Originally Posted by ttama

At first glance, I'd say
a) It doesn't look "premium" . But then that's not new for BA, and if I fly BA I shouldn't expect high standards or good choices of food.
b) There are too many vegetarian options as starters - I'd only want the beef, and imagine I'd be lucky to get it now I'm a lowly Bronze and unlikely to be at the front of the section. The vegetarian options don't look at all appetising to me.
c) I personally like the pudding selection. Again, not premium, but it looks like good comfort food. I like my puddings to be hearty.
d) Both sandwich selections are very allergen unfriendly. Prawns in one, nuts in the other. I have to ask, who picks these combinations? They seem more concerned with not offending vegetarians than considering critical health issues.
e) What's happened to special menus for vegetarians and vegans, so they can choose to follow their lifestyle choices without restricting the choices of others? I'm finding menus for normal people are being diluted to cater for the dietary preferences (not needs, preferences) of others. If I fly premium class, I'd like more than one meat or fish option per course.
f) Yeah - in general - just way too woke for me. Maybe I'm too old for BA. Maybe I need to pack my own food, whatever class I fly in. I'm happy with some good pret sandwiches or sushi or similar. I really don't want sweet potato, or cauliflower soup, or a bulgar and carrot salad. For me, flying premium class should be a treat, a special occasion - not feeling you're being held captive and on the receiving end of a lecture on eating your 5-a-day by a 20-something back in the BA experimental kitchen.

So, yeah, not at all excited by this. Not at all enthused about my upcoming flights. But if we get advance notice of the menu before we fly, I can at least bring my own food so I'm not force-fed corn or an array of other unexciting tasteless vegetables.

Originally Posted by Trident 3B

Quote ".Yeah - in general - just way too woke for me. Maybe I'm too old for BA. I really don't want sweet potato, or cauliflower soup, or a bulgar and carrot salad. For me, flying premium class should be a treat, a special occasion - not feeling you're being held captive and on the receiving end of a lecture on eating your 5-a-day by a 20-something back in the BA experimental kitchen.
What's happened to special menus for vegetarians and vegans, so they can choose to follow their lifestyle choices without restricting the choices of others? I'm finding menus for normal people are being diluted to cater for the dietary preferences (not needs, preferences) of others. If I fly premium class, I'd like more than one meat or fish option per course."'
I couldn't agree more with ttama. The whole thing smacks of woke, PC' ness and plain simple penny pinching. I see even Jack Daniels has been "Enhanced", replaced by some cheap and nasty Gin product just to save a couple of pennies. I am most certainly not going to pay for a premium class seat only to resort to having to bring my own food because the airline's offering is so woeful. I now only fly BA if there is no viable alternative that would not inconvenience me and not because I want to.