cx caviar
 

let me start by saying i dont like caviar and if i was in cx F i would not eat it

now here is my question how expensive are the portions cx serves to its f pax. it sounds like it must be VERY good if people will wait to go to slepp till after the caviar service?

thanks

You might like it if you try it! :)
I have found that the serving depends on how many others are in the cabin - I've been given 3 large spoonfuls on some flights with only 5-6 pax in the cabin, but on a full flight you may only get one spoonful.

One thing that is very odd - they do not give pax a proper utensil with which to eat it! Using a silver fork/spoon is supposed to change the taste (making it metallic or sour). CX does not provide an alternative, really, so I end up using the plastic knife (ex-JFK) - the only piece of plastic utensil. :eek:

I find myself craving it at times. For some reason, it tastes better in the air than on the ground!

but what would a portion cost per spoon full?

I've always been served Ocietra caviar in CX F, which is a "step below" Beluga and (price-wise) a step above Sevruga. I would estimate probably $100 a spoonful, but likely they get some discount given how much they must be buying for all those flights - ? :D

i guess now i can understand what all the hoopla was about :cool:

In the U.S., the three major kinds of Russian or Iranian sturgeon caviar, Sevruga, Osetra, and Beluga, *start* at $35, $50, and $70 per ounce (retail) respectively. Of course, premium brands can go for much more. An ounce ought to be good for three or four heaping spoonfuls on a caviar-service spoon (about 50% larger than a demi-tasse espresso spoon). Somewhat surprised to hear that CX expects you to eat it on a metal spoon. Allowing that some think it spoils the taste as much as metal, they must serve crackers or toast points that you can eat from, no?

I remember my first First Class flight ever, which was also my first trip abroad: cashed in AAdvantage miles for LAX-HKG on CX in 1990, shortly after the 747-400 nonstop service began. In 3A, I even had the seat next to me empty for my Teddy Bear. Since I was barely 15, regretably I had not acquired a taste for caviar yet. CX was wonderful, of course, but I will always remember (who wouldn't?) the exhilaration of landing at Kai Tak. THAT was unforgetable.

Sample prices:

http://www.caviarrusse.com/caviar.html

http://www.petrossian.com/product_in...ype=85&order=1

At a dinner partry last Saturday in Stockholm the hostess (just having returned from Dubai) served what seemed like a huge plateful of Iranian Beluga caviar fo us all to tuck into. After some wine, she estimated the "street value" was around US$1500 for the six of us. Apparently Dubai is a hotbed of black market caviar, so not sure what the actual cost was. Apparently bribes to the customs officials was necessary.

So does this mean that they kept the caviar from JFK-YVR on the YVR-HKG sector and didn't throw it out in YVR?

So if I fly YVR-HKG on CX 889, there would still be a chance they have some left over caviar?

Dubai prices for caviar are about 15-20% of the London or NY price, but quality is erratic so it isn't always as much of a discount as it seems. If you are flying BA F they will store your caviar for you in the wine cooler (but they don't have much space!). The duty free store at DBX also sells caviar pre-packed in a thermos type cooler which keeps it for 24 hours or so. The duty free price is also quite good but I have never tried it so cannot comment on their quality. I buy only from Caviar House and not very often these days.

well if you only ask for Caviar, you will have 3 spoonful of them on your plate, and only one spoonful of caviar if you hv the salmon at the same time...accompany with Creme Frachie(Sour Cream sometimes!?), warm potatoes and your choice of chop egg white, egg yolk, onion , melba toast, Bread, the crew are trained to serve that way, regarding the portion of Each scoop of Caviar then it depends on the crew...
In CX frist class u can hv anything you like from the menu at anytime. take HKG/YVR for instance, you can hv a HOt-pot rice as your dinner, then a scramble egg as a mid-flight snack, than the Caviar for breakfast, the crew will only heat the items from the Meal order, and some of them will heat up everything 1 1/2 hors b4 the arrival time

CX serves Ossetra. I have typically received two "dollups" which was about 30 grams. If FC is empty you will get three dollups, IME. I have notived no reduction in portion if you elect to have both the salmon and the caviar. I have been paying about $70USD for 30gr of Ossetra lately. I strongly encourage everyone to avoid black market caviar.

CX does serve crackers with caviar. You can request for a bigger portion or have more than one plate in combination with other starters and they will serve it. I find that SQ is more generous with caviar, perhaps they carry more on board.

I'm pretty sure the caviar CX currently serves (at least on my flight mid-February HKG-JNB) is farmed caviar, not true Ossetra. They even took that label off the menus.

u r right, CX currently serves the Caviar from Italy, Ossetra is out of stock in CX at least..CX claims it's beocs the supply of Ossetra is tight, don't know if it is an excuse of cost cutting?

Probably a little of both. Tight supplies have run the costs up, and CX doesn't want to pay.