Airline Food

[snotface]

I have as little to do with airline food as possible. Just the smell of it as other passengers dig gunk out of plastic containers makes me feel mildly nauseous. I was on a Thai Airways flight just yesterday. One peep under the foil at the ‘chicken sausages’ was enough and I hastily covered them up again. The croissant was rubbery but edible. The fruit pieces - a safe bet surely? - were wan and dry; back went the lid. The water was okay. When lunch arrived, hunger drove me to sample a roll containing a suspicious-looking slice of processed meat with pickled cucumber topping. It tasted okay but I knew there would be retribution and sure enough I arrived at my hotel in Perth with a badly out-of-sorts digestive system.

I dare say some airlines are better than others but I haven't found them yet. Travelling other than Economy class probably helps too. I'm too stingy to find out. My feeling is the plainer the plane food the better.

[arsenal]

It was many years ago but Brunei Airlines served excellent food. But no alcohol.

[StevieWonders]

It was many years ago but Brunei Airlines served excellent food. But no alcohol.

Is it true the loos are gold-plated?

[StevieWonders]

More on topic though, I guess Gordon Ramsay will never eat airline food. I guess he worked as a chef (head chef?) for Singapore Airlines for a while, so knows full well how the food is prepared and stored, and due to that, refuses to eat it.

I think you'll find he was a consultant chef. That is, he never touched the food, he just advised about what dishes might be suitable. Presumably you know the definition of a consultant? Someone who, when you ask him the time, puts his hand on your wrist, looks at your watch, tells you the time and then sends you a bill for the "advice".

[cdnmatt]

Yes, consultant work is great. All you have to do is talk to people, maybe write some documentation here and there, and they give you good money in exchange. Works great!

[StevieWonders]

For some inexplicable reason the Thai food served on Thai Airways out of Bangkok is generally worse than the Thai food prepared by third-party caterers for inbound flights. I generally use Singapore Airlines' Book The Cook service and find it ok.

[Asia Traveler]

I usually fly United Polaris Business from USA. The food for my taste is unpredictable. Sometimes great sometimes terrible. On my last flight to Japan the FA saw I did not eat the food and replaced it with another selection which I did eat. After getting a tip on Flyer Talk Forum United Polaris thread I now always order the fish which is consistently good (so far).

[Blacktouch]

Flown with EVA Air direct flight from London Heathrow to Bangkok Oct 2016.

As it was a direct flight for 11 hours, we got two hot meals, plus snakes during the flight.

One of the meals was still cold inside. I just recovered the foil lid and left it. I did not complain, as I knew I had nice Thai food to look forward too. I just ate the other things on the tray.

Apart from one of the cold meals, everything else about the flight was nice.

[Chuai-Duai]

Flown with EVA Air direct flight from London Heathrow to Bangkok Oct 2016.

As it was a direct flight for 11 hours, we got two hot meals, plus snakes during the flight.

I always fly EVA and haven’t been impressed with their veggie meals and I’m very glad they’ve never tried to serve me any “snakes”. Not very keen on their snacks either.

[a447]

... plus snakes during the flight.

Yeah, I know about that.

I saw the movie!