Originally Posted by orbitmic

When it comes to afternoon tea, is the salad with aubergine/tofu with an apple still the deal? Is it better or less good than the Asian vegetarian alternative?

Originally Posted by JustTheOne

This appears to be the current rotation for the VLML afternoon tea replacement (on band 2/3 at least):

Originally Posted by orbitmic

Thanks so much! I'm trying to identify the lot - I see grilled courgettes, boiled or roasted carrots, some fennel. Are the other two things a bit of cold omelette and some tabulleh? Or is it lentils?

One thing I do note is that you get fruit/dessert which is a plus compared to the normal afternoon tea while the AVML only gets the apple right?

Originally Posted by JustTheOne

Whether you get a fruit plate/normal pudding/apple seems to be a bit random even with VLMLs - occasionally an apple does appear (which on one memorable occasion from GVA recently was shrink-wrapped!), but more often than not these days, it does seem to be the fruit plate.

Originally Posted by waffle

You seem to have had more luck with AA than I did then. I did thoroughly enjoy my transatlantic flights in J with them, but not because the catering was so great. On the westbound I had bizarre pasta-like balls (black and white and around 3–5 millimetres in diameter – never seen them before or again, and not in much of a hurry to do so) that were most favourably described as filling.

Originally Posted by orbitmic

But do you ever get a real dessert or fruit plate rather than the apple with the AVML? My impression from the other posts is that it seems to be the apple every time, which sounds like a sad way to end a meal!

Originally Posted by JustTheOne

but I'm definitely in agreement that an apple is NOT the way to end an onboard meal...!

Originally Posted by florens

Good morning from T5!

So we just came in on the 66 from PHL in WTP. BA really needs to work on two things:

First, the dinner took forever. We were well
into the Atlantic when lights were dimmed. It took 2.5h to serve dinner. Even the trays in the WT cabin were cleared sooner. Really?

Second, vegatarian meals: the meal on the dinner tray was wrong, twice. First we got a hindu/asian vegetarian meal, then just the main on the tray was replaced by some vegetarian pasta, but the dessert was again asian vegetarian. We finally managed to get the correct meal. Breakfast however was a big joke. Why on earth would BA load a vegetarian meal consisting of - oh wonder- fruits, when their regular 'refreshment' box consists of a cream cheese pretzel (which is vegetarian obviuously)?!

I also noticed that there was a problem with the meal of at least one other passanger in the WTP cabin.

We're lucky to be able to grab breakfast in the lounge now killing time on our 5h layover...

I showed a lot of tolerance in the past but now I am really not happy anymore!