Originally Posted by
FlyingMoose
Problems:
- No warm starter.
Which is similar to carriers such as BA and Lufthansa. (Granted, some others such as KLM and Finnair have a soup option)
- No beef/steak main course, the pork is terrible.
Other than BA (which is consistent in this), which non-US carrier consistently has a beef option?
I am just back from 4 J flights with Qatar (which I find excellent). Only on one of four flights was there a beef/steak option. Only about one third of other J class flights I find myself on has this.
As long as there is another normal protein (i.e. usually chicken) I think this is absolutely fine and completely normal. As a matter of fact most carriers I fly on tend to overcook beef when they reheat it.
As to your second point. I had the chicken, which was nice. My travel companion had the pork and thought it was very nice.
- Portion size is to small.
I am sure that the starter, main and dessert was well north of 1,000 calories before having any bread or cheese, so I think it would be bordering on disgusting if they served more actually.
If you ask for another main course, I think you are very likely to get it.
Maybe you can send us some pictures of the small portions so we can see if the rest of us are just lucky or if they are indeed as small as indicated.
- The dessert is fine but you'll find yourself with the smallest possible slice of pie that can be separated from the rest of it before human vision fails to register it to your brains. Often found with more vanilla 'quark' than pie.
Again, send us some pictures please. That way we can see how small the slice really was.
- The salad provided prior to landing is not a meal. While better than the black bread with cold fish served in the previous food concept, its not ok. Adding an option for a simple panini with cheese/ham that costs $2 would solve all problems, heck recover the cost in tenfold.
I seem to recall having had a choice of different things served from a trolley and believe I had a quiche of some sort, which was ok.