eigenvector

That is all very well but I think we can agree that they look to be a cut above Kit Kat.

24left

I never said they were Belgian. Nor are they Godiva. All I know is CX and SQ not only offer these delicious chocolates, but CX's flights YYZ-HKG have vastly better snacks than AC on the same route.


Exactly my point.

Fiordland

Absolutely both CX and SQ are making clear choices to use something better that KitKat bars. Getting back to AC.... They should be flying the Canadian Flag.

Western Canada had some good chocolate choices:

- Purdys - https://www.purdys.com/
- Rogers - http://www.rogerschocolates.com/
- Bernard Callebaut - http://bernardcallebaut.com/users/folder.asp

There are also some excellent chocolate manufactures out of Montreal.

AC would be a step ahead using any of these.

karachi

http://www.saveur.com/peace-by-choco...-canada#page-2

24left

(Bolding mine)

Yes, Absolutely.


Oh thanks for this karachi

In YYJ, I was speaking with gabdusch and moorwoo3 about this family and what a great success and could not remember the name of the company.

Fiordland

Great Canadian story that AC should do its part to highlight.

Stranger

I would go for Daniel Le Chocolat Belge in Vancouver ahead of any/all of these. There are Callebaut stores nearby here, but Callebaut fillings are nowhere near as good as Daniel's ones. Unfortunately only stores in Vanvoucver and I believe Toronto.

AtlLhr

Do they do a dessert on the later night flights? We are on AC858 and it looks like just fresh fruit.

Jasper2009

No dessert other than the fruit + cheese plate served on the tray.

Carfield

May 2017
Air Canada Business Class
AC 8 Hong Kong to Vancouver

Dinner


Appetizer
Smoked duck breast, micro greens, orange segments, diced green apples, red chard, prune chutney


Salad
Mixed greens, cherry tomato, artichoke, balsamic vinaigrette


Main Courses
Each meal is served with a selection of warm breads


Pan seared beef tenderloin, Port wine sauce, mashed potatoes, ratatouille
Pan-fried chicken breast, café de Paris butter, herb barley with peppers, green zucchini, baby carrot
Halibut, tomato salsa, brown rice with pumpkin, peas, chives
Stewed diced pork with celery, carrots, corn, fried brassica rice, baked eggplant, pumpkin baton



Selection of Cheese and Desserts
Red Cheddar, Gouda, Brie, crackers
Fresh Seasonal Fruit


Cherry oat crumble tart


Express Light Meal Option
Shortly after take-off, your appetizer served with salad, cheese and fruit – presented all at once.

Flexible All-Inclusive Option
Your choice of main course served with salad, cheese and fruit, at any time, later during the flight

At Your Leisure
Choose one or more of the following light snack options.
Simple ask your flight attendant between meal services.

Hot Noodle Soup, pork and prawn wontons, gai-lan
Hot Snack- Gammon Ham, Gruyere, Rye bread
Healthy option – Fennel, orange, yellow and green zucchini salad, cherry tomato
A selection of packaged snacks and fresh fruit are always available in our galley

Brunch
Please note that brunch will be served approximately 75 minutes prior to arrival. Should you prefer to eat at an earlier time, please inform your flight attendant.


Fresh Orange Juice
Fresh Seasonal Fruit


Yogurt


Croissants, apple and Cinnamon raisin Danish, butter, preserves


Main Courses
Chive omelette, herb roasted new potatoes, chicken chipolata sausage, roasted tomato
Chinese-style rice congee, chicken, mushroom, spring onion julienne
Assorted Dumplings of glutinous rice, shrimp, pork with XO sauce, open top with XO sauce, shrimp and preserved vegetables




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Wine List
Champagne
Champagne Drappier, Carte d’Or Brut, Reims, France

White Wines
Vineland Estates Select, Niagara Peninsula, Canada
Jurtschitsch Gruner Veltliner Terrassen, Kamptal, Austria

Red Wines
Vini Be Good Les Athletes du Vin Pinot Noir, Touraine, France
Voplaia Citto Toscana, Italy
Masroig Rojalet Seleccio, Montsant, Spain

Port
Dow’s Port, Portugal
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Wpgjetse

or Morden's.

Stranger

I finally had a chance to try two of these. While the pinot noir is easily the most expensive, it came across precisely as I expected. Pinot noir fruit, clearly yes. But otherwise, no character, no minerality.

The Montsant on the other hand is a good choice. Even if it is indeed quite cheap.

In contrast, they currently serve a feudi di San Grigorio aglianico, which prices at $22.50 in Quebec. So it seems that indeed they budget for better wines on domestic than international...

I am no great fan of Feudi di San Grigorio, a newish and very commercial operation. We do buy their Taurasi, which is obviously more expensive and better, not a bad value. The AC wine is a bit rough at the edges; I had a har time deciding between it and the Malbec. But as most Argentinian wines, at least at the low end, the malbec is a bit too sweet for my taste. Still OK, not like cheap California. But still...

Stranger

This time, it seems the river fish swam from Australia to Rome.

Absolutely inedible. Not only was it totally dry, it stinked. I left it all on my plate.

Likewise, serving cheaper wines than on domestic. Even though presumably on international they must be tax-free.

You got to wonder what's the J catering budget nowadays. My impression is that AC has decided people fly J for the lie flat bad and don't care about dinner.

Obviously if they make dinner awful enough this will join the ranks of the self-fulfilling prophesy.

Bohemian1

Here's really hoping it's off the menu when I'm flying from FCO to YYZ later this month.

jasdou

AC43 - DEL-YYZ - June 10th 2017



Sorry, no pictures of the food. I appreciated the tomatoes and bocconcini starter, the cheese was tasty, fresh and creamy.

I had the chicken makhani which was highly recommend by the FA, especially flying out of DEL. It was good, but not awesome - especially after eating (the whole spectrum of bad to awesome) Indian food for 10 days.