orbitmic

My understanding is that at the moment, it is systematically the case with J and F mains being the same with different plating. Starters and desserts (and second meal) remain different.

thegamebird

This was not a good meal. Went out in F to Miami a couple of weeks ago and found the meal pretty decent. This was not. The fish was dry. The rice, albeit nicely cooked was difficult to eat as the 1 tablespoon of sauce plopped on top was just not enough. The pud was horrific! I could imagine a small child eating this and bouncing around the cabin for a couple of hours - we both found it sooo sweet. It was a strange orange colour and really very unpleasant. The cheese bowl was well, a small bowl of cheese....

Only had the yoghurt at breakfast which was the nicest thing on offer, but akin to something I'd find in an M&S garage.

All in all another pretty poor show from BA in Club. We were offered a glass water or orange juice (no top ups) on boarding, but no champagne.

HarryHolden68

Lamb Hot Pot? In First? Since when has BA aspired to serve food as good as the Rovers Return?

Pickash

LAX-LHR 1st meal service Special VGML




LAX-LHR 2nd meal service Special VGML

lost_in_translation

BA also seems to be reusing old CE mains too - just had this in F which people may recognise.
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passy777

Unfortunately, it doesn't look as good as 'Betty's Hot Pot'. She would be spinning in her grave if she knew someone had compared her signature dish to that offering.

Joking aside, and I appreciate the current difficulties BA are having to deal with (as other airlines are too), but its depressing reading through the current catering threads seeing the 'Delicious Global Cuisine' as described on ba.com being served with the disclaimer that 'some descriptions and images may not represent our current available services as we respond to COVID-19'.

Other airlines at least attempt to maintain a decent menu despite the difficulties.

A P Yu

I think the one tray service is here to stay in J. The new Club Suite aisle is just too narrow for all the upping and downing, and the second reason will be to eliminate all the complaints on slow service and long meal times. I expect a starter option will be reintroduced sooner rather than later, but will just be delivered on the one tray.

FlightDetective

Considering the fact other airlines have essentially the exact same seat on their aircraft and can manage to offer a proper meal service, I disagree with your conclusions around the aisle width impacting this.

A P Yu

Other airlines may have slimmer crew, or more realistically galley positions at both ends of the cabin which means hand service can be delivered without the need to pass a colleague. Time will tell I guess.
But one of the reasons for the seemingly slow service is waiting for your colleague to return to the galley so you can start your run. Its fun to observe sometimes and has been mentioned as an issue by a number of BA crew - particularly on the refurbed 77W

HarryHolden68

Regardless of speed of service, for which I have never had a problem, the pictures in this thread are not worthy of a greasy spoon. It all looks awful. If a restaurant presented food that looked like that, it would go straight back. Can we stop with the pretence that it is any more than basic sustenance.

Postdoc

Why does BA continue to conflate vegetarian with vegan? It's just sooo annoying. And a rice cake with jam?? Ugh.

Can I help you

Because a vegan meal was ordered!

POG

Thank you very much for posting this. I was contemplating ordering the VGML for my F flight this weekend. I won’t now.

Postdoc

I'm sure the last time I bothered ordering a VGML meal (i.e. years ago) there was no VLML alternative, hence the obviously incorrect assumption that BA lumped vegetarian and vegan together.

becks1

Full English breakfast back on PHX-LHR on 7 Dec. Didnt appreciate the crew telling me �hurry, not much time for breakfast� when we had over an hour left flight.

Chicken breast with risotto? I forgot to take a picture of the menu, but it didn�t indicate the chicken would be breaded (gross) and that certainly was an odd risotto.