Trip Reports - LHR-JNB First BA Part II




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sarecca
Mar 24, 02, 1:17 am
The menu was as follows:

APPETISERS
Prawn and mango salad
Richard Corrigans warm marinated mushrooms with lemon tarragon vinaigrette and feta cheese
Leek and truffle soup
Mixed seadonsal salad serve with ectra virgin olive oil, Pommery Dijon mustard mayonnaise or citrus vinaigrette

MAIN COURSES
Grilled fillet of beef with mustard sauce and roasted new potatoes
Breast of chicken stuffed with pistachio, wrapped in Parma hamd and served with rosti potatoes
Poached salmon wiht lemon butter, mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
Mediterranean vegetable timbale with sauce vierge

LIGHTER OPTIONS
Grilled fillet steak sandwich with red onion marmalade
Freshly cooked pasta with your choice of creamy smoked salmon sauce or tomato chilli salsa served with freshly grated Parmesan cheese

DESSERT
Pear sable mille-feuille
Warm treacle tart with vanilla ice cream or vanilla sauce
Selection of fresh fruit

CHEESEBOARD SELECTION
Brie, Rouy, Stilton, Wensleydale, and Butler's Secret cheese


BREAKFAST
Freshly squeezed fruit juice
Our special wake-up energiser drink of banana, strawberry, orange and mint
Fresh seasonal fruit
Greek yoghurt, granola, dried fruit
Natural or fruit yoghurt
Warm breads and breakfast pastries

HOT CHOICES
Our classic British breakfast of freshly scrambled or boiled eggs. grilled, bacon, pork sausage, sauteed mushrooms and grilled tomato
Poached salmon kedgeree
Buttermil brank pancakes, caramelised apples.

I chose the mango salad, the special salad and the salmon for dinner. Absolutely great. Dessert was a treacle tart which was very rich. Breakfast for me was the salmon kedgeree which was a mixture of salmon and a spicy rice mixture. Excellent. The only real disappointment of BA meal service was the bread and rolls which actually were stale. But I was enjoying the flight too much to care. After taking a brief nap, and breakfast came ( too quickly) we were landing in JNB. First time for me in South Africa. More later.....


Worldtraveler36
Mar 24, 02, 3:05 am
"First time for me in South Africa. More later....."

Oh I hope so!!! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif Does BA have an arrivals lounge? Someone mentioned one at the Airport Intercontinental.

Yes, I salivated over the menu, hope you're happy. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Please, more! and enjoy South Africa.

PresRDC
Mar 24, 02, 2:11 pm
Great report!

Your menu is quite similar to the one I had on my LHR-DXB flight earlier this month. However, you had more choices for main courses and dessert. I wonder if that is a function of the larger plane or the longer flight.


Seat 2A
Mar 24, 02, 8:56 pm
Man, you don't waste any time! BAM! Git right on it with that menu transcript first off!

Nice job, sarecca! I gotta go eat something now...

Worldtraveler36
Mar 24, 02, 9:33 pm
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PresRDC:
Great report!

Your menu is quite similar to the one I had on my LHR-DXB flight earlier this month. However, you had more choices for main courses and dessert. I wonder if that is a function of the larger plane or the longer flight.</font>

&gt;&gt;&gt; That would be my guess on both counts. 747-400 to Jo'burg, larger plane, more nooks and crannies. I forgot to look, did you include Raid the Larder??? I have always wanted to see what this is all about.
Please, keep it coming!

Seat 2A
Mar 24, 02, 9:43 pm
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Worldtraveler36:
Did you include Raid the Larder??? I have always wanted to see what this is all about.
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I believe Raid The Larder applies to Business and Economy Classes only. When I flew BA First LAX-LHR-SIN-MEL, the general plan for First Class snacking seemed to be that you could order anything off the menu at any time. Thus, more appetizers, maybe a salad or perhaps even another entree in the middle of the night. I remember ordering one of the light meal options, and artichoke and pepper pizza during one such munchies attack on the 13 hour LHR-SIN segment.

Worldtraveler36
Mar 25, 02, 3:29 am
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Seat 2A:
I believe Raid The Larder applies to Business and Economy Classes only. When I flew BA First LAX-LHR-SIN-MEL, the general plan for First Class snacking seemed to be that you could order anything off the menu at any time. Thus, more appetizers, maybe a salad or perhaps even another entree in the middle of the night. I remember ordering one of the light meal options, and artichoke and pepper pizza during one such munchies attack on the 13 hour LHR-SIN segment.

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&gt;&gt;&gt; Ah, wow!!! really? This is interesting. I like the flexibility of being able to eat when you want, as sometimes I want to sleep when they are serving, then you're out. I guess not in this cae...It's that dang jetlag thing, LOL.

I am assuming that they put out chocolates, sandwhiches, etc... that is the way to go...
2A, do you have a trip report from this trip? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

FYI, my fiance is getting mad that I spend too much time on here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif. These fascinating trip reports don't help, either. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif LOL
Keep up the good work NZ man! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif



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