I present you the VGML (VEGAN) catering in FIRST.
Jan 29, 2019, 1:20 pm
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Jan 29, 2019, 1:29 pm
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I wish it wasn't the case, but unfortunately it is. How do you feel when they run out of your meal choice? It's sort of the same thing. I wish that DMV didn't suck, but I have accepted the fact that I will waste time and be frustrated. I would love to have Wolfgang Puck whipping me up some fresh delights on board, but even my $20k ticket isn't going to get me that. I have accepted the meritocracy that is first class flying. Some lounges have great food. I wish they could follow up in the sky but I understand the limitations of reheating over salted and seasoned food.
Jan 29, 2019, 1:29 pm
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I'm surprised that the cabin crew didn't try to be more creative and scrounge something suitable for the OP (or partner) to eat. There must have been some fruit onboard that could have been artfully arranged on FC dinnerware, even if the crew weren't aware of the exact definition of vegan and had to ask what what was permissible. In this situation, I would have expected the purser (or equivalent title) to raid the crew meals for something to offer as well as looking at unselected business class meal choices. Just being apologetic and embarrassed isn't enough and someone needs to solve the problem.
Someone mentioned a TATL flight from SAN: I would expect that station to have good veggie and vegan options as it's a comon lifestyle choice in California, although this of course depends on what BA negotiates for their catering contract.
Someone mentioned a TATL flight from SAN: I would expect that station to have good veggie and vegan options as it's a comon lifestyle choice in California, although this of course depends on what BA negotiates for their catering contract.
Jan 29, 2019, 2:22 pm
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British Airways appears to have contempt for vegetarians and vegans in F. That opening post meal is tragically predictable. BA offer a lacto-ovo selection in advance. I no longer bother to select it as no effort beyond standard J is made. The OP got a worse offering than CE delivers. Instead I check the menu in advance and work out what I can have from that. At least that gives better choice than the business/economy offering impersonating F. BA should deal with this in their revamp of the soft product. There are vegan champagne and wine choices but real effort is needed on the food. BA features the food and beverage option as a part of their quality dining offering. In essence, vegan and vegetarian passengers get J standard food - or worse.
Jan 29, 2019, 2:32 pm
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It was in fact my partner who received this meal.
I am not vegan myself.
I felt sorry for him. He was very excited about flying in First and BA let him down.
One of the comic moment was that when I joined to buddy dine with him and sat down, he received his meal, and in that moment I found a dirty old sock on the seat probably from the previous flight.
I handed it to the crew as they were serving the meal.
I couldn’t help but bursted out laughing.
Jan 29, 2019, 2:36 pm
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Vegan 'risotto' is also possible to make tasty. Perhaps using yeast flakes and obviously removing butter.
Last edited by AnaTravel; Jan 29, 2019 at 2:51 pm Reason: For the avoidance of doubt, added vegetarian to Italian hard cheese.
Jan 29, 2019, 2:37 pm
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I have a cousin who didn't realise, and when told said "never mind, I really like it".
The same cousin who, being "gluten intolerant" is only so when they know there is gluten in their meal. After eating bread they thought was gluten free in a hotel, over a number of days, not a single problem from it...
Jan 29, 2019, 2:38 pm
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Risotto is easy to adapt for a vegetarian, PG. It would mean using an Italian hard cheese rather than parmesan. Mushroom risotto is delicious when made with vegetable stock. My husband likes this and it's not too far from authentic.
Vegan 'risotto' is also possible to make tasty. Perhaps using yeast flakes and obviously removing butter.
Vegan 'risotto' is also possible to make tasty. Perhaps using yeast flakes and obviously removing butter.
Jan 29, 2019, 2:50 pm
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The vegan 'risotto' I suggested has no dairy elements. The vegetarian one does. The Italian hard cheese that would be used in this context is vegetarian. British Airways use this vegetarian suitable Italian hard cheese on the CCR menu sometimes now.
Last edited by AnaTravel; Jan 29, 2019 at 2:53 pm Reason: For clarity
Jan 29, 2019, 3:37 pm
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Photos taken off another website. VEGAN BA FIRST dishes from the past.
(Photos credit: https://guyrobottv.wordpress.com/201...tic-and-delta/ )
I saw a comment or two saying that vegan dishes can’t be anythinf else then just boiled veggies and rice, so there.
(Photos credit: https://guyrobottv.wordpress.com/201...tic-and-delta/ )
I saw a comment or two saying that vegan dishes can’t be anythinf else then just boiled veggies and rice, so there.
If I was flying first, which I never do as I save my money for the destination, I'd truly expect something more like this:
Last edited by OccasionalFlyerPerson; Jan 29, 2019 at 3:40 pm Reason: Added something
Jan 29, 2019, 4:17 pm
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Although people with special diets have my sympathy I've found there's never any guarantee the normal meal will please those who have no special requirements.. I've had a few disasters along the years even in BA and TG F.
Jan 29, 2019, 4:35 pm
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I was unwell on a qatar business class flight once, and the crew were more than happy to create a combination of food based on what I said I could face eating. Mainly crisp-based, I have to say, but the crew served them in a nice big bowl and kept me topped up for the whole flight, and kept checking whether I was ready to try something else, So, while crisps are not exactly business class food (neither are cornflakes, which is almost all I ate on another flight), it was what i wanted at the time and I was left feeling that I'd received excellent personal service.
Jan 29, 2019, 4:42 pm
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People with special diets deserve sympathy and help especially when health reasons are the motivations behind. However, one has to admit that there is no specific health indication for a vegan diet, as it is an issue of personal choice, and even most OP here here seem to disagree as to what could/would be considered acceptable for a vegan in terms of ingredients and combinations. While the presentation of the meal is indeed ghastly, as the airline already has -excellent often times- a la carte vegetarian offers, it is a bit unfair to blame BA for adapting so badly to the traveller’s personal preference. I am not sure other airlines do consistently better with the vegan offer. And let’s face it, an avios service recovery for not meeting specific personal expectations (after all, vegan food was offered, even most restaurants wont know how to prepare a sumpupus vegan meal) is quite a good will gesture. A nice fulfilling elegant vegan meal is not is the contract of carriage.
Jan 29, 2019, 5:32 pm
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People with special diets deserve sympathy and help especially when health reasons are the motivations behind. However, one has to admit that there is no specific health indication for a vegan diet, as it is an issue of personal choice, and even most OP here here seem to disagree as to what could/would be considered acceptable for a vegan in terms of ingredients and combinations. While the presentation of the meal is indeed ghastly, as the airline already has -excellent often times- a la carte vegetarian offers, it is a bit unfair to blame BA for adapting so badly to the traveller’s personal preference. I am not sure other airlines do consistently better with the vegan offer. And let’s face it, an avios service recovery for not meeting specific personal expectations (after all, vegan food was offered, even most restaurants wont know how to prepare a sumpupus vegan meal) is quite a good will gesture. A nice fulfilling elegant vegan meal is not is the contract of carriage.
