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BA CityFlyer catering | guide, reviews and photos

Old Oct 23, 18, 2:36 pm
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BA CityFlyer catering 29 March 2023 to November 2023

All information is posted in a personal capacity and not as a representative of the airline. Information could change at any time.


Route bandings

Band 1S: AMS, DUS, JER, RTM
Band 1: BHD, DUB, EDI, GLA
Band 2: CMF (LCY), EGC, FRA, GVA, PRG, BER, UIP, LIG, ZRH, EAS, LIN
Band 3: AGP, ALC, BCN, CMF (EDI), FAO, FLR, IBZ, NCE, PMI, SPU
Band 4: JMK, JSI, SKG


Menu cycles
Code:
 Start date
27 September        3
04 October          1
11 October          2
18 October          3
25 October          1
01 November         2         
08 November         3
15 November         1
22 November         2
29 November         3 
.

Club Europe meal times

Band 1S-3
00:01-09:59 Breakfast
10:00-13:59 Lunch (except night-stopping aircraft catered ex-LCY/SOU departing before 12:00 which will offer breakfast, or a hot dinner with ambient sides if after 12:00)
14:00-16:59 Afternoon Snack
17:00-23:59 Dinner (1S-1 cold, 2-3 hot)

Band 4
00:01-10:29 Breakfast
10:30-23:59 Hot dinner


Euro Traveller breakfast 00:01-09:29

Band 1S-2
Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey

Band 3-4
Cycle 1: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, Egg mayo and sausage or Mixed cheese and spring onion
Cycle 2: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, egg and bacon or Cheddar and roast tomato
Cycle 3: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey, BLT or Egg mayo and spinach sandwich


Euro Traveller rest of day

Band 1S-2
Just Glorious Crisps Sea Salt or Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Band 3-4
Cycle 1: Wiltshire ham and cheese or Vegan New York Deli and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Cycle 2: Pastrami, emmenthal and sweet pickle or Three cheese salad sandwich and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey
Cycle 3: Chicken salad with lemon pepper mayo or Ploughman's sandwich with caramelised onion and Nature Valley Crunchy Oats & Honey


Club Europe breakfast

Band 1S Cycle 1
Freshly squeezed orange juice

Greek yogurt with fig and blueberry compote

Bacon and cheese sourdough muffin with beetroot ketchup
or
Toasted muffin with spinach, egg piperade and pomodoro sauce


Band 1S Cycle 2

Freshly squeezed orange juice

Greek yogurt with banana puree and pomegranate

Toasted sourdough muffin with bacon and onion marmalade chutney
or
Toasted sourdough muffin with mushrooms and sweet and sour pepper relish


Band 1S Cycle 3
Freshly squeezed orange juice

Greek yogurt with poached apple, toasted oats and cinnamon

Bacon muffin with tomato jam
or
Three cheese muffin with sweet onion chutney


Band 1-2 Cycle 1
Freshly squeezed orange juice

Bread roll and butter

Yogurt as per band 1S

Cream cheese and chive omelette with potato and chorizo hash
or
Scrambled harissa tofu with kale, potato and peppers

Band 1-2 Cycle 2
Freshly squeezed orange juice

Bread roll and butter

Yogurt as per band 1S

Farmer's omelette with potato hash and smokey bacon beans
or
Wild mushroom cream cheese omelette with fried potato roti


Band 1-2 Cycle 3
Freshly squeezed orange juice

Bread roll and butter

Yogurt as per band 1S

Spinach and feta omelette with corned beef hash
or
Sweetcorn fritter with smokey chickpea ragout


Band 3 and 4
As above plus fresh fruit platter.

If more than 24 passengers in Club, hot breakfast will be replaced by a continental breakfast due to oven capacity


Club Europe lunch (band 1S-3) and cold dinner (band 1S-1)

Band 1S-2 Cycle 1
Bread and butter

Piri Piri chicken, rice salad, charred sweetcorn ribs, sugar roasted vine tomato, tomato and lime salsa, pea shoots
or
Watermelon, apple and lime salad with cauliflower and parsley couscous, burnt lemon, tahini dressing and watercress.

Strawberry shortcake and clotted cream tart


Band 1S-2 Cycle 2
Bread and butter

Poached sea trout with Jersey Royal, sour cream and pea salad, pickled cucumber, crispy fried capers and pepper pearls
or
Melting aubergine with za'atar, charred cherry tomatoes, curried yogurt, cavalo nero, preserved lemon and pomegranate

Raspberry and lemon cheesecake

Band 1S-2 Cycle 3
Bread and butter

BBQ pulled pork with dill pickle, apple, carrot and smoked cheddar salad, maple-glazed brioche croutons, BBQ sour cream dressing, pea shoots
or
Roasted butternut squash with coriander, puy lentil salad, roasted onion wedges, sweetcorn salsa, toasted pumpkin seeds and dolcelatte

White chocolate pana cotta and blueberries


Band 1S-1 cold dinner and band 3 lunch
As above plus appetiser:
Cycle 1: Aubergine ricotta

Cycle 2: Gazpacho mousse

Cycle 3: Courgette gratin with goats' curd


Afternoon Snack

Band 1S-2 Cycle 1
Pork pie, cheddar and smoked salmon
or
Feta and olive borekitas with stuffed vine leaf, a la Grecque chestnut mushroom skewer and tzatziki dip

Victoria Sponge Cake

Band 1S-2 Cycle 2
Provencal tart, blue cheese and prosciutto
or
Tandoori pakora, vegetable samosa, mango relish and katchcumber salad

Fruit cake

Band 1S-2 Cycle 3
Cream cheese and smoked salmon bagel, picnic egg, cheddar, fruit skewer
or
Croissant with gruyere and peperonata, fig chutney, avocado crostini with tomato salsa, cheery tomato, cucumber and carrot

Ginger loaf cake

Band 3
As above plus appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch


Club Europe hot dinner
NB if more than 24 Club Europe passengers, hot main will be replaced by a cold main due to oven capacity

Cycle 1
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch

Asian style slow braised beef shin, egg fried rice, carrot flower and braised pak choi
or
Chickpea and piquillo pepper stew, olive and caper salsa, caramelised polenta cake and griddled leeks

Strawberry shortcake and clotted cream tart

Cycle 2
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch

Slow cooked lamb neck with mint and cumin, butterbean mash, sauted courgette, pea and basil, toasted caraway seeds
or
Salt and pepper panko fried tofu, vegetable egg noodles, garlic sauce

Raspberry and lemon cheesecake

Cycle 3
Appetiser as per cold dinner/band 3 lunch

Chicken breast parmigiana with chorizo and plum sauce, macaroni in pesto cream sauce, griddled artichokes
or
Slow-roasted miso aubergine steak with charred tenderstem broccoli, piquillo pepper puree, baby sweetcorn and grilled shiitake mushroom

White chocolate pana cotta and blueberries

Night-stopped flights will offer a choice of pulled beef cottage pie or black bean chilli


Bar
Tea, coffee (decaf instant on request), green tea*, herbal teas*, Earl Grey tea*, Harrogate Spring still and sparkling, orange juice, apple juice, tomato juice (Worcester sauce available), Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Schweppes Tonic Water, Schweppes Slimline Tonic Water, Schweppes Canada Dry Ginger Ale.

Ciroc vodka*, Smirnoff Red/Eristoff vodka, Tanqueray gin*, Gordons gin, Johnnie Walker Black Label*, Johnnie Walker Red Label, Bacardi white rum, Otard cognac, Baileys*, Cointreau*

Heineken, Brewdog Speedbird OG

One of: Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte Rserve Exclusive Brut*/Champagne Castelnau Rserve Brut NV*/Champagne Castelnau Brut Millsime 2007*/Heidsieck & Co Monopole Silver Top*

Lynx Barrel-Aged Chardonnay (California)*
Wild Rock Sauvignon Blanc (South Africa)*

Las Olas Malbec (Argentina)*
Cittadini Primitivo (Italy)*

Sauvignon Blanc (Chile)
Chardonnay (Italy)
Cabernet Sauvignon (Spain)
Merlot (Italy)


*Club Europe only





















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BA CityFlyer catering | guide, reviews and photos

Old Sep 14, 18, 9:27 am
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BA CityFlyer catering | guide, reviews and photos

See Wiki post for info regarding CityFlyer catering, updated to include Winter menus and changes to meal timings in Euro Traveller (from 28 October). Main change for winter is that in Euro Traveller bands 2L and 3, lunch availability returns to being based on departure time rather than flying time, and also gain meals between 15:30 and 19:29.

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Old Sep 14, 18, 9:31 am
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A gold star to Zappomatic, many thanks since the logic wasn't clear at all. Now it makes more sense and much easier to anticipate what the catering will be.
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Old Sep 14, 18, 10:22 am
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This is excellent, very helpful!
Interesting to note that some of the LHR/LGW medium CE 'losers' get a much better deal from LCY (and Campari!).
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Indeed it is noticeable that the Medium CE losers (and apparently they are new LHR/LGW band 2 losers also) get better catering from LCY. The LCY version of a salad of better quality and quantity at lunchtime and a hot meal in the evening is, I think, the correct offering (I would personally like a salad offering in the evening too, but I'm trying not to be too selfish in my demands...). That it is done from LCY only confirms by belief it's a (low) cost decision on BA mainline to continue under-providing on these routes, except MAD, which was upgraded for well documented reasons...

Mini-rant over, a few pics below of some CE menu items mentioned in zappomatic's excellent post above. I don't have a pic of the cod with green curry, or the tiger prawn with glass noodle salad, but have seen both and they look good. I've had the cold cut selection (not pictured) a few times, it's a decent choice though I normally take the crayfish salad over it. Also including pic of a Veg SPML ordered for Mrs O, it was plentiful and tasty, I had a little for the benefit of FT...


Cold meal: Smoked chicken & paprika bocconcini with houmous, Crayfish tail salad, Vanilla & coconut cheesecake


VGML (lunchtime flight, cold meal) - Asparagus tip with houmous & pomegranate seeds, Fusilli pasta salad in tomato sauce with asparagus tips, cherry tomatoes & radish, chocolate mousse cake.


Cold meal: Bresaola with sunblush tomato & turmeric houmous, Spicy pulled beef salad (I really enjoyed this), Chocolate mousse cake.


Hot dinner: Mixed salad, Cod with paprika gnocchi (decent, but fish was a bit overdone), choc mousse cake


Hot dinner: Mixed salad, chicken & chorizo risotto with sugar snap peas (tasted better than it looked, but not a star dish), Vanilla & coconut cheesecake
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Thanks zappomatic. Am I right in reading it that there is no difference at all then between Band 2L and Band 3? i.e. it's really one Band 3, which is a mix of long and select medium length sectors.
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Originally Posted by Ldnn1
Thanks zappomatic. Am I right in reading it that there is no difference at all then between Band 2L and Band 3? i.e. it's really one Band 3, which is a mix of long and select medium length sectors.
Pretty much - I think there may have been a difference in the past in Euro Traveller but now the only difference is no Tribute in the Euro Traveller bar for band 3.

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Any idea how the Eastern Airways codeshare/lease handles food?
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LIN-STN

AVML -
superb mixed veg curry with some spiced rice


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Which band will new destination FCO fall into?
Which band from MAN for CMF and SZG?
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Cold lunch LCY-TXL: Grilled tiger prawns with a Thai glass noodle, spring onion, celery and tomato salad served with an Asian dressing (warm scone delivered shortly after taking the photo)

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Gla-lcy 17/9



Menu for GLA-LCY Monday 17/9


The duck and cheesecake beautifully presented.
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Old Sep 19, 18, 9:56 am
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Lcy-gla 19/9

Same menu on the way back. I had the mackerel salad. I couldnt take pictures as the flight was jammed due to earlier cancellations. It was more Waitrose Standard than Sainsburys. Overall very good. Same cheesecake......
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really appreciate this thanks!
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Old Sep 20, 18, 2:25 am
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Here's the standard breakfast in EuroTraveller on a Band 1 (Dublin to London City).

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Old Sep 20, 18, 2:52 am
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Does this catering apply for ex-STN flights as well?

ie is e.g. STN->AGP this Saturday at 13:10 a cold meal. Asking for a friend...
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