Long haul in-flight catering | First
#676
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Flying LHR to BOS next week in F so should experience the new menu first hand. Spoke to a lovely lady at You First yesterday, as I was curious to see the new menu. Apparently it’s not available to send out yet, and they didn’t have a copy. I’ll grab a menu on Wednesday if anyone’s interested.
#677
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Warwickshire, England
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#678
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Newcastle UK
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Not sure if these have been posted already but just received them from You First. LHR BOS 213 and BOS LHR 238 for Aug. Had to take screenshots as the files sent are too large to upload here. I haven't included the snack page from the 238 as it's similar. Personally I'm very happy with the menu and I've decided to cancel my gluten free and choose from this.
#679
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Good to see the soup in the menu, that if you like soup of course.
#680
Join Date: Dec 2015
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BA107 LHR-DXB 05/08/2022
#681
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: York, UK
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The Lindt truffles persist I see, no sign of a return to Lauden Chocolates.
#682
Join Date: Feb 2012
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LHR-DXB 7/8/2022 (but overnight rather then daytime flight, hence breakfast rather than burger!)
#683
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 131
ORD > LHR 2nd August 2022 ba1543
Canapés
Beef
Prawns
Chicken
Lamb
Pasta
Soup and Salad
Side of veg
Chocolate Mousse
Cheese
breakfast waffles
Canapés
Beef
Prawns
Chicken
Lamb
Pasta
Soup and Salad
Side of veg
Chocolate Mousse
Cheese
breakfast waffles
#684
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: Mucci Chevalier des Internautes Amables; BAEC
Posts: 971
A review of the updated first menu appeared on ‘turning left for less’ today…
https://www.turningleftforless.com/n...ton-100-bonus/
https://www.turningleftforless.com/n...ton-100-bonus/
#685
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
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A review of the updated first menu appeared on ‘turning left for less’ today…
https://www.turningleftforless.com/n...ton-100-bonus/
https://www.turningleftforless.com/n...ton-100-bonus/
just flew QR first and catering was on very different level with caviar available.
”Brandygate” was a new one on me. I haven’t seen Otard in lounges for a long time. Now I know why
#686
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On the broader question I'd be really interested in knowing what you had on QR as I actually found the QR F food rather underwhelming (effectively very similar to their J food with the addition of caviar and one additional dish) so I'm interested to know if they have finally changed things to make it special. My personal favourites for F food and drink are JL and AF (in very different ways) and I quite like LX too (though a lot less). Both AF and JL offer caviar but it's mostly "the rest" I find very impressive (ie a number of other airlines also offer caviar but do not impress me as much with the rest of their menus).
In any case, it looks like BA F is now essentially back to pre-pandemic which is already a good start as far as I am concerned after what looked rather underwhelming in recent months. (bar the chocolate!)
#687
Join Date: Aug 2017
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If you travel to, say, LAX, on CW, I'd be very disappointed with the single tray meal. It's really not much better than you get on CE on a 2 hour flight to Ibiza!
First meals above look a tonne better than the current CW!
#688
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: UK
Posts: 578
He clearly hasn't compared the above with the current Club World then. Club World is more like Club Europe or 'slightly better than WTP' right now.
If you travel to, say, LAX, on CW, I'd be very disappointed with the single tray meal. It's really not much better than you get on CE on a 2 hour flight to Ibiza!
First meals above look a tonne better than the current CW!
If you travel to, say, LAX, on CW, I'd be very disappointed with the single tray meal. It's really not much better than you get on CE on a 2 hour flight to Ibiza!
First meals above look a tonne better than the current CW!
#689
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: London
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Anybody know if the scrambled eggs for breakfast are still cooked "fresh" onboard? Pre-covid they were cooked on board rather than just reheated.
#690
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 1,403
That's like saying Liverpool is planning to buy a world class striker, in November, whilst sitting at the bottom of the Premiership in August.