Menus and meals 2022-2023
May 1, 2023, 4:30 am
#166
Join Date: Sep 2022
Programs: Airpoints Elite
Posts: 123
Pretty sure I disposed of something like that in the plane toilets when changing the baby before her bedtime.
May 4, 2023, 6:40 pm
#167
Join Date: May 2008
Location: MSP
Programs: DL Plat, NZ Elite, QF Plat
Posts: 1,776
AKL-LAX May 2023 BP
Friend on AKL-ORD on 30 April in BP had same menu
May 4, 2023, 8:54 pm
#168
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: NZ *E
Posts: 346
May 4, 2023, 9:09 pm
#169
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,119
Is it just me or do others find that menu totally uninspiring?
May 4, 2023, 11:00 pm
#170
Join Date: Dec 2019
Programs: Airpoints
Posts: 69
However, when I flew NZ from HKG a couple of days ago, the food was good.
May 5, 2023, 12:09 am
#171
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Location: WLG/BKK
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May 5, 2023, 4:43 am
#172
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: WLG
Programs: NZ*GE
Posts: 170
Absolutely agree,
food was dire AKL-YVR in March but great SIN-AKL in April.
Crew all said food out of SIN was great cfed to AKL
food was dire AKL-YVR in March but great SIN-AKL in April.
Crew all said food out of SIN was great cfed to AKL
May 6, 2023, 2:01 pm
#173
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YVR-AKL Premium Economy early May
Food was better tasting that the outbound flight in BP. Indeed the PE experience (my first ever longhaul) was very good. The bed in BP remains the saving grace for overnight flights.
Last edited by Thai-Kiwi; May 6, 2023 at 2:42 pm
May 6, 2023, 7:14 pm
#174
Join Date: Sep 2022
Programs: Airpoints Elite
Posts: 123
Flew back from Tokyo the other day, and the food in economy was decent once again.
Dinner was a choice between "slow cooked" beef and mash, or teriyaki chicken on rice. Wife and I both had the beef and it was tasty, although it was more guydon bowl beef (or bulgogi if you are familiar with Korean food) so very thin strips of meat.
Breakfast was a Western-style omelette, potato, mushrooms and sausage or a Japanese option (I didn't actually catch what it was).
The mushrooms were average, but the sausage was nice and the omelette was actually better than a few ones I've paid for in cafes recently, both in terms of flavour and portion size.
Happy customer overall, and probably in future I'll just look to do Skycouch again and eat the economy food as it seems that I won't be missing out on much.
Dinner was a choice between "slow cooked" beef and mash, or teriyaki chicken on rice. Wife and I both had the beef and it was tasty, although it was more guydon bowl beef (or bulgogi if you are familiar with Korean food) so very thin strips of meat.
Breakfast was a Western-style omelette, potato, mushrooms and sausage or a Japanese option (I didn't actually catch what it was).
The mushrooms were average, but the sausage was nice and the omelette was actually better than a few ones I've paid for in cafes recently, both in terms of flavour and portion size.
Happy customer overall, and probably in future I'll just look to do Skycouch again and eat the economy food as it seems that I won't be missing out on much.
May 6, 2023, 7:34 pm
#175
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: New Zealand (most of the time)
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Honors Gold, IHG Platinum Elite
Posts: 6,119
All 3 dinner options sound disgusting. I would have asked for something from economy!
I wonder what elthe obsession with capers? Trying to make food super salty so it's appealing at altitude? They're utterly disgusting!
I wonder what elthe obsession with capers? Trying to make food super salty so it's appealing at altitude? They're utterly disgusting!
May 6, 2023, 7:36 pm
#176
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May 7, 2023, 6:17 am
#177
Join Date: Jul 2019
Programs: Air NZ Elite *G, Emirates Skywards Gold, Priority Guest Rewards Platinum
Posts: 172
I've always thought skycouch was the way to go as that is the closest you can get to a lie-flat bed without having to pay J prices. And in-flight food doesn't really appeal to me these days anyway so can load up in the lounge beforehand. Just a pity the extra Skycouch cost doesn't accrue any additional APD or SP!
May 7, 2023, 1:54 pm
#178
Join Date: Sep 2019
Posts: 123
Like putting coriander in/on most of the dishes in the lounges!
May 7, 2023, 2:49 pm
#179
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May 10, 2023, 9:20 pm
#180
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 646
I use to find excuses to fly NZ. I thought maybe being a small airline with limited routes, changing the menu frequently was too much to expect.
If an airline does it well, they could offer the same popular dishes for years. MH SQ satays, SQ Book the Cook, etc.
"Fear not the man who can cook 10,000 meals, but the man who cooked 1 meal, 10,000 times" (Bruce Lee analogy).
NZ have managed to continually mess up a fairly static menu, let alone anything new to come.
Customer feedback not getting through or simply ignored.
Just hopeless.
If an airline does it well, they could offer the same popular dishes for years. MH SQ satays, SQ Book the Cook, etc.
"Fear not the man who can cook 10,000 meals, but the man who cooked 1 meal, 10,000 times" (Bruce Lee analogy).
NZ have managed to continually mess up a fairly static menu, let alone anything new to come.
Customer feedback not getting through or simply ignored.
Just hopeless.