Apr 14, 2018, 1:56 am
Last edit by: intuition
Longhaul menus are supposed to be visible in MMB, but it is often broken. At the time of publishing, this link works.
Collection of current longhaul J menus (finnair.com)
Collection of current longhaul J menus (finnair.com)
Finnair Long Haul Business Class Food
Feb 25, 2018, 4:44 am
#48
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), TK Elite (*G), BT VIP, HH D, BW DS
Posts: 484
HEL-HKG Midnight menu
I flew AY99 and AY100 in the past two weeks, here some comments about the new menus:ř
ex-HEL: the signature cod dish by Tommi Myllymäki was quite dry and lacked character. The grav lax appetizer was better, yet also lacked strong accent flavors, despite the horseradish and mustard. Two choices of appetizers, cant recall if that's new on the midnight menu.
ex-HKG: I had pre-ordered the Jaakko Sorsa meatballs, which were excellent. One of my best dished in Finnair J. The (seemingly green) FA insisted that my preorder determined my starter, and after two tries of ordering the salmon appetizer, I gave up. I got the meat option, which was lackluster. IMO very stupid service from the young male FA.
tl;dr: choice of appetizers back on ex-HEL midnight menu. Or did it ever even disappear?
EDIT: Amuse Bouche served both ways, the other flight's crew's view of a proper midnight meal drink service (a glass for each item) was not adequate
ex-HEL: the signature cod dish by Tommi Myllymäki was quite dry and lacked character. The grav lax appetizer was better, yet also lacked strong accent flavors, despite the horseradish and mustard. Two choices of appetizers, cant recall if that's new on the midnight menu.
ex-HKG: I had pre-ordered the Jaakko Sorsa meatballs, which were excellent. One of my best dished in Finnair J. The (seemingly green) FA insisted that my preorder determined my starter, and after two tries of ordering the salmon appetizer, I gave up. I got the meat option, which was lackluster. IMO very stupid service from the young male FA.
tl;dr: choice of appetizers back on ex-HEL midnight menu. Or did it ever even disappear?
EDIT: Amuse Bouche served both ways, the other flight's crew's view of a proper midnight meal drink service (a glass for each item) was not adequate
Last edited by SuloL; Feb 25, 2018 at 4:49 am Reason: More stuff
Feb 27, 2018, 3:50 pm
#49
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,603
... and wine
This year none of AY wines won any prices in the Business Traveller survey. The wine list won the silver medallion for the best presented Wine list in Business class. Source: Business Traveller March 2018.
I do agree that the wine list looks nice. Often one is diaspointed to read how well the wine would go with x dish not available onboard. Wouldn’t it be nice that it would also recommend the wines matching for today’s meals (alternatively the recommendations could also be shown in the menu).And how about the wines in short-haul J. Wouldn’t it be nice to have two choices of Red and white Wine as like it used to be in Y.Some one commented the improved Wine list in long haul flights. I fully agree that it would be great to have a choice for Champagne (rose? or maybe a very good And interesting sparkling Wine)Sorry for the autocorrected spelling errors.
Last edited by nordic; Feb 27, 2018 at 3:59 pm
Feb 27, 2018, 8:47 pm
#50
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: New York, NY
Programs: AA Gold. UA Silver, Marriott Gold, Hilton Diamond, Hyatt (Lifetime Diamond downgraded to Explorist)
Posts: 6,776
Using the chat function of the AY website I was able to get a description of the schedule meals for my flights. The currently had up to May 5th's flights planned out. Respond took a total of 12 hours (overnight US hours).
Feb 27, 2018, 11:02 pm
#51
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Going around Russian airspace
Posts: 621
Couple days ago NRT-HEL, lucky op-up 
Starter was very good, main food way too dry (it was Chef Maezawa special) and cheese plate quite delicious.
Only coke and water for drinks, it was quite difficult morning...
Starter was very good, main food way too dry (it was Chef Maezawa special) and cheese plate quite delicious.
Only coke and water for drinks, it was quite difficult morning...
Feb 28, 2018, 1:34 am
#53
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), Bonvoy Gold, ALL Silver
Posts: 3,038
Can someone please remind me (again) when the pre-orders (option 1, 2 3 etc) of LH J meals opens up?
Have a J segment in 30 days time (midnight HEL-BKK flight) and I don't seem to have the options available other than the usual kosher, low sodium etc.
I did receive the mail from AY reminding me about the upcoming flights so I checked and there were no options...
Have a J segment in 30 days time (midnight HEL-BKK flight) and I don't seem to have the options available other than the usual kosher, low sodium etc.
I did receive the mail from AY reminding me about the upcoming flights so I checked and there were no options...
Feb 28, 2018, 3:14 am
#54
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), TK Elite (*G), BT VIP, HH D, BW DS
Posts: 484
Can someone please remind me (again) when the pre-orders (option 1, 2 3 etc) of LH J meals opens up?
Have a J segment in 30 days time (midnight HEL-BKK flight) and I don't seem to have the options available other than the usual kosher, low sodium etc.
I did receive the mail from AY reminding me about the upcoming flights so I checked and there were no options...
Have a J segment in 30 days time (midnight HEL-BKK flight) and I don't seem to have the options available other than the usual kosher, low sodium etc.
I did receive the mail from AY reminding me about the upcoming flights so I checked and there were no options...
CS might be able to assign you something, at least they were able to remove my request when asking.
Feb 28, 2018, 5:00 am
#55
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), Bonvoy Gold, ALL Silver
Posts: 3,038
So just double checked in case I was missing something and it's defo not there...
It's been like this for the last week or so so surely it cannot be a technical glitch (seems to be quite a good few of these on AY's website)
It's been like this for the last week or so so surely it cannot be a technical glitch (seems to be quite a good few of these on AY's website)
Feb 28, 2018, 5:45 am
#56
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: Finnair (AY) Platinum, Air France Silver, Tallink Club One Silver :)
Posts: 1,655
Feb 28, 2018, 9:46 pm
#57
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: try to stay home
Programs: AY, M&M, BAEC ...and don t care of status anymore
Posts: 2,042
It s there, you need to follow the link as said on the the top of your screen shot.
Feb 28, 2018, 11:08 pm
#58
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: HEL
Programs: SPG LTP, hotels, OWE, STE+, *G, Octopus
Posts: 5,784
Flew HEL-SGN recently and was thoroughly annoyed by the "everything at once" concept. The starter and the main course were good (I didn't prebook anything as to simulate a first-timer), but the presentation just felt like Economy class without the aluminium foil on top. The cheese plate was weak and the breakfast options were poor.
Feb 28, 2018, 11:15 pm
#59
Ambassador: Finnair
Join Date: May 2003
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Lumo, BA Silver, HHonors Gold
Posts: 4,267
Same for my JFK flight, all options, 3+3, are in the drop down list.
Mar 1, 2018, 3:59 am
#60
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Programs: Finnair (AY) Platinum, Air France Silver, Tallink Club One Silver :)
Posts: 1,655
As far as I understand it, Cupart is not looking for the menu, but how to actually pre-order it. The menu indeed should be available from the link that is visible on the screenshot, but as you can see, "option 1, 2 & 3" and the other ex-HEL options are not listed in the drop-down list, from where you should be able to pick it.