Apr 5, 2018, 11:41 pm
Last edit by: asovse1
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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
Dec 5, 2017, 7:06 pm
#2341
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To be clear, prior to the penne pasta for hot dinner, it was the totally garbage Risotto. The pasta for dinner in the domestic/tb "flagship" MLLs only started recently.
You're describing the lunch spread.
In any case, hopefully AC won't decide to replace this ok pasta with something else... pickles, crap risotto... so many things they've bungled in the past couple of years when it comes to NA MLL food. It's like whoever is in charge with procurement has no taste buds.
You're describing the lunch spread.
In any case, hopefully AC won't decide to replace this ok pasta with something else... pickles, crap risotto... so many things they've bungled in the past couple of years when it comes to NA MLL food. It's like whoever is in charge with procurement has no taste buds.
Dec 6, 2017, 9:45 am
#2342
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So are you saying that the YUL TB MLL has pizza at lunchtime?
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Dec 6, 2017, 10:13 am
#2343
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Full disclosure, I'm almost never in the YUL TB MLL at lunchtime. Usually in the morning when there is nothing but bananas, muffins and hard-boiled eggs, somethings in the evenings anywhere between 4-7pm. Hadn't been in at this hour for a few months, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found the pasta.
So are you saying that the YUL TB MLL has pizza at lunchtime?
So are you saying that the YUL TB MLL has pizza at lunchtime?
Dec 6, 2017, 12:48 pm
#2347
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Dec 7, 2017, 4:12 am
#2348
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yes this was the intl lounge they just renovated. Just found it annoying to not have any food understanding they were switching from breakfast to lunch. Couldnt they replace the items as they did the switch so counters are not empty? I could tell other pax were also upset there was no food.
Dec 7, 2017, 5:13 am
#2349
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This is a fundamental flaw in the way Air Canada operates this Maple Leaf Lounges. It's 9am somewhere, for someone in a lounge. It's inappropriate to not have [hot and decent] food at all times.
Dec 7, 2017, 12:46 pm
#2350
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yes this was the intl lounge they just renovated. Just found it annoying to not have any food understanding they were switching from breakfast to lunch. Couldnt they replace the items as they did the switch so counters are not empty? I could tell other pax were also upset there was no food.
No respectable airline lounge should have a "food purgatory".
Dec 7, 2017, 1:09 pm
#2351
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I understand that YVR or YYZ is nowhere like HKG/SIN/IST in terms of transit passengers, so it's understandable that meal standard is different based on local time. But still, no hot item at all is unacceptable. Many people including me fly morning YYZ-YVR flights pretty often, when we land at YVR it's lunch time at YYZ, a light hot meal in he lounge would be great. Or some hot soups and sandwiches at least?
Here's a good example. TG lounge at HKG offers hot dim sums and noodles at all times, then at local meal times additional hot dishes are served.
Here's a good example. TG lounge at HKG offers hot dim sums and noodles at all times, then at local meal times additional hot dishes are served.
Dec 7, 2017, 2:19 pm
#2352
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I understand that YVR or YYZ is nowhere like HKG/SIN/IST in terms of transit passengers, so it's understandable that meal standard is different based on local time. But still, no hot item at all is unacceptable. Many people including me fly morning YYZ-YVR flights pretty often, when we land at YVR it's lunch time at YYZ, a light hot meal in he lounge would be great. Or some hot soups and sandwiches at least?
Here's a good example. TG lounge at HKG offers hot dim sums and noodles at all times, then at local meal times additional hot dishes are served.
Here's a good example. TG lounge at HKG offers hot dim sums and noodles at all times, then at local meal times additional hot dishes are served.
Dec 7, 2017, 2:52 pm
#2353
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But why is it so difficult to at least keep the soup after meal hours? Even cup noodles would be great. And that's gonna cost AC may be $50 per day per MLL?
Dec 7, 2017, 2:54 pm
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I don't have an answer as the rationale, but my guess is the contract staff need to clear the crap out, clean everything, prep setup for the new contraptions, and then bring out the new food after it's done preparing.
But that is no excuse to have nothing in "purgatory time".
Dec 7, 2017, 2:59 pm
#2355
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Oh right, you meant during purgatory
I don't have an answer as the rationale, but my guess is the contract staff need to clear the crap out, clean everything, prep setup for the new contraptions, and then bring out the new food after it's done preparing.
But that is no excuse to have nothing in "purgatory time".
I don't have an answer as the rationale, but my guess is the contract staff need to clear the crap out, clean everything, prep setup for the new contraptions, and then bring out the new food after it's done preparing.
But that is no excuse to have nothing in "purgatory time".
Not sure if MLLs allow food from outside, but I am considering bringing cup noodles or whatever I can buy from the food court to MLL during purgatory hours.