I was in Y on EK last week (DXB-DEL). A passenger sitting on my row was extremely upset that there was chicken in his pre booked 'hindu' meal.

The purser had to come down to Y and explain the definition of EK's 'Hindu meal' ie. Does not contain beef but can be chicken or lamb.

I suspect that there are a lot of passengers new to EK who have had the same issue .

On another note I was surprised to see Amul butter (its am Indian brand of butter) in the lunchtime tray on a DXB-DEL flight !

I thought that flights ex DXB were always catered from DXB???

Is the normal vegetarian meal likely to be unspicy? My 15 year old daughter has ordered vegetarian meal for our trip next month and she hates spicy food. Have warned her to take some snacks with her but if we know that there will be non spicy food it will be easier esp for trip home.

on what flight? it's virtually impossible to tell on a general basis what a special meal will be but where the flight is catered may influence it. Also plane meals generally are quite bland.

I order lacto-ovo veg and every single time it's been spicy so take snacks when in Y.
I can't see why they can't do something like a spinach and ricotta pasta for lacto-ovo meals.
But they rarely do pasta IME.
I think they just serve the Asian veg for all the veggies.

Thanks.

That's what worries me. Given they do Asian veggie which is spicy I don't see why they can't do bland veggie (with something like pasta).

Just don't order Asian Vegetarian. Order lacto-ovo which is generic vegetarian.

Indians may be using the term vegetarian loosely but veganism is gaining popularity in the west. Many health conscious folks are switching to strictly plant based diet. Who knows, some day in future wheat grass juice may be an option.

strict vegetarianism in India means no eggs (which are classified by the government as non-veg and any item containing egg has a red dot (indicating non-veg)), while milk and other dairy-based products are considered veg. So it does seem a little arbitrary.

True. In India, eggs are considered "non-vegetarian" - huge market for eggless cakes. :-) But that is probably more of a cultural definition. Although more and more people seem to be fine with food items that may contain eggs.

Yes. The "Hindu" meal definition is confusing as the word "Hindu" seems to indicate the religion & more Indians are vegetarian because of religion (mostly Hindu). If you ask me, the "Hindu" and "AVML" should have been swapped but probably too late to make that change.

It would appear that all of the Godiva marketing dollars have been well spent if no taste test is necessary.
Keep in mind that a true taste test needs to be blind. If someone really wants to tell which they prefer, they should take a box of each, cut the chocolates into the exact same shape, blindfold themselves and have someone else put them on a table. In addition, it would be best to include a selection of other branded chocolates.

This is the same thing that should be done with all of this Dom Perignon talk that constantly goes on. Once you've done a blind test (not relying on some "expert" blind tasting), you may actually find out you prefer the "cheaper" version of many products and your pocketbook will thank you!

Don't be ridiculous, how will F pax lord it over the peasants at the J bar if people thought Dom tasted worse and was no better than Moet/Veuve!! They'd have to rely on the larger flute with all that implies...

:D

DONT TELL THIS m3red :D

I can tell my Dom from my Krug and my LPGS and my Pol Roger.

I do like Veuve (la grande dame)

;)

To be honest I kind of like the La Bollinger on Etihad recently, compared to the Moet in EK J which I find a bit too dry

I do order lacto-ovo and never ever get a bland pasta type meal - always a spicy meal similar to Asian veg.:confused:
They even leave the cheese and biscuits off the tray which is stupid considering lacto-ovo means you eat cheese and eggs.