Apr 5, 2018, 11:41 pm
Last edit by: asovse1
Suggested format for a wiki containing a quick summary of what's available and when at the various MLLs...
Summary of Meal Offerings and Times at MLLs
YYZ Domestic
Breakfast: 05:15 AM - 10:30 AM; (as of March 2018) oatmeal, yogurts, scrambled eggs, sausages, hash browns, bread, jam etc. As of Nov/Dec 2018: the usual oatmeal yogurt, bread, bananas, sometimes watermelon, cheese omelette, some sort of meat (e.g. sausage), some sort of roasted potato (from frozen)
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; 2 soups, small salad/vegetable offering (e.g. potato salad, kale and cranberry salad, edamame beans), margarita pizza (starting at 11:30), cookies, fruit
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: tortillas, salsa, cookies, soups. PHOTOS
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YYZ Transborder
Breakfast: x:xx AM - y:yy AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: x:xx AM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YYZ International
Breakfast: x:xx AM - y:yy AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: x:xx AM - y:yy PM; See this post for photos https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30073984-post2600.html Note that the last photos posted for this MLL were Aug 2018
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YVR Domestic
Breakfast: 07:00 AM - 9:30 AM; (as of July 2018), sausages, scrambled eggs, potato cakes, oatmeal, yogurts, bananas, bread, jam etc
Lunch: 11:00 AM - 2:00?? PM; pizza (limited time, usually replenished no more than twice), salads (chips are pulled) ended ~2pm today, but seems abnormal -eb 2018Jun20
Dinner:6:00 PM - 6:45 PM; macaron with crushed tomato sauce, sprinkled lightly with shredded white cheese and a few basil leaves
Outside meal times: tortillas, salsa of hummus (not both at same time), cookies; pretzels from 3:00 PM until 4:30 PM
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - at least 10:00 PM
YVR Transborder
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - ??:?? AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YVR International
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - 10:30 AM; (as of March 2018), oatmeal, scrambled eggs, cantaloupe, croissant/danish. PHOTOS and more PHOTOS
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; similar to YUL international, salads, veggies, hot pasta dish
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: PHOTOS from pre-late night departures
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YUL Domestic
Breakfast: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: ??:?? - y:yy PM/AM
YUL Transborder
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - ??:?? AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings. PHOTOS of pasta
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YUL International
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - ??:?? AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: 11:15 AM - y:yy PM; pizza, 3 different salads, raw veggies plus around 11:30, chef was making pasta with garlic and shrimp
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: tortilla chips, salsa, guacamole, cookies, fruit salad, other salads, soups. PHOTOS
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YYC
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - ??:?? AM; muffins, fruit, yogurt, toast (with various spreads)
Lunch: ~11:30 AM - 1:30 PM; pizza, soup, chilli; Mon beef roast + sides
Dinner: ~4:30 PM - 6:30 PM; skillit, veggies, rice, Chilli, soup
Outside meal times: ???
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
LAX
Breakfast: 05:15 AM - 10:30 AM; (as of March 2018) oatmeal, cold hard boiled eggs, yogurt, bread, jam etc
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; 2 soups, small salad/vegetable offering (potato salad, kale and cranberry salad, edamame beans), nachos, salsa, sour cream, cookies, fruit
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: tortillas, salsa, cookies, soups.
Alcohol available: 6:00 AM - 9:30 PM
etc...
Summary of Meal Offerings and Times at MLLs
YYZ Domestic
Breakfast: 05:15 AM - 10:30 AM; (as of March 2018) oatmeal, yogurts, scrambled eggs, sausages, hash browns, bread, jam etc. As of Nov/Dec 2018: the usual oatmeal yogurt, bread, bananas, sometimes watermelon, cheese omelette, some sort of meat (e.g. sausage), some sort of roasted potato (from frozen)
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; 2 soups, small salad/vegetable offering (e.g. potato salad, kale and cranberry salad, edamame beans), margarita pizza (starting at 11:30), cookies, fruit
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: tortillas, salsa, cookies, soups. PHOTOS
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YYZ Transborder
Breakfast: x:xx AM - y:yy AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: x:xx AM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YYZ International
Breakfast: x:xx AM - y:yy AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: x:xx AM - y:yy PM; See this post for photos https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30073984-post2600.html Note that the last photos posted for this MLL were Aug 2018
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YVR Domestic
Breakfast: 07:00 AM - 9:30 AM; (as of July 2018), sausages, scrambled eggs, potato cakes, oatmeal, yogurts, bananas, bread, jam etc
Lunch: 11:00 AM - 2:00?? PM; pizza (limited time, usually replenished no more than twice), salads (chips are pulled) ended ~2pm today, but seems abnormal -eb 2018Jun20
Dinner:6:00 PM - 6:45 PM; macaron with crushed tomato sauce, sprinkled lightly with shredded white cheese and a few basil leaves
Outside meal times: tortillas, salsa of hummus (not both at same time), cookies; pretzels from 3:00 PM until 4:30 PM
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - at least 10:00 PM
YVR Transborder
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - ??:?? AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YVR International
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - 10:30 AM; (as of March 2018), oatmeal, scrambled eggs, cantaloupe, croissant/danish. PHOTOS and more PHOTOS
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; similar to YUL international, salads, veggies, hot pasta dish
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: PHOTOS from pre-late night departures
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YUL Domestic
Breakfast: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: ??:?? - y:yy PM/AM
YUL Transborder
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - ??:?? AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings. PHOTOS of pasta
Outside meal times: quick description of food offerings
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YUL International
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - ??:?? AM; quick description of food offerings
Lunch: 11:15 AM - y:yy PM; pizza, 3 different salads, raw veggies plus around 11:30, chef was making pasta with garlic and shrimp
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: tortilla chips, salsa, guacamole, cookies, fruit salad, other salads, soups. PHOTOS
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
YYC
Breakfast: ??:?? AM - ??:?? AM; muffins, fruit, yogurt, toast (with various spreads)
Lunch: ~11:30 AM - 1:30 PM; pizza, soup, chilli; Mon beef roast + sides
Dinner: ~4:30 PM - 6:30 PM; skillit, veggies, rice, Chilli, soup
Outside meal times: ???
Alcohol available: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM/AM
LAX
Breakfast: 05:15 AM - 10:30 AM; (as of March 2018) oatmeal, cold hard boiled eggs, yogurt, bread, jam etc
Lunch: 11:00 AM - y:yy PM; 2 soups, small salad/vegetable offering (potato salad, kale and cranberry salad, edamame beans), nachos, salsa, sour cream, cookies, fruit
Dinner: x:xx PM - y:yy PM; quick description of food offerings
Outside meal times: tortillas, salsa, cookies, soups.
Alcohol available: 6:00 AM - 9:30 PM
etc...
AC lounge food
Oct 10, 2017, 6:21 pm
#2236
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Even better, the ones who just reach in with their hands without using the provided tongs.
Oink oink.
Oct 11, 2017, 11:36 am
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The problem seems so prevalent, they really need to hire someone to stand there with a cattle prod and zap anyone who uses their hands until the message gets delivered.
Oct 11, 2017, 11:45 am
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Oct 11, 2017, 11:51 am
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I've seen similar behavior at other airline or credit card lounges in Canada - is this a Canadian cultural problem? I've had to yell at people in the MLLs on more than one occasion to stop using their hands to take food, and as a general rule I will take a cocktail napkin and wrap it around the end of any serving utensil I touch because I've witnessed enough examples of "Canadian hygiene" practices to know better
The problem seems so prevalent, they really need to hire someone to stand there with a cattle prod and zap anyone who uses their hands until the message gets delivered.
The problem seems so prevalent, they really need to hire someone to stand there with a cattle prod and zap anyone who uses their hands until the message gets delivered.
It's the MLL manager - middle-aged female with glasses. Often spends time in the business area interacting with Raoul and Dorothy, the MLL tech personnel.
Oct 11, 2017, 11:53 am
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Oct 11, 2017, 12:21 pm
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IIRC, a suggestion was posted here some time ago about AC offering more regional foods in their Canadian lounges. Along with offering something different, it would also be an opportunity to showcase Canada and local food and ingredient offerings.
Yesssss, we all know AC employs Compass to run the MLLs (well, most of them) and the food offerings seem to be exactly the same across the country.
Why? Is it volume discount on tortillas and salsa? Or the quinoa salads?
This reminded me to post the suggestion again....even as a test, like:
http://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.c...regional-food/
Yesssss, we all know AC employs Compass to run the MLLs (well, most of them) and the food offerings seem to be exactly the same across the country.
Why? Is it volume discount on tortillas and salsa? Or the quinoa salads?
This reminded me to post the suggestion again....even as a test, like:
http://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.c...regional-food/
Oct 11, 2017, 12:24 pm
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IIRC, a suggestion was posted here some time ago about AC offering more regional foods in their Canadian lounges. Along with offering something different, it would also be an opportunity to showcase Canada and local food and ingredient offerings.
Yesssss, we all know AC employs Compass to run the MLLs (well, most of them) and the food offerings seem to be exactly the same across the country.
Why? Is it volume discount on tortillas and salsa? Or the quinoa salads?
This reminded me to post the suggestion again....even as a test, like:
http://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.c...regional-food/
Yesssss, we all know AC employs Compass to run the MLLs (well, most of them) and the food offerings seem to be exactly the same across the country.
Why? Is it volume discount on tortillas and salsa? Or the quinoa salads?
This reminded me to post the suggestion again....even as a test, like:
http://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.c...regional-food/
Oct 11, 2017, 12:29 pm
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Baby steps for AC. Start with the International MLLs, since YUL and YVR have been renovated.
Instead of the SAME salads and bland pasta dishes and mediocre cookies (for example) in EACH lounge, AC could easily offer a TEST of one to two items that would be more representative of foods or ingredients in that city/province.
Anyway, it was a suggestion because why not.
Instead of the SAME salads and bland pasta dishes and mediocre cookies (for example) in EACH lounge, AC could easily offer a TEST of one to two items that would be more representative of foods or ingredients in that city/province.
Anyway, it was a suggestion because why not.
Oct 11, 2017, 12:33 pm
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Baby steps for AC. Start with the International MLLs, since YUL and YVR have been renovated.
Instead of the SAME salads and bland pasta dishes and mediocre cookies (for example) in EACH lounge, AC could easily offer a TEST of one to two items that would be more representative of foods or ingredients in that city/province.
Anyway, it was a suggestion because why not.
Instead of the SAME salads and bland pasta dishes and mediocre cookies (for example) in EACH lounge, AC could easily offer a TEST of one to two items that would be more representative of foods or ingredients in that city/province.
Anyway, it was a suggestion because why not.
Oct 11, 2017, 5:40 pm
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Way off topic, but I was having a vigorous discussion in the LHR MLL about drinking rum and real coke versus reduced calorie options. I asserted that real Coke wasn't that many more calories and it tasted way better. So, of course we both started Googling.
Lo and behold, according to Livestrong.com, it turns out that the calorie count is about 140 for a real rum and coke and about 97.5 for the pretend version. Good to know. But the actual reason I'm bothering to post this trivia was some wording at the bottom of this particular web page:
Lo and behold, according to Livestrong.com, it turns out that the calorie count is about 140 for a real rum and coke and about 97.5 for the pretend version. Good to know. But the actual reason I'm bothering to post this trivia was some wording at the bottom of this particular web page:
If you enjoy a rum and Coke and don't wish to sacrifice flavor, substitute Diet Coke with Coke Zero; its flavor is more similar to Coke Classic. Coke Zero and Diet Coke both have zero calories.
I think the Cow has been moonlighting as a nutrition writer. Just saying.
Oct 11, 2017, 5:56 pm
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Coke Zero is the way to go in an MLL. Coke Life is the way I go at home. Fewer calories than the real stuff, yet tastes nearly the same as the real stuff.
In on-topic news, the YVR MLL has been sporting a bowl of nacho crumbs for the last 30 minutes. So, after having an over-sodiumized soup, I had a pint of Crown and Coke Zero. And then another.
I genuinely wonder whether whatever AC saves in food expenses they forfeit in alcohol expenses.
In on-topic news, the YVR MLL has been sporting a bowl of nacho crumbs for the last 30 minutes. So, after having an over-sodiumized soup, I had a pint of Crown and Coke Zero. And then another.
I genuinely wonder whether whatever AC saves in food expenses they forfeit in alcohol expenses.
Oct 11, 2017, 5:59 pm
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Coke Zero is the way to go in an MLL. Coke Life is the way I go at home. Fewer calories than the real stuff, yet tastes nearly the same as the real stuff.
In on-topic news, the YVR MLL has been sporting a bowl of nacho crumbs for the last 30 minutes. So, after having an over-sodiumized soup, I had a pint of Crown and Coke Zero. And then another.
I genuinely wonder whether whatever AC saves in food expenses they forfeit in alcohol expenses.
In on-topic news, the YVR MLL has been sporting a bowl of nacho crumbs for the last 30 minutes. So, after having an over-sodiumized soup, I had a pint of Crown and Coke Zero. And then another.
I genuinely wonder whether whatever AC saves in food expenses they forfeit in alcohol expenses.
Oct 12, 2017, 12:42 am
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I've seen similar behavior at other airline or credit card lounges in Canada - is this a Canadian cultural problem? I've had to yell at people in the MLLs on more than one occasion to stop using their hands to take food, and as a general rule I will take a cocktail napkin and wrap it around the end of any serving utensil I touch because I've witnessed enough examples of "Canadian hygiene" practices to know better
The problem seems so prevalent, they really need to hire someone to stand there with a cattle prod and zap anyone who uses their hands until the message gets delivered.
The problem seems so prevalent, they really need to hire someone to stand there with a cattle prod and zap anyone who uses their hands until the message gets delivered.
Few days ago some kid about 11 years old was rooting around mightily in the cookie jar..had to practically put his whole arm in there to reach the few cookies at the bottom. Since he was not an adult, I can't blame him , but I could glower at the parents had I seen them.
PS-there seem an inordinate number of people who don't seem to realize what the tongs beside the pizza slices are for. They can't even wait to get back to their seat as they try to wolf down whatever slice they have grabbed as if it is some kind of hot dog eating challenge.
Oct 12, 2017, 10:25 am
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There seems to be an ongoing theme in the lounge threads here (and elsewhere) around the use of tongs. Add it to to the list of annoying behaviour in lounges I guess, although this one has health implications.