Menus and meals 2022-2023
May 19, 2023, 11:37 pm
#196
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Just while I'm going through my photos here's another comparison Y meal on TG from HKG-BKK.
Wasn't particularly tasty but certainly still looks better than many Y options we're seeing on NZ/QF now for shorthaul flights.
Wasn't particularly tasty but certainly still looks better than many Y options we're seeing on NZ/QF now for shorthaul flights.
May 19, 2023, 11:39 pm
#197
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NZ80 last night
I decided to try the beef just because I'd eaten Asian food for 8 days.. It was pretty chewy and overdone.
Garlic bread and toast for breakfast was also on the cold side and hard (but this is more of a crew training and presentation issue than the food as such)
The plastic cup of Dulcet was just a prank (ISM was a good friend of another ISM I knew so I had to drink it before I could get more LP!)
I decided to try the beef just because I'd eaten Asian food for 8 days.. It was pretty chewy and overdone.
Garlic bread and toast for breakfast was also on the cold side and hard (but this is more of a crew training and presentation issue than the food as such)
The plastic cup of Dulcet was just a prank (ISM was a good friend of another ISM I knew so I had to drink it before I could get more LP!)
May 19, 2023, 11:49 pm
#198
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That looks like a good meal sbiddle!
May 19, 2023, 11:55 pm
#199
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And not a NZ meal but does anybody remember when economy food here used to look like this rather than the slops you get now? This was CX from BKK-HKG yesterday.
The meal was delicious and the only fault was the ice cream which was no doubt kept at minus 1000 degrees with the dry ice and took close to 15 mins at room temperature and holding onto it before it was actually possible to eat it. I saw other people nearby actually give up.
The meal was delicious and the only fault was the ice cream which was no doubt kept at minus 1000 degrees with the dry ice and took close to 15 mins at room temperature and holding onto it before it was actually possible to eat it. I saw other people nearby actually give up.
The meal below yours is my Y 'food' on BNE-WLG last year.
May 20, 2023, 12:02 am
#200
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May 20, 2023, 12:06 am
#201
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I think we develop a Stockholm syndrome with AirNZ sometimes. If people are prepared to pay a premium for a rubbish product they will get a rubbish product!!
There is no excuse for NZs current J product and them saying how amazing it will be at the end of 2024 on a couple of aircraft only (to begin with) is insulting at best.
There is no excuse for NZs current J product and them saying how amazing it will be at the end of 2024 on a couple of aircraft only (to begin with) is insulting at best.
May 20, 2023, 12:50 am
#202
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Though the timing of the QF JFK flight could be head to headish for sleep for people wanting to head to NY.
May 20, 2023, 12:59 am
#203
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May 20, 2023, 4:16 am
#204
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NZ173 menu AKL-PER
Friends just flew J on NZ173 AKL-PER this afternoon on Wamos and sent me the menu pictures, I'll post food pictures later if they send any
May 26, 2023, 4:31 pm
#205
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AKL-SYD NZ103 J
Great crew. Breakfast offerings didn’t look that appetising, but my choice of wam bagel was pretty tasty.
My observation is that for a ‘full business experience’ this all seems pretty underwhelming, and I certainly wouldn’t pay the $900-$1500 asked for a TT J flight unless there was a deeply discounted sale, especially for a morning flight.
This was a Seat fare upgraded using SHRU.
Great crew. Breakfast offerings didn’t look that appetising, but my choice of wam bagel was pretty tasty.
My observation is that for a ‘full business experience’ this all seems pretty underwhelming, and I certainly wouldn’t pay the $900-$1500 asked for a TT J flight unless there was a deeply discounted sale, especially for a morning flight.
This was a Seat fare upgraded using SHRU.
Last edited by Thai-Kiwi; May 26, 2023 at 4:40 pm Reason: revised comments on ‘value’
May 27, 2023, 8:01 pm
#206
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Akl - sfo nz8 j
Can never have too much garlic bread!
Dunno what type of eggs these are!
May 27, 2023, 9:51 pm
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NZ198 HBA-AKL Works
Booked Seat (7SP +3.5SP bonus ) , then paid $40 for ‘Product change’ to Works (14SP + 7SP bones) as the additional 10.5 SPs was ‘very good value’ at $3.81/SP. I ate in the Qantas Lounge.
Meal choices were Mac n’Cheese, Chicken & Mash with veges, or Beef Pie.
Genuinely appalling meal offering. I had 4 tiny steamed bean portions. It is mash on the left side, not a roll.
Booked Seat (7SP +3.5SP bonus ) , then paid $40 for ‘Product change’ to Works (14SP + 7SP bones) as the additional 10.5 SPs was ‘very good value’ at $3.81/SP. I ate in the Qantas Lounge.
Meal choices were Mac n’Cheese, Chicken & Mash with veges, or Beef Pie.
Genuinely appalling meal offering. I had 4 tiny steamed bean portions. It is mash on the left side, not a roll.
May 27, 2023, 10:22 pm
#208
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Follow-on. I asked crew why there was no bread roll.
She explained that bread rolls have been removed from all TT Y meal offerings except for evening services.
She said crew were complaining amongst themselves and encouraged me to also formally complain. I will provide feedback.
She explained that bread rolls have been removed from all TT Y meal offerings except for evening services.
She said crew were complaining amongst themselves and encouraged me to also formally complain. I will provide feedback.
May 27, 2023, 11:37 pm
#209
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I would still be hungry after that. I don't eat dessert but in that case I think I would be hungry enough to eat it because the main meal was so tiny!
May 27, 2023, 11:44 pm
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I was going to ask for another meal, but there was a few bumps, and everything was packed up - and that was that.