Mar 18, 2014, 6:15 am
Last edit by: KARFA
This thread is archived - there is a Galleries First (Flounge) LHR 2015 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. Click here to see the former thread, which covered that turbulent period.
The current catering options in the First lounge can be found in the first post in the thread, or you can click here.
Catering options - other LHR lounges
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2014 - T5 only
Galleries Club lounges LHR: Dining menu and food options from 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread) - T3 and T5
International Lounge Terminal 1 LHR - catering options from May 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread) - T1 international flights
For the First and Club lounges in Gatwick and the UK domestic lounges in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, and Aberdeen:
First Lounge London Gatwick (North terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread) - 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 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread)
UK Domestic lounges (outside London) - catering arrangments from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread)
For information on the BaxterStorey changeover in 2013:
New lounge catering contract : BaxterStorey replaces Compass - effective 1 May 2013
Your recent feedback on catering in our lounges - note from BA Executive Club.
BA Champagne & Wine Thread
The 2014 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
Archived food & drink threads:
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2013 - T5 only
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013 - T3 and T5
The 2013 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
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. Click here to see the former thread, which covered that turbulent period.
The current catering options in the First lounge can be found in the first post in the thread, or you can click here.
Catering options - other LHR lounges
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2014 - T5 only
Galleries Club lounges LHR: Dining menu and food options from 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread) - T3 and T5
International Lounge Terminal 1 LHR - catering options from May 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread) - T1 international flights
For the First and Club lounges in Gatwick and the UK domestic lounges in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, and Aberdeen:
First Lounge London Gatwick (North terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread) - 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 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread)
UK Domestic lounges (outside London) - catering arrangments from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 thread)
For information on the BaxterStorey changeover in 2013:
New lounge catering contract : BaxterStorey replaces Compass - effective 1 May 2013
Your recent feedback on catering in our lounges - note from BA Executive Club.
BA Champagne & Wine Thread
The 2014 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
Archived food & drink threads:
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2013 - T5 only
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013 - T3 and T5
The 2013 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2014
Aug 18, 2014, 11:29 am
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Aug 18, 2014, 12:28 pm
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Aug 18, 2014, 12:40 pm
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Aug 19, 2014, 6:25 am
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Exactly, I had it in the metal dish and it was really gloopy, not how I like mac n cheese.
Aug 19, 2014, 7:25 am
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I know this is the LHR thread but since the discussion is mac 'n cheese I thought I'd mention the "food" that was served to me a month ago at LGW GF.
I'd read decent reports of the mac 'n cheese on here so was quite looking forward to it but what turned up was just weird. No "top", either cheese or crumb so I suspect very much that it came from a big cauldron of homogenous slop. The taste was bizarre, very synthetic. I will have to try the LHR version to compare but I suspect LGW must be getting a second tier variation.....
It did however come in a cast iron dish!
I'd read decent reports of the mac 'n cheese on here so was quite looking forward to it but what turned up was just weird. No "top", either cheese or crumb so I suspect very much that it came from a big cauldron of homogenous slop. The taste was bizarre, very synthetic. I will have to try the LHR version to compare but I suspect LGW must be getting a second tier variation.....
It did however come in a cast iron dish!
Aug 19, 2014, 7:39 am
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The catering facilities at LGW are very limited - you can see the kitchen on your left when you go to the toilets. There is another thread for discussing the catering in the LGW GF, the link is in the wiki.
Aug 19, 2014, 8:04 am
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I know this is the LHR thread but since the discussion is mac 'n cheese I thought I'd mention the "food" that was served to me a month ago at LGW GF.
I'd read decent reports of the mac 'n cheese on here so was quite looking forward to it but what turned up was just weird. No "top", either cheese or crumb so I suspect very much that it came from a big cauldron of homogenous slop. The taste was bizarre, very synthetic. I will have to try the LHR version to compare but I suspect LGW must be getting a second tier variation.....
It did however come in a cast iron dish!
I'd read decent reports of the mac 'n cheese on here so was quite looking forward to it but what turned up was just weird. No "top", either cheese or crumb so I suspect very much that it came from a big cauldron of homogenous slop. The taste was bizarre, very synthetic. I will have to try the LHR version to compare but I suspect LGW must be getting a second tier variation.....
It did however come in a cast iron dish!
tb
Aug 20, 2014, 1:04 pm
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I had the mac n cheese last week in T5 and it was gloop. Same as the T3 variant the week previous.
Aug 20, 2014, 1:48 pm
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I wonder if the CCR and Flounge version is different? Then again peoples tastes vary and what might be crap to one may be delicious to someone else.
I mean some people will even drink Monopole!
I mean some people will even drink Monopole!
Aug 20, 2014, 1:56 pm
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There isn't a CCR version, it's not on the CCR menu. I quite like it, It is a little gloopy, yes but tasty. It is rather rich too, only had it twice though ... since the risotto was taken off the menu.
Aug 20, 2014, 1:57 pm
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I wondered that too as most of the people who sing the praise of the Mac 'n cheese seem to be CCR regulars while several of the rest of us who are GF regulars seem to be rather underwhelmed.
So my suspicion would be that the kitchen might keep proper cast iron dishes for CCR orders and use a proper oven while god knows what happens to our GF version.
Still, of course, even in the CCR, it would be interesting to compare the BA CCR Mac 'n cheese to the AF F lounge "gratin de coquillettes au comte et a la truffe" by Ducasse which has some very enthusiastic fans.
So my suspicion would be that the kitchen might keep proper cast iron dishes for CCR orders and use a proper oven while god knows what happens to our GF version.
Still, of course, even in the CCR, it would be interesting to compare the BA CCR Mac 'n cheese to the AF F lounge "gratin de coquillettes au comte et a la truffe" by Ducasse which has some very enthusiastic fans.
Aug 20, 2014, 2:20 pm
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I'll stick to the burger, thank you. And I shall be quite put out if I'm asked how I want it cooked.
Aug 21, 2014, 5:42 am
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To clear up the confusion, this is the Mac&Cheese in its natural habitat, the cast iron dish. Note the sauciness (
) and absence of crust.
) and absence of crust.
Aug 21, 2014, 6:37 am
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I think there's only one default cooking option for the burger: "Ice hockey puck".
Normally I'd be very happy to be asked what way I'd like my burger, but to do that I'd need to be happy with the provenance of the meat, competence of the kitchen and the hygiene standards of the restaurant. GF fails all 3 sadly.
Originally Posted by stifle
I'll stick to the burger, thank you. And I shall be quite put out if I'm asked how I want it cooked.
Normally I'd be very happy to be asked what way I'd like my burger, but to do that I'd need to be happy with the provenance of the meat, competence of the kitchen and the hygiene standards of the restaurant. GF fails all 3 sadly.
Aug 21, 2014, 6:43 am
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I think there's only one default cooking option for the burger: "Ice hockey puck".
Normally I'd be very happy to be asked what way I'd like my burger, but to do that I'd need to be happy with the provenance of the meat, competence of the kitchen and the hygiene standards of the restaurant. GF fails all 3 sadly.
I think there's only one default cooking option for the burger: "Ice hockey puck".
Normally I'd be very happy to be asked what way I'd like my burger, but to do that I'd need to be happy with the provenance of the meat, competence of the kitchen and the hygiene standards of the restaurant. GF fails all 3 sadly.