Originally Posted by
imm2b
We were on ICN-LAX last week in F. We wanted the Korean meal, however, the FA told us that it would have to be pre-ordered, so we ended up with the Western meals. It wasn't too bad. Out of the 10 pax in F, we were the only 2 non-Korean, 6 pax got Korean meals, another Korean couple and us didn't get it because like us they didn't pre-order.
This is a standard procedure for all long haul F flights out of ICN. Korean and Chinese meal must be pre-ordered, and there are lengthy threads in this board, as well as trip reports discussing about this issue. It does also sounds like you may encounter one of OZ's "robot" that stictly follow the rules, usually they have no problem to get the korean dish from C or Y and put it on F setting for you.
If you flew the LAX-ICN portion as well, you actually see it listed in the menus about your return flight Korean and Chinese menus has to be pre-ordered.