Mar 15, 2022, 5:58 pm
Last edit by: Prospero
Please do not quote photos in this thread.
Details of band and service timings can be found here: Band & Services Timings
Sister thread: Club Europe catering | opinions and general discussion
Archived thread Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos (Sep 2018 to Mar 2022)
Numbers relate to the post number. Vegetarian means the alternative option provided as standard rather than the special meals. The pre-ordered special meals are AVML (Asia-vegetarian), CHML (children's meal), DBML (diabetic meal), GFML (gluten-free), HNML (Hindu non-vegetarian meal), KSML (Kosher meal), LCML (low-calorie meal), LFML (low-fat meal), NLML (low-lactose meal), LSML (low salt meal), MOML (Muslim meal), VGML (vegan meal), and VLML (lacto-ovo vegetarian).
There are differences between the offering in/out of LHR, LGW, and BA CityFlyer routes operated from LCY, STN, BRS, BHX, MAN, EDI, and DUB. For BA CityFlyer flights please refer to this guide created by eJetterBA CityFlyer catering guide
Last update: post 2705 (band 1 breakfast KSML)
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Chef's Chat sheets for:
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Express (LBA, MAN, and JER only. Note JER is classed as 'Express' but gets band 1 service)
Breakfast:
Brunch:
Lunch:
Afternoon tea:
Dinner:
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Band 1 (UK, France, Ireland, BeNeLux, Germany)
Breakfast: 2705 (KSML),
Brunch:
Lunch: 2637,
Afternoon tea:
Dinner: 2697 (KSML),
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Band 2 (e.g. Barcelona, Nice, Venice, Prague, Copenhagen)
Breakfast:
Brunch:
Lunch: 2631, 2636,
Afternoon tea: 2630 (CHML), 2637
Dinner:
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Band 3 (e.g. Madrid, Rome, Warsaw, Stockholm)
Breakfast: 1298 (LSML),
Rest of the day: 1299 (LSML),
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Band 4 (e.g. Malta, Sofia, Kyiv, Istanbul)
Breakfast:
Rest of the day: 2639
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Band 5 (e.g., Cairo, Amman)
Breakfast:
Rest of the day:
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Details of band and service timings can be found here: Band & Services Timings
Sister thread: Club Europe catering | opinions and general discussion
Archived thread Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos (Sep 2018 to Mar 2022)
Numbers relate to the post number. Vegetarian means the alternative option provided as standard rather than the special meals. The pre-ordered special meals are AVML (Asia-vegetarian), CHML (children's meal), DBML (diabetic meal), GFML (gluten-free), HNML (Hindu non-vegetarian meal), KSML (Kosher meal), LCML (low-calorie meal), LFML (low-fat meal), NLML (low-lactose meal), LSML (low salt meal), MOML (Muslim meal), VGML (vegan meal), and VLML (lacto-ovo vegetarian).
There are differences between the offering in/out of LHR, LGW, and BA CityFlyer routes operated from LCY, STN, BRS, BHX, MAN, EDI, and DUB. For BA CityFlyer flights please refer to this guide created by eJetterBA CityFlyer catering guide
Last update: post 2705 (band 1 breakfast KSML)
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Chef's Chat sheets for:
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Express (LBA, MAN, and JER only. Note JER is classed as 'Express' but gets band 1 service)
Breakfast:
Brunch:
Lunch:
Afternoon tea:
Dinner:
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Band 1 (UK, France, Ireland, BeNeLux, Germany)
Breakfast: 2705 (KSML),
Brunch:
Lunch: 2637,
Afternoon tea:
Dinner: 2697 (KSML),
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Band 2 (e.g. Barcelona, Nice, Venice, Prague, Copenhagen)
Breakfast:
Brunch:
Lunch: 2631, 2636,
Afternoon tea: 2630 (CHML), 2637
Dinner:
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Band 3 (e.g. Madrid, Rome, Warsaw, Stockholm)
Breakfast: 1298 (LSML),
Rest of the day: 1299 (LSML),
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Band 4 (e.g. Malta, Sofia, Kyiv, Istanbul)
Breakfast:
Rest of the day: 2639
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Band 5 (e.g., Cairo, Amman)
Breakfast:
Rest of the day:
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Club Europe catering | menus, reviews and photos
Jul 19, 2022, 2:24 am
#706
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Jul 19, 2022, 3:24 am
#707
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Jul 19, 2022, 4:46 am
#709
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1. If you say so Pet
2. If you say so Pet - I rather wish that they were flageolets as soya beans are not among my favourite
3. Have you actually eaten it - maybe someone else did and can tell us.
Do not listen to rumours that I have homocidal tendencies violent - my hairbrush is set to stun. For now,
2. If you say so Pet - I rather wish that they were flageolets as soya beans are not among my favourite
3. Have you actually eaten it - maybe someone else did and can tell us.
Do not listen to rumours that I have homocidal tendencies violent - my hairbrush is set to stun. For now,
I have eaten it, as well as the Tofu veg alternative. give it a try, you may well enjoy trying new things.
Jul 19, 2022, 5:36 am
#710
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#nochickenbreastsalad
BA503 18:45 LIS - LHR
The starter was the highlight : fresh, crisp and generously seasoned.
The watery slop alongside the beef resembled potato soup. Definitely not anything like “potatoes au gratin”
And I can’t really eat the beef cheeks without thinking of all the mournful, hollow-faced cattle in the fields around Heathrow.
One observation : despite this being an evening flight, with departure delayed until 20:15, the crew took a rather leisurely run at drinks service and prep, resulting in the food not coming out until about 21:20.
The starter was the highlight : fresh, crisp and generously seasoned.
The watery slop alongside the beef resembled potato soup. Definitely not anything like “potatoes au gratin”
And I can’t really eat the beef cheeks without thinking of all the mournful, hollow-faced cattle in the fields around Heathrow.
One observation : despite this being an evening flight, with departure delayed until 20:15, the crew took a rather leisurely run at drinks service and prep, resulting in the food not coming out until about 21:20.
Jul 19, 2022, 5:46 am
#711
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I too am one who thinks that within the framework of those tiny cold plates, the "poke plate" (salmon, not tofu please) is probably the best that there has been for quite a while.
Yes, that's not a full meal, but neither are any of those cold plates, which those of us who are band 2 sacrificial lambs know everything about, and in fact this one feels a lot more filling because of the rice. If I had a suggestion, since poke has long ceased to be a traditional Hawaiian offering to become Pacific rim fusion a long time ago, I think this would gain enormously from offering a little side of kimchi, or wasabi, or both with it.
On the other hand, I don't share KARFA's enthusiasm for the Mexican chicken, but for full disclosure, I am not usually a fan of bean salads anyway, so I may just be the wrong target group for this.
I haven't had the beef cheek nor the spinach muffin, but they both look nice, in particular the latter which looks a lot better than BA's not-so-full English.
Yes, that's not a full meal, but neither are any of those cold plates, which those of us who are band 2 sacrificial lambs know everything about, and in fact this one feels a lot more filling because of the rice. If I had a suggestion, since poke has long ceased to be a traditional Hawaiian offering to become Pacific rim fusion a long time ago, I think this would gain enormously from offering a little side of kimchi, or wasabi, or both with it.
On the other hand, I don't share KARFA's enthusiasm for the Mexican chicken, but for full disclosure, I am not usually a fan of bean salads anyway, so I may just be the wrong target group for this.
I haven't had the beef cheek nor the spinach muffin, but they both look nice, in particular the latter which looks a lot better than BA's not-so-full English.
Jul 19, 2022, 6:19 am
#712
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BA503 18:45 LIS - LHR
The starter was the highlight : fresh, crisp and generously seasoned.
The watery slop alongside the beef resembled potato soup. Definitely not anything like “potatoes au gratin”
And I can’t really eat the beef cheeks without thinking of all the mournful, hollow-faced cattle in the fields around Heathrow.
One observation : despite this being an evening flight, with departure delayed until 20:15, the crew took a rather leisurely run at drinks service and prep, resulting in the food not coming out until about 21:20.
The starter was the highlight : fresh, crisp and generously seasoned.
The watery slop alongside the beef resembled potato soup. Definitely not anything like “potatoes au gratin”
And I can’t really eat the beef cheeks without thinking of all the mournful, hollow-faced cattle in the fields around Heathrow.
One observation : despite this being an evening flight, with departure delayed until 20:15, the crew took a rather leisurely run at drinks service and prep, resulting in the food not coming out until about 21:20.
Jul 19, 2022, 6:53 am
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The one I had was with tofu and it's fantastic. Promise!
Jul 19, 2022, 8:03 am
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Jul 19, 2022, 8:05 am
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It's a shame more airlines don't do this, but I'm delighted BA have got on board with it. Sure beats scrambled egg slop! Plus the spinach is nice and healthy and so on.
Jul 19, 2022, 8:06 am
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Jul 19, 2022, 8:08 am
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Jul 19, 2022, 8:55 am
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Jul 19, 2022, 9:27 am
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If I were in a restaurant that received all the meals pre-plated and the heating took place on the plate that you were going to serve the customer - I would leave. I am not. I am at 30,000+ and being served in an area probably smaller than your downstairs cloakroom. We could of course mention the dessert in a plastic pot. If you are hungry, really hungry, you concern yourself with what is on the plate and how it tastes rather than the aesthetics of the presentation
Jul 19, 2022, 10:05 am
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If I were in a restaurant that received all the meals pre-plated and the heating took place on the plate that you were going to serve the customer - I would leave. I am not. I am at 30,000+ and being served in an area probably smaller than your downstairs cloakroom. We could of course mention the dessert in a plastic pot. If you are hungry, really hungry, you concern yourself with what is on the plate and how it tastes rather than the aesthetics of the presentation
I guess if you are really, really hungry why not throw your starter, main, side and desert in a blender