Originally Posted by
Flyingfox
Nice report and pics.
CX's F meals seem to be sliding.
Only offering caviar as a lone starter in F is not acceptible. They need at least one other offering. This isn't the standard for international F class.
For the soup - how about something other than mushroom or lobster for a change?
They need to improve their choice of western mains. Always a steak and a (very bland) pasta. The 2 pasta dishes I had in January just were not good. They had no taste.
And the puddings? Best on intra-asia F flights. On ex-EU and US flights they serve a cake-like thing that looks like it's been baked in a fairy-cake (cupcake) pan, then they drizzle some chocolate syrup or fruit liquid over it and serve it with ice-cream. Can they hire a decent pastry chef or at least CHANGE the offering to something different each month? It's always the same thing. Or red bean soup if you fancy that - but they don't add the sweet rice dumplings to it?
As a side note, they apparently don't serve the cappucino in the fanciful cup anymore - noticed this a while back. But they still do the espressos in the same cups.
Snacks are crabcakes and the same noodle soups. For years!
I realise these things may seem trivial but if you fly with them often it becomes quite an issue.
Flyingfox,
I tend to agree with you. If you fly a product a lot, though, you would probably encoutner the same issue anyways with most carriers. The only two F products with a real, true a la carte experience have been ANA and Etihad so far. Great choice and quality. That being said, while CX options might be not the most varied, the quality was excellent. With them, I thin kthe secret is to stick with the Chinese option - always a guarantee of great quality. On the up-to-come HKG-TPE segment I did try the Western breakfast. To be fair, I was impressed by the quality of the omelette.