May 17, 2013, 11:13 am
Last edit by: KARFA
This thread is archived - there is a Galleries First (Flounge) LHR 2014 menu thread here.
This thread gives the current catering options for the Galleries First Lounge (Flounge) in LHR terminals 3 and 5. This lounge is open to BAEC Gold and oneworld Emerald card holders. Passengers flying BA on a First ticket can also use the Concorde Room. The catering supplier was changed on 2 May 2013 to BaxterStorey.
The current catering options in the First lounge can be found in the first post in the thread, or you can click here. For photos: click here.
Catering options - other LHR lounges
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2013 - T5 only
Galleries Club lounge LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013 - T3 and T5.
International Lounge Terminal 1 LHR - catering options from May 2013 - T1 international flights
For the lounges in Gatwick and UK domestic lounges in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen:
First Lounge London Gatwick (North terminal): Catering options from April 2013 - see post 2 for the text of BA's leaflet on the supplier changeover.
Galleries Club Lounge Gatwick (North Terminal): Catering options from April 2013
UK Domestic lounges (outside London) - catering arrangments from April 2013
For information on the BaxterStorey changeover:
New lounge catering contract : BaxterStorey replaces Compass - eff 1 May 2013
Your recent feedback on catering in our lounges - Note from BA Executive Club.
This thread gives the current catering options for the Galleries First Lounge (Flounge) in LHR terminals 3 and 5. This lounge is open to BAEC Gold and oneworld Emerald card holders. Passengers flying BA on a First ticket can also use the Concorde Room. The catering supplier was changed on 2 May 2013 to BaxterStorey.
The current catering options in the First lounge can be found in the first post in the thread, or you can click here. For photos: click here.
Catering options - other LHR lounges
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2013 - T5 only
Galleries Club lounge LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013 - T3 and T5.
International Lounge Terminal 1 LHR - catering options from May 2013 - T1 international flights
For the lounges in Gatwick and UK domestic lounges in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen:
First Lounge London Gatwick (North terminal): Catering options from April 2013 - see post 2 for the text of BA's leaflet on the supplier changeover.
Galleries Club Lounge Gatwick (North Terminal): Catering options from April 2013
UK Domestic lounges (outside London) - catering arrangments from April 2013
For information on the BaxterStorey changeover:
New lounge catering contract : BaxterStorey replaces Compass - eff 1 May 2013
Your recent feedback on catering in our lounges - Note from BA Executive Club.
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013
Dec 7, 2013, 11:30 am
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Dec 7, 2013, 11:36 am
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Dec 7, 2013, 11:39 am
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Possibly, the ribs have a hot/spicy sauce on (with no obvious E numbers incidentally, I've seen it made up in the kitchen). The pork belly has no sauce, with a dry glaze to it, slightly crunchy.
Dec 7, 2013, 11:41 am
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Thanks c-w-s - that sounds like it.
Dec 7, 2013, 11:49 am
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As c-w-s mentions, the beef ribs have a lot of sauce on them. I take his word there is "no E number" there but I agree with you it does "taste" pleasant but quite artificial. It also certainly does not taste much of chipotle which was originally supposedly supposed to be its main identifying feature and is indeed not very spicy at all (anyone who has eaten a bit of a whole chipotle will realise there can't be much of it in that sauce! ) I haven't seen the ribs for a while but there seems to be a rotation between various 'non-gloopy' hot items on the buffet and while I sort of like the ribs, I'd say the pork belly is quite well managed. I'm not a big fan of pies and think that there are already far too many starchy and saucy items on the buffet so would personally prefer to keep a plain meat/fish options or two.
Dec 7, 2013, 1:49 pm
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The buffet ribs look pretty scary to me...far too fatty and a weird colour.
Dec 7, 2013, 3:03 pm
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My thoughts precisely! The seem popular though.
Dec 7, 2013, 3:10 pm
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Well, remember that for people who do not have enough time to order from the menu, the other options are unidentified gloop with even weirder phosphorescent colours or salads most of which contain a pot or two of ghastly industrial mayonnaise.
Dec 10, 2013, 5:51 am
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I had the pulled pork sandwich, with dry, stale bread and cold chips last week. The pork was, well, poor.
Glad I mostly pass through at breakfast time.
Glad I mostly pass through at breakfast time.
Dec 10, 2013, 7:25 am
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I had the pulled pork sandwich last Thursday evening and I thought it was pretty good.
As indeed was the white chocolate cheesecake.
As indeed was the white chocolate cheesecake.
Dec 10, 2013, 9:45 am
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Man versus cheesecake round 2
Doubt I can win this
Doubt I can win this
Dec 10, 2013, 9:47 am
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Dec 10, 2013, 9:52 am
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Dec 10, 2013, 10:11 am
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Dec 11, 2013, 1:50 pm
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Thanks for the pics drspear - are you able to make them smaller?