frequent-tom

I just got a mail on this and didn't really find an appropriate sub forum and since this forum has all CX frequent flyers I thoughts its appropriate here?

Anyways I got a mail with an Online Survey (guess others here got it too) asking which kind of dish I'd like to eat with CX. I noticed the images inside of it were in sequential order, (83 images total). you can see them here (increase the numbers to see more).

For Business class:
http://online2.cimigo.com/ssi/3349/L...aphics/J01.JPG
http://online2.cimigo.com/ssi/3349/L...aphics/J02.JPG
etc... until
http://online2.cimigo.com/ssi/3349/L...aphics/J43.JPG

For Economy
http://online2.cimigo.com/ssi/3349/L...aphics/Y01.JPG
until...
http://online2.cimigo.com/ssi/3349/L...aphics/Y40.JPG

Some look very decent but.. who really *loves* airline food?!
I guess nobody.

Here is what it is (partly) supposed to be:
Sautéed beef with assorted mushrooms in oyster sauce - Cantonese
Braised duck with plum sauce - Cantonese
Sautéed chicken in black beans and chilli sauce - Cantonese
Deep-fried chicken with lemon sauce - Cantonese
Sautéed prawn in Kung Po sauce - Beijing
Braised beef shin with black fungus - Cantonese
Steamed cod with preserved Chinese olive - Cantonese
Pan-fried beef tenderloin with tomato onion sauce - Cantonese
Sautéed prawns in garlic and chilli sauce - Sichuan
Braised chicken with abalone - Cantonese
Three cup chicken - Taiwanese
Braised pork spare ribs Wu Xi style - Jiangsu
Hong Kong style curry prawns - Hong Kong
Steamed sea bass with preserved vegetables and wood fungus - Cantonese
Stir-fried beef with scallion in satay sauce, braised e-fu noodles - Cantonese
Pork spare ribs with sweet tomato sauce - Beijing
Sautéed garoupa with asparagus in XO sauce - Cantonese
Wok-fried chicken general Tso style - Hunan
Sautéed sea bass with spring onion - Cantonese
Lamb chops with leeks in gravy - Cantonese
Sweet and sour prawn - Cantonese
Braised beef ribs with black pepper sauce - Cantonese
Braised chicken and chestnuts in oyster sauce - Cantonese
Stewed beef brisket with tendon and white radish in chu hou sauce - Cantonese
Sweet and sour pork - Cantonese
Braised chicken with five pickle sauce - Cantonese
Salt baked chicken - Cantonese
Braised rice vermicelli with roasted duck - Cantonese
Szechuanese spicy and sour chicken - Sichuan
Kung Po chicken - Beijing
Braised fresh water garoupa with chilli sauce - Cantonese
Braised e-fu noodle with shui gaw (dumplings) - Cantonese
Stewed pork belly with preserved "mui choi" vegetables - Hakka
Sautéed sea bass with chilli tomato fish sauce - Cantonese
Sautéed beef tenderloin with ginger, scallion and dark vinegar sauce - Cantonese
Butterfly prawn wrapped in bean curd skin - Cantonese
Deep-fried sea bass with sweet and sour sauce - Cantonese
Stir-fried pork neck with XO sauce - Cantonese
Hong Kong style curry chicken - Hong Kong
Roasted soya chicken - Cantonese
Braised minced pork patty (Lion head) - Shanghai
Sautéed pork in Chinese black vinegar sauce - Cantonese
Braised beef short rib and spicy sauce - Cantonese

EDIT: Seems they've given this a lot of of thought. Some photos are from March 2011!
Guess it takes some time to find the cheapest vegetable that still has some taste

stevensonleehk

Yikes! Is that what they are planning to serve in J class? If thats the case then its time to stop earning Asiamiles and time to jump ship.

hadsst

You'd better jump ship now then. Many of these are currently being served in J class.

But it seems to me that the meal in J class is not that different from that in Y, apart from the casserole and the occasional use of seafood in J.

KrazyTrain18

i find the CX food to be great, it's a whole lot better than carriers like UA and 9W which I found not so good. Some airlines I find to also have good food is AC, LH, QF & SQ

CX HK

Did not get this! Are they still "rolling" it out to all MPC members?

Cathay Boy

I have given up on airline food a long time ago. I've decided to stuff my stomach before and after the flight, with enough "noodles" to keep me from starvation in between.

GE90-115B

CX Service and food quality really seemed to have declined over the last 5 years. I remember back in 2008 I've had CX and SQ flights both within 3 days after taking both meals I thought that the meat in SQ Y was better than the one i had in CX J.

iten

Even the entree from CX's subsidiary's economy class (KA) is better than those they serve in J. I have also noticed that KA meal service has recently been further improved.

To CX's credit, they have recently started to serve Haggen Dazs ice cream in EY again...only on long haul tho...

toplayer

Got Haagen-Daaz in Y HKG-SIN-HKG this past weekend too.

midlevels

Agree, the J meals look the same as Y meals but served in a glass casserole instead of a plastic one. If that's what passes for J catering these days.....

CX J food quality over the years has definitely taken a hit and worryingly CX seems to be quite happy to let it continue.

JALPak

I don't get it why they serve every freaking main dish in J in casserole Is it that hard to get a bowl and put the rice it? Correct me if I am wrong, I don't think Chinese eat rice from a casserole, at least that's not the traditional way.

JALPak

That's because you are Cathay Boy! Try fly other carriers which serves better food on them. The differences in J food on CX and other carriers could be huge.

sxc

I wonder if this survey is specifically for regional J. They look more like regional dishes than long haul dishes...tho the long haul meals aren't much better. I also wonder why they are only surveying chinese meals and not the western selection.

But all the meals look like Chinese takeaway served on crockery.

immermann

Yeah, in terms of quality and preparation, the main courses in CX J is really not much different than Y. Whenever I choose any of the mains, it always reminds me of Y except the fact that it's not covered with a semi-hard aluminum cover and the portion is slightly bigger. The only advantage I see in J meals is the appetizer and that you get served with "proper" snacks throughout the flight instead of the cheapo chicken flavored instant noodles and cookies. CX indeed really needs to improve their J food quality.

Btw, I receive this email survey as well, but it was in Mandarin (which I can't really read). I would imagine that if CX/MPC is involved in the survey which i'm sure they are, they would have it in English as well?

Sam7

The fact that they have sent out the survey reflects their acknowledge on this weakness. Last week, I had a cx marketing team visiting my office (with a box of moon cake) who asked me to compare their food with other airlines. From what I gathered, she seemed to be well aware of this issue and seemed that cx is looking for solutions/improvements.