Originally Posted by
morninglemon
I requested low-calorie meals going JFK-HKG. For dinner, I got a slab of steamed salmon, no seasoning, with three boiled baby potatoes, no seasoning. Wheat roll. Dessert was the fruit salad, salad course was another fruit salad.
Breakfast was a piece of egg foam with no seasoning, with a side of a half of a plum tomato, steamed, and three mushrooms, also steamed. No seasoning. Wheat roll and a fruit salad. I will never request a special meal on CX again.
The special meals are there for religious or dietary reasons. Not to give you a "better tasting" meal.
The simple fact that the Hindu non-veg is usually of an excellent quality and taste as well as suitable for a general public, does not change that.