School dinner desserts
Jun 19, 2019, 8:04 am
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May be a minority opinion here, but I personally *love* BA desserts. Usually the favorite part of my meal on BA. So much so, I often do starter, soup, dessert and cheese while skipping the main.
Some of the recent ones on-board from the past couple of weeks - both the chocolate mille-feuille and orange sponge pudding have been divine. (Even the strawberry custard tart that graces the CCR menu these days is super!)
Some of the recent ones on-board from the past couple of weeks - both the chocolate mille-feuille and orange sponge pudding have been divine. (Even the strawberry custard tart that graces the CCR menu these days is super!)
Jun 19, 2019, 8:10 am
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Assembled from the trolley at your seat, toppings according to preference. I usually just say “Everything, please.”
Jun 19, 2019, 8:18 am
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Jun 19, 2019, 8:22 am
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I've generally always found the desserts on BA to be quite good presentation wise and taste wise but looking at it from a health perspective Desserts and Cheese are really not good for the old ticker so take note all you older ones here on FT.
*They really should not be eaten at all, they're high in saturated fat and the sugar content in the Desserts in also very high.
(*In the hope that anyone takes this advice that means I can go for a 2nd pudding or 2nd cheese plate
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*They really should not be eaten at all, they're high in saturated fat and the sugar content in the Desserts in also very high.
(*In the hope that anyone takes this advice that means I can go for a 2nd pudding or 2nd cheese plate
)
Jun 19, 2019, 8:32 am
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Dear OP. You must realise that this is BRITISH Airways and not Air France and that desserts like a lot of the food are still at Infant School level. There may be any amount of discussion about the merits of whichever bling-bling Champagne marque they quaff, but scratch the service and I guarantee that if they served Rhubarb Crumble and Custard or Ice Cream and they’d run out by Row 3.
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Jun 19, 2019, 8:34 am
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Jun 19, 2019, 8:52 am
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Girl you need to come and try mine! 
Never tried Tapioca so can't comment but you shouldn't write it off.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318411.php
Never tried Tapioca so can't comment but you shouldn't write it off.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318411.php
Jun 19, 2019, 10:14 am
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Jun 19, 2019, 10:18 am
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Jun 19, 2019, 10:25 am
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Tapioca pudding. I diligently read the Health benefits.
However, many, many years ago I ate this stuff at school. Never again.
A Blumenthal bread and butter pudding would be good, though. Blumenthal's is not as good as the one that Warren House sometimes do.
However, many, many years ago I ate this stuff at school. Never again.
A Blumenthal bread and butter pudding would be good, though. Blumenthal's is not as good as the one that Warren House sometimes do.
Jun 19, 2019, 10:30 am
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I am totally certain you are correct, and if it was custard it would be easy to prepare, keeps well, inexpensive, taste good at 35,000 feet and would induce anguished expressions for "Seconds" from half the customers. It is even inexpensive just in case I haven't mentioned it. So goodness knows why BA haven't tried it, they could even get a foodie spin by originating the rhubarb from the Yorkshire Triangle.
Jun 19, 2019, 11:01 am
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Given that I mainly fly down the back, WT and WT+ but also twice in CW this year I have seen a variety of the desserts that BA have to offer and whilst the Do&Co desserts (small though they be) are tasty, I would surely love some traditional British school dinner desserts! Spotted dick, apple crumble with custard, even that weird (custard?) tart that seems to be a British school dinner favourite and brings back many memories of prep school!
Jun 19, 2019, 11:09 am
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Girl you need to come and try mine!
Never tried Tapioca so can't comment but you shouldn't write it off.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318411.php
Never tried Tapioca so can't comment but you shouldn't write it off.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318411.php
In fairness I am more of a Savoury than Sweet person .