superangrypenguin

It is my opinion that AC knows. However there are two options. Either AC feels we are the 1% and our views are not shared by others or AC has decided that we will fly with them in spite of their crappy bread.

I have not been to prison but I would think the bread they are given is superior.

DrunkCargo

I've had the bread warmed recently on domestic tcon... nice, dry, HARD. I'm not sure warmed is a good thing in low humidity environments. I prefer cold and chewy...

But this brings up a point for AC: Why not just save money and forgo the bread? Could also lose the jam, the PB, whatever else weird junk they're supposed to ask if I want...

superangrypenguin

That's why airlines like BR offer garlic bread. Sure the ambient environment is dry, but they can butter it up

24left

The bread issue is bugging me. (because FWP really and jet lag)

I looked back at all my photos from meal service in J on AC, CX, SQ and BR
There were a couple of differences and one main one.

The type of bread product that AC offers is completely different. It has a hard dough and crust to begin with. It comes frozen (or very cold) in plastic bags (saw them in the galley on AC 4). They are warmed up which may further dry out and harden the crust (recognition goes to Drunk Cargo).

The other 3 airlines serve completely different products, as well as a pretty diverse variety such as whole wheat, baguette-type, pretzel roll, multi-grain breads, garlic breads, and nut breads. These all have much softer textures. I am not sure how they are boarded, or how they are heated, but not a single type of bread or roll I sampled on ANY of the multiple flights with SQ, CX or BR, was hard, cold or dried out.

Then I remembered one other major difference.

AC tends to serve the rolls from a sometimes-covered tray or basket on top of the cart when serving the salad.

The fact that a potentially decent warm bun is then placed on an ice-cold plate just adds to the problem.

None of the other carriers serve the bread on a cart. The appetizer is served and immediately a FA presents the entire basket of warm items. They are not sitting on a cold cart.

Also, one thing I noticed when sitting further back in J on different AC aircraft, is that by the time the cart with the salad gets to the back, the rolls that might have started out warm and soft are now not, due to the time it took the service to get from row 1 to row 10.

And yes, I will acknowledge that SQ and BR and even CX seem to have more FAs serving. I am quite sure they are stationed in the other cabins but come up to J and even PE to help with meal service.

Anyway, I know this is an absolute F.W.P. Doesn't mean we can't discuss it and ask why AC can't make changes as they have with the salad offering on the Dom route for e.g.

P.S. I ordered a special meal on one of my TATLs. The rolls were cold so I asked the FA if they could be warmed up. They came back soft and warm and really tasty. Go figure.

Now if we could move on from that little pat of butter.....
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mapleg

The last food item I care about on a flight is bread.

24left

We all have different opinions of things that matter, be it seats, lighting food, drink, glasses, the size of the foot well in J on the 789, etc.

The bread topic has been mentioned frequently, so I and others posted our observations and experiences. That's the great thing about FT.

yyznomad

The last food items I care about on a flight are, in no particular order:

Cheese plate
Dessert
Nuts, any temperature

DrunkCargo

Isn't flying, and hence all of flyertalk, a FWP?

I swear AC had square rolls before as well as the dildos. I think it'd be easiest to just lose the bread altogether and drop that budget into the food.

I'm about to Kosher up one of my TATLs just to see what it's like now. Really enjoyed the Kosher on Via last night.

yyznomad

Yes, all of FT is FWP, which makes it ironic that RCHHMP are here to try to spoil the party.

Yes, there are square and dildo bread.

traacs

As a suggestion by 24LEFT
I think that it could be entertaining if we took pictures of the rolls that are provided on the AC flights and perhaps other air carriers

"For sheer entertainment value, we should start a “State of the Bread” thread. Then we can all post bread photos and encounters with hard rolls and how we managed."

24left

Ah, thank you. I'm ready

(I was going to start the thread but then Nomad's trolls would start coming after me. Apparently some people here have no sense of humour)


So, shall we start with the viagra rolls or the door-stop breakfast croissants?

(moving State of the Bread back into the international J meal thread misses the point me thinks)

mromalley

I don't think trolls are very good at multi tasking, they seem to be very uni-focused. You will need to get your own trolls and leave Nomads alone.

24left

I'm sure others will agree that "State of the Bread" should stand alone as a semi-humorous look at stuff like this.

This viagra roll still scares me sometimes.
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superangrypenguin

This is precisely the one I was thinking of. I often have to stop myself from thinking about what I'm eating.

yyznomad

Wow, yours is huge.