Not well done, BA!
Feb 22, 2018, 1:56 am
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Not well done, BA!
Recently on BA 268 (LAX-LHR):
Cabin Crew: What would you like for dinner, Sir?
Me: Hmm, I'm considering taking the risk and having the beef...
Cabin Crew: ...
Me: I hope it's not to overcooked...
Cabin Crew: ... Well... I cant't promise anything...
Me: I won't blame you.
And what I got was not well done at all, but reddish and very tender in the inside. Very tasty ^
Cabin Crew: What would you like for dinner, Sir?
Me: Hmm, I'm considering taking the risk and having the beef...
Cabin Crew: ...
Me: I hope it's not to overcooked...
Cabin Crew: ... Well... I cant't promise anything...
Me: I won't blame you.
And what I got was not well done at all, but reddish and very tender in the inside. Very tasty ^
Feb 22, 2018, 2:11 am
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Feb 22, 2018, 2:40 am
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Wow, the BA holy grail - a medium rare CW steak.
I noticed that this is far more likely from US outstations than LHR, I think they must pre cook them less?
I noticed that this is far more likely from US outstations than LHR, I think they must pre cook them less?
Feb 22, 2018, 2:59 am
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Feb 22, 2018, 3:24 am
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Could be. I kept the menu so will look it up when I'm back home.
You may call me Perceval from now on.
It seems so. My rule is never to order beef ex-LHR and always try it ex-US. I stupidly broke this rule once on my first F flight. It wasn't completly well done but very close to it. The sides were better though.
You may call me Perceval from now on.
It seems so. My rule is never to order beef ex-LHR and always try it ex-US. I stupidly broke this rule once on my first F flight. It wasn't completly well done but very close to it. The sides were better though.
Feb 22, 2018, 4:47 am
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It's a lazy masquerade of a gratin dauphinois. Gratin dauphinois = paper thin slices of potato, garlic rubbed buttered dish, milk. Nutmeg is controversial (I'm against it) but no cream, no béchamel, and no cheese.Potato au gratin (or the weirdly labelled cheddar au gratin which my partner had the other day!) was basically scalloped potatoes with cream, cheese, béchamel. The result really is very different. It was not at all an unpleasant dish, but it was not in any shape or form a gratin dauphinois (and was massively heavier, gratin dauphinois is actually a fairly light dish) even though both are forms of potato gratins!
Feb 22, 2018, 5:14 am
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Which Cawdon Blur School did you graduate from? It is Gratin Dauphonoise (according to some as it is Gratin a la Dauphinoise) and of course it has cream.
According to Michel Roux and Delia Smith