Originally Posted by
richarddd
For F JFK-Tokyo RT, would you order vegetarian special meals or just use the regular menu, hoping it has enough vegetarian items?
There's shouldn't be any hoping involved. Full menus are available in advance of your flight, if there aren't enough items of interest to you, then you can request a special meal.
I do find that the quality of the regular meals greatly exceed the quality of special meals in JAL's premium cabins.