food you had on your trip!

 

Yes. I'm back in China, but won't be home until tomorrow evening, then can sort out the hundreds of photos I took. Not all food of course, but many are. Hopefully, by the weekend. 

 

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gfweb

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43 minutes ago, rotuts said:

yikes !

 

except for the GreenBells.

 

Jalapeno, I think.

Nancy in Pátzcuaro

Nancy in Pátzcuaro

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On 4/20/2018 at 1:28 PM, liuzhou said:

and when I wasn't paying attention the attendant dropped this piece of corn on top of my rice dish.

Actually that corn looks kinda menacing. Maybe it's just the photo angle--

 

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liuzhou

liuzhou

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13 minutes ago, Nancy in Pátzcuaro said:

Actually that corn looks kinda menacing. Maybe it's just the photo angle--

 

Nancy in Pátzcuaro

 

All corn is menacing! It shouldn't ought to be allowed!

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Anna N

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2 hours ago, liuzhou said:

 

All corn is menacing! It shouldn't ought to be allowed!

 

 I don’t even see any corn.

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chefmd

chefmd

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3 hours ago, Anna N said:

 I don’t even see any corn.

See no evil.

 

disclaimer:  I like corn.  And peppers.  Even green peppers.  Please don't hate me ;)

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Anna N

Anna N

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45 minutes ago, liuzhou said:

 

This post. Third picture

Ah thanks.  I was not going back far enough.  

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ProfessionalHobbit

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I'll have to read through this from the very beginning later, but a recent flight on *gag* United made me pleasantly surprised since that airline is known for costcutting as a way of life. It was an early morning flight from NOLA to SFO and we had a choice of hot breakfast sandwiches ... in economy, no less, along with the usual selection of fruit juices, coffee and tea.

 

Perhaps it's to compete with Delta which seems to have stepped up their food service game in recent years. I recall a flight from SFO to JFK last year where they literally showered us with food for the entire duration of the trip - from lunch to snacks which included ice cream bars and fruit. I can only imagine what the folks in business class and first class receive.

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MetsFan5

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On 6/12/2018 at 6:59 PM, ProfessionalHobbit said:

I'll have to read through this from the very beginning later, but a recent flight on *gag* United made me pleasantly surprised since that airline is known for costcutting as a way of life. It was an early morning flight from NOLA to SFO and we had a choice of hot breakfast sandwiches ... in economy, no less, along with the usual selection of fruit juices, coffee and tea.

 

Perhaps it's to compete with Delta which seems to have stepped up their food service game in recent years. I recall a flight from SFO to JFK last year where they literally showered us with food for the entire duration of the trip - from lunch to snacks which included ice cream bars and fruit. I can only imagine what the folks in business class and first class receive.

  United has done a lot to upgrade the service from SFO and EWR. 

  That said, I flew first/business/ whatever class it is that has the fully reclining seats from SFO to EWR a week and a half ago and will do the return trip in a few days. 

 

  The meals were ok. They did offer a lot of snacks.  You can kind of make out the menu from this picture. The bedding was nice— from Saks. They always serve a sundae as a dessert. That’s gotten old, IMO. 

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chefmd

chefmd

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First time in United Polaris club at Newark airport.  Wow!  The menu looks amazing.  Food was delicious.  Wine list and drink menu will do a lot of restaurants proud.

 

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