Bohemian1

Dunno when it will be swapped but totally agree about the Chicken Tagine. The quality is very variable between good and awful.

canadiancow

My last two NA Signature flights have both very clearly allowed both cheese and dessert. So hopefully that issue is gone.

expert7700

Sunday evening, signature class YYZ-LAX FA asked if I wanted dessert. I pointed to the cheese. He replied "Sir, the cheese is in addition to dessert so would you like fruit plate or blueberry cheesecake?"

zkzkz

My understanding is that these types of dishes are already cooked when boarded and are just being reheated on board. Is that true?

The last time I saw the salmon it was so overcooked as to be inedible. If that's true then that's entirely the fault of the catering and there's nothing the FAs can do about it, right? It's a shame because the best meal I ever had on a flight was a cold salmon plate which IIRC was LX. I wish airlines did more cold plates like that as an option.

Leyland1989

YOW-YYZ 5:40AM departure:
no omelette, but I find it more challenging to finish in 15 mins than the omelette.


AC787 YYZ-LAX 08:00AM departure.

​​​​need no descriptions, wanted to try the French toast but they reverted back to the pancake on this flight

Carfield

October 2022
Air Canada Signature Class
AC 301 Montreal to Vancouver



Hot Breakfast
Appetizer
Fruit Salad




Bread, butter, jam



Chia seed pudding, roasted coconut


Main Course
Parsley omelette, chicken sausage, cottage cheese, roasted potatoes, red pepper relish
Or
French toast, vanilla cream, fruit compote



OR

Cold Breakfast
*Fresh fruit, yogurt, granola, almonds
Park Signature dish
Emmental, Cheddar, cherry tomato, crackers
Bread, butter, jam

200T006 1467 GG PT HB-NJCS_East 10/22

October 2022
Air Canada Business Class
AC 554 Vancouver to Los Angeles


Beverage with packaged almonds


Welcome Aboard
Served shortly after take-off

Appetizer
Heritage mix salad, Brussels sprout, pickled cauliflower, grape tomato



Main Course
Ginger chicken, fried rice, mixed vegetables


Or
Cheese tortellini, tomato sauce, mozzarella

Dessert
Blueberry cheesecake

Stranger

Uh???

Surely the reverse is true. Caterers design their stuff aware that they will be reheated on board. I would bet that when AC management orders the stuff and they sample it, it's fine.

The issue is really with the crew, who since crewing was cut by at least one person a few years back, fill the oven and leave the meals in the oven until they go deliver to the various people. The ones delivered first might still be reasonably OK. But if you are the last one to be served, your meal may have sat in the oven much too long for its own good.

Their might also be some health concerns at play: better safe, i.e. overcooked, than getting a lawsuit on their hands because someone got poisoned.

I remember the time when one could ask for your steak not to be overcooked and the crew would oblige. Nowadays if you try, standard answer is, "Sir our meals are precooked, nothing we can do." Which translate as "sorry Sir, we are too busy to deal with this sort of request." I can only remember one case in the last four or five years or so when they obliged and got me a reasonable meal. Front cabin was at most half full on that day, and I suspect the (very nice) service director was not a permanent one but someone moved up as a replacement for that particular flight.

c224488

Really not bad for a 2 hour flight...

Bohemian1

Has anyone been brave enough to order the Maple Chicken?

It was offered on a recent SFO-YVR flight and, even if I had wanted a meal, the description read as even more revolting than the Ginger Chicken.

I'm just morbidly curious.

WildcatYXU

Not bad, but that tortellini on the menu sucks. I ate it on YYC-SFO flight last Sunday, after I was told that I can't have the chicken as I was upgraded (no, it wasn't a LMU or gate upgrade).
It is sustenance - and that's about it.

Changeup2000

On three different flights in October, I asked for Couvoisier and got told “unavailable”. Is it a general lack of stock or me being extremely unlucky? Hopefully it will change in November.

yyz_consulted

Have asked 3x since mid-septmber. 3 no's.

Two of the times they suggested I have Baileys instead...

bambinomartino

Flying YUL - FDF in December, almost a 5-hour flight. Looking at the current menu, it's the standard breakfast parsley omelette/French toast. I am a little concerned that certain people in our party will get hungry close to landing. Would there be snacks or something like that later in the flight? I think on our SFO - YVR flight last month they gave us some potato chips or something.

Carfield

October 2022
Air Canada Signature Class
AC 774 Los Angeles to Montreal

Hot Breakfast



Appetizer
Fruit Salad


Bread, butter, jam



Coconut chia seed pudding with mango, pineapple compote, shredded coconut



Main Course
Parsley omelette, chicken sausage, cottage cheese, roasted potatoes, red pepper relish
Or
French toast, vanilla cream, fruit compote



OR
Cold Breakfast

Fresh seasonal fruit
Cheddar, Swiss, cherry tomato, crackers
Bread, butter, jam

ACYYZ/SD

That's a first. Have never seen squeeze jam!