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Oct 2, 2025 | 10:06 pm

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RayG

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Location: Zurich / Singapore

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Originally Posted by LXA350

I experienced the breakfast at Alpine lounge today and wasn't impressed at all. They had Avocado Toast, some green stuff out of the can, no fresh avocaddo + a egg dish supposed to be shakshukah, well honestly not very tasty. The cold cuts seemed to be from a discounter supermarket including the cheese. Honestly, at least for what I experienced in Alpine today, a clear downgrade, althogh I thought hard to beat. Also, no more Sirocco tea, now it's a brand called "Turm". I don't even want to know what for "enhancement" were made to the offering in the F Lounges.

Anyway, switching to DoN once again seems to be another senseless project nothing to do with Premium.

I would tend to agree. There are fewer pastries too but then again you get cake 😅

Adding a couple of pics to complement yours from this morning:

The menu

All very millennial #represent 👊😉

It was…ok? I thought better presentation than yours

I mean the avocado was processed as you say and the shakshuka wont bowl you over but I have had worse in cafes in Zurich (probably my fault for picking the wrong places).

The aforementioned cake…leaning into that Italian heritage there

The cake area looks a bit forlorn with so much empty space.

I am not sure how many people noticed the switch over in catering (or care). Sitting close to the cooking station most folks seem to order their usual egg dishes like before rather than any of the menu items.

Perhaps, if the intent was to downgrade the service offering, LH/LX may be able to sneak this one by (at least for SENs) without much customer pushback. Captive market and all that…

Last edited by RayG; Oct 2, 2025 at 10:25 pm

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