first time in Thai First - pre-order meal and any other advice?
Jan 7, 2013, 4:19 am
#46
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Well OP, I am glad we have cleared this all up! 
With regard to having 2 meals, not sure you'd fit them in... Dom, Canapes, breads, Caviar, Dom, Dom, breads, salad, Dom, Dom, Dom, starter, Dom, Red wine, White wine, Dom, main course, Red wine, Dom, Cheese, Dom, Port, Dessert, Dom, Red wine, Cognac, Dom, Cognac, JWB (repeat x 3). After that, I'm pretty stuffed!
Cheers,
AG. :-:
AG. :-:
With regard to having 2 meals, not sure you'd fit them in... Dom, Canapes, breads, Caviar, Dom, Dom, breads, salad, Dom, Dom, Dom, starter, Dom, Red wine, White wine, Dom, main course, Red wine, Dom, Cheese, Dom, Port, Dessert, Dom, Red wine, Cognac, Dom, Cognac, JWB (repeat x 3). After that, I'm pretty stuffed!
Cheers,
AG. :-:
AG. :-:
Given I don't drink and my personal trainer has told me to avoid carbs to have any chance of winning the "six pack challenge" I have set myself and a friend for when we hit the beaches in OZ and NZ (i.e. no bread and no Dom, Dom, white, Dom, red, port, dom, red, cognanc, JWB, etc, lol), I might try the 2 main course challenge.
Given all the debate I've caused, will also have a go at doing my first TR for this trip in 3 weeks.
cheers everyone for the inputs.
Jan 7, 2013, 4:21 am
#47
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I refer to main meals only. I stand by what I said . the business and economy meals come in identical rectangular casserole dishes. the first meals do not.
Jan 7, 2013, 4:21 am
#48
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I do agree with the sentiments above though and will never forget the feeling of being mortified when a friend tried to send back a bottle of wine in a restaurant because it wasn't very nice (having orderd one of the cheapest ones)!
Jan 7, 2013, 6:21 am
#49
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I still kept the menus, but now there are lost during my move to Thailand.
Of course the food is taken out of the casserolls and thrown on bone china, dressed up with some fish eggs and bubble.
Even the breakfast items (eggs) come from Y.
I was so angry and switched to Y and I got the food I had on my first C flight and the breakfast I used to get in C and F.
I just use TG for domestic hops anymore because they have these "gorgeous" A300 running between CNX and BKK but at least "business class" or so.
When I come from an WY flight in C and transfer to TG's C, I feel like I ended up in "Sardine Class".
Jan 7, 2013, 5:16 pm
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LOL.
Given I don't drink and my personal trainer has told me to avoid carbs to have any chance of winning the "six pack challenge" I have set myself and a friend for when we hit the beaches in OZ and NZ (i.e. no bread and no Dom, Dom, white, Dom, red, port, dom, red, cognanc, JWB, etc, lol), I might try the 2 main course challenge.
Given all the debate I've caused, will also have a go at doing my first TR for this trip in 3 weeks.
cheers everyone for the inputs.
Given I don't drink and my personal trainer has told me to avoid carbs to have any chance of winning the "six pack challenge" I have set myself and a friend for when we hit the beaches in OZ and NZ (i.e. no bread and no Dom, Dom, white, Dom, red, port, dom, red, cognanc, JWB, etc, lol), I might try the 2 main course challenge.
Given all the debate I've caused, will also have a go at doing my first TR for this trip in 3 weeks.
cheers everyone for the inputs.
Cheers,
AG. :-:
Jan 8, 2013, 3:13 am
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Jan 8, 2013, 5:22 am
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I have spoken to my contacts and confirmed that F meals do not come in the business/economy dishes. They are stored in separate components and plated on board. This should be obvious if you look at the way a business casserole dish is all slopped together compared to how a F meal is presented. Of course this doesn't mean that a curry (which is served in a separate bowl on it's own in F) is not used in multiple classes. A green curry is a green curry is a green curry.
Jan 8, 2013, 2:17 pm
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I have spoken to my contacts and confirmed that F meals do not come in the business/economy dishes. They are stored in separate components and plated on board. This should be obvious if you look at the way a business casserole dish is all slopped together compared to how a F meal is presented. Of course this doesn't mean that a curry (which is served in a separate bowl on it's own in F) is not used in multiple classes. A green curry is a green curry is a green curry.
I have been given a business class meal plated on F china on TG (they took it out of the dish and plated it up - I told them it was fine like it was but they said they couldn't do that). I realised the similarities in the two menus because I was given a business class menu to see what was on offer there. Sure the presentation is not the same, but I didn't see a problem... it's food, on a plane.
Jan 8, 2013, 3:57 pm
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Jan 28, 2013, 4:21 am
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thanks again for all your help and comments - much appreciated and meant I had a great outbound trip.
Trip Report compiled as promised and can be found here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...l#post20137168
Trip Report compiled as promised and can be found here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...l#post20137168
Dec 19, 2013, 9:13 pm
#57
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only preorder meal but not normal menu
according to my observations, F menu change on a monthly basis with a quarterly rotation.
So when you fly long haul F in Jan, Apr, Jul and Sept you have 4 times the same menu
from year to year there are some changes and some dishes remain the same
or maybe that's just my perception and I am wrong; I am sure there are some that fly more F long haul than me....
according to my observations, F menu change on a monthly basis with a quarterly rotation.
So when you fly long haul F in Jan, Apr, Jul and Sept you have 4 times the same menu
from year to year there are some changes and some dishes remain the same
or maybe that's just my perception and I am wrong; I am sure there are some that fly more F long haul than me....
Sep 3, 2014, 11:19 am
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enjoy DOM, Caviar and some good Burgundy/Bordeaux; look at the preorder menu; you can select one but if the normal menu has something you would like to try, you can select from there...or have both
