LHR Admirals Club & Flagship Lounge Renovation (2009-10)
Feb 22, 2010, 10:54 pm
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Feb 23, 2010, 6:56 am
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Things like Chicago pizza pies, fried mozzarella sticks, most Italian-American dishes with large quantities of cheese and meat etc. are a far cry from genuine Italian food. I know many other people like these sorts of things, but they're not to my taste, and I get frustrated when I go to an "Italian" restaurant in the US and expect it to be Italian, only to find it's actually "Italian-American", which is quite different. (A similar issue occurs with "Chinese" as opposed to American-Chinese food...)
Feb 23, 2010, 10:10 am
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Feb 23, 2010, 10:11 am
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And to that, I'd add "when Americans take on duplicating 'Italian' food such as pizza, pasta etc the results are often distasteful".
Things like Chicago pizza pies, fried mozzarella sticks, most Italian-American dishes with large quantities of cheese and meat etc. are a far cry from genuine Italian food. I know many other people like these sorts of things, but they're not to my taste, and I get frustrated when I go to an "Italian" restaurant in the US and expect it to be Italian, only to find it's actually "Italian-American", which is quite different. (A similar issue occurs with "Chinese" as opposed to American-Chinese food...)
Things like Chicago pizza pies, fried mozzarella sticks, most Italian-American dishes with large quantities of cheese and meat etc. are a far cry from genuine Italian food. I know many other people like these sorts of things, but they're not to my taste, and I get frustrated when I go to an "Italian" restaurant in the US and expect it to be Italian, only to find it's actually "Italian-American", which is quite different. (A similar issue occurs with "Chinese" as opposed to American-Chinese food...)
Feb 23, 2010, 10:22 am
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I have no problems with the original ethic groups criticising presentations of their national food in the UK but it does add a rather humorous twist when it is American's laying claim to be the 'original'
I am happy to say that in that regard at least the food here is more likely to be closer to the true original version than to the 'American' version which is generally a good thing
Feb 23, 2010, 10:28 am
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Feb 23, 2010, 5:56 pm
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Um... just out of curiosity, is this thread any longer about:
"AA Announces Renovation Plans for LHR Admirals Club & Flagship Lounge"
or is it about various ethnic foods and how to access the lounges of other carriers?
Just sayin'...
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"AA Announces Renovation Plans for LHR Admirals Club & Flagship Lounge"
or is it about various ethnic foods and how to access the lounges of other carriers?
Just sayin'...
Regards
Feb 23, 2010, 6:37 pm
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Good point, I came here to try to find out if the Flagship Lounge is ever going to re-open!!!!
Feb 23, 2010, 7:17 pm
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Cheers.
Feb 23, 2010, 7:27 pm
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Feb 23, 2010, 7:41 pm
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Exactly...the BA Galleries First Lounge is just so far and away better than anything I have seen from AA, that it's hard to imagine the new FL will even come close. Besides, as for the ethnic food issue, at the BA lounge there's some pretty good tabbouleh and hummus anyway (and I'm half-Egyptian, I should know!!!).
Like larrywilmot747, when I see this thread bubble up, I'm curious what is going on; not necessarily that I'll frequent it, but still curious to see the end result.
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Mar 25, 2010, 3:30 pm
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My wife (OW Emerald via JL) and son will be taking AA from LHR on 1 April. I know, the BA lounge is "better," but if the Flagship Lounge will be open, I'll suggest that anyway; nice to be there in case of IRROPS for ex.
Any news on its reopening date? Thanks.
Any news on its reopening date? Thanks.
Mar 26, 2010, 4:34 am
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Cheers Larry.
Mar 26, 2010, 7:39 am
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At LHR T3 right now...according to AC staff, the Flagship Lounge is still scheduled to open "next month" (i.e. in April).