The AF short and medium-haul business class catering photo thread
Sep 13, 2022, 8:57 am
#166
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Sep 17, 2022, 5:32 am
#170
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CDG-TUN this morning. I finally got the dreaded green mash… not great and after eating it I reordered more croissants and coffee to wash it down as it gave a weird after taste in the mouth. How on earth could they serve such a meal on international flights? Complained to the Cabin Crew who were really apologetic and said it was very very “light” for such routes. Obviously I praised them for the great service!
Sep 17, 2022, 1:08 pm
#171
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In pretty much every way, the Maghreb flights are treated the same as the intra-Europe flights. Given the flight durations, makes sense from a financial standpoint.
I suspect the "rest of Afrique" flights are then considered intercontinental.
I suspect the "rest of Afrique" flights are then considered intercontinental.
Sep 17, 2022, 1:48 pm
#172
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I think the cabin crew didn’t mean that North Africa should get the long haul service but a more substantial one like they used to have one year ago.
Sep 17, 2022, 1:49 pm
#173
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Sep 17, 2022, 3:53 pm
#174
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Have 2 meals to share. Neither one was great, but the breakfast especially was sad. Super dry pancakes with cheese filling and limp vegetables - probably the worst plane meal I've had this year. The lunch was better but nothing special. Glad the CDG lounge had some great food options, the dessert selection especially was great (I could eat 10 of those madeleines).
AF 1275
OSL-CDG
9/15
Pancake sandwich? - not great...
AF 1816
CDG-DUB
9/15
Quinoa and vegetable salad - decent
AF 1275
OSL-CDG
9/15
Pancake sandwich? - not great...
AF 1816
CDG-DUB
9/15
Quinoa and vegetable salad - decent
Sep 18, 2022, 7:23 am
#176
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I don't understand why AF has so much trouble with breakfast. It's not like it's a foreign concept.
Just toss a croissant, some fresh fruit, a small compote, a chocolatine, and perhaps some cold ham/charcuterie. No need for some weird pancake thing.
Just toss a croissant, some fresh fruit, a small compote, a chocolatine, and perhaps some cold ham/charcuterie. No need for some weird pancake thing.
Sep 18, 2022, 8:39 am
#177
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Big fan of croissants & various "pains aux raisins/chocolat", I could never get to eat the spongy thing they serve onboard, or the sad dry pastries they have in their lounges.
Virtually any place with an oven, be it a real bakery or a supermarket, does it better in France. Heck, even contract lounges have better pastries than AF flagship lounges.
It's sad because a good croissant is a landmark of French Cuisine. And it costs < 30 cts in bulk -- ruining this easy win to save what, 5 cts (?) on the overall price of the J platter is a strange move.
What on earth could that be?
Sep 18, 2022, 10:27 am
#178
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Coffe cups are back, indeed.
But so is also the rather weird breakfast of this green brick that we had the opportunity to enjoy in previous cycles already. It is a bit strange that they just keep rotating the meals time and again, without really changing anything.
It is like the gourmet version of KL's cesar salad apocalypse.
Sep 18, 2022, 10:53 am
#179
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And my last CDG-TUN was an A319 and they were 4. So plenty of time and resources to offer an adequate business class meal up to the standards of other airlines.