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
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May 10, 2018, 10:22 pm
#122
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May 10, 2018, 11:13 pm
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Yup, this is french influence from the old days. Very common in Sweden and Finland, both colloquial and formal language. Apparently short for 'du café avec le petit verre'. Nowadays 'avec' has turned into a proper noun in our languages and is treated as such, people can say things like "can you fetch the avec?"
In some parts of Finland 'avec' has a second usage, corresponding to the english term 'plus one' on invitations. At some point in time FInnair lounge pages actually just said 'avec' instead of describing guest policy in detail!
In some parts of Finland 'avec' has a second usage, corresponding to the english term 'plus one' on invitations. At some point in time FInnair lounge pages actually just said 'avec' instead of describing guest policy in detail!
May 11, 2018, 9:53 am
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On MMB the only special was that you can order a bottle of Champagne for the flight for 45€. Why would you do that in J
May 11, 2018, 9:56 am
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May 14, 2018, 6:05 am
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I've been away from Finnair for about 6 months, and I must say it looks to me that longhaul food has been upgraded a notch, quality and presentation.
Here are main course from AY105 to NKG. This is the inaugural flight, but it had no special food service. Instead, this is the menu for "Chinese week" which lasts one month (!).
Service was incredibly slow. But food was very good.
New cocktail list sees the "Blue skye" retired. Replaced with "Golden sky", quickly renamed by humorous FT'ers as golden shower. Champagne and cloudberry liqouer. First sip was very strange, but taste grew on me. (Or taste buds gave up)
Starter: Option gravlax. Salmon was good, but the real winner here was potato-salad beneith, kind of french style, fresh potatoe and vinaegrette mix.
Main option Smoked rainbow trout. Very nicely presented, great taste. Fish could have been sliglty more "oily" in my opinion, but was fine as is. Loved the fresh potatotes.
Detail
Here are main course from AY105 to NKG. This is the inaugural flight, but it had no special food service. Instead, this is the menu for "Chinese week" which lasts one month (!).
Service was incredibly slow. But food was very good.
New cocktail list sees the "Blue skye" retired. Replaced with "Golden sky", quickly renamed by humorous FT'ers as golden shower. Champagne and cloudberry liqouer. First sip was very strange, but taste grew on me. (Or taste buds gave up)
Starter: Option gravlax. Salmon was good, but the real winner here was potato-salad beneith, kind of french style, fresh potatoe and vinaegrette mix.
Main option Smoked rainbow trout. Very nicely presented, great taste. Fish could have been sliglty more "oily" in my opinion, but was fine as is. Loved the fresh potatotes.
Detail
Last edited by intuition; May 14, 2018 at 6:06 am Reason: Not all pics worked. Will try later
May 14, 2018, 6:18 am
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Flight 106, NKG-HEL. Again "Chinese week" menu.
First service
Amuse
Not much taste (I wouldn't mind a bit of bite in a Amuse
Starter: Option Duck breast and shitake
Great presentation, great combination of textures.
Starter Duck and Shitake
Main option: Roulad?! Amazing taste. Sauce really lifted the dish
Marketing concept: The sonic flight
So together with food there are specail headphones with pre-recorded mp3 with "natural sounds to enhance taste". Did it work? Not sure it changed the taste, but it was an atmospheric experience, that's for sure.
Cheese: Locally source (china)
The green mould cheese had really a bite to it. Very intense and lovely. Dried peach (I think) was very good.
First service
Amuse
Not much taste (I wouldn't mind a bit of bite in a Amuse
Starter: Option Duck breast and shitake
Great presentation, great combination of textures.
Starter Duck and Shitake
Main option: Roulad?! Amazing taste. Sauce really lifted the dish
Marketing concept: The sonic flight
So together with food there are specail headphones with pre-recorded mp3 with "natural sounds to enhance taste". Did it work? Not sure it changed the taste, but it was an atmospheric experience, that's for sure.
Cheese: Locally source (china)
The green mould cheese had really a bite to it. Very intense and lovely. Dried peach (I think) was very good.
May 14, 2018, 6:22 am
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Flight 106, second service
I slept through the newly created "Fika" service, ie the afternoon coffe and cookies (but got revenge)
Light meal: Option chicken-couscous salad
Maybe not a winner, but nothing wrong with the meal. Just enough of the green stuff (I prefer salads to be more than just leaves). PLenty of couscous below.
Was offered cookies with the after meal coffe and opted for the Finnish apple cake, promised to be "a mouthful, very sweet and enough for you". I took the advice and wasn't disappointed.
I slept through the newly created "Fika" service, ie the afternoon coffe and cookies (but got revenge)
Light meal: Option chicken-couscous salad
Maybe not a winner, but nothing wrong with the meal. Just enough of the green stuff (I prefer salads to be more than just leaves). PLenty of couscous below.
Was offered cookies with the after meal coffe and opted for the Finnish apple cake, promised to be "a mouthful, very sweet and enough for you". I took the advice and wasn't disappointed.
May 14, 2018, 7:40 am
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I've been away from Finnair for about 6 months, and I must say it looks to me that longhaul food has been upgraded a notch, quality and presentation.
New cocktail list sees the "Blue skye" retired. Replaced with "Golden sky", quickly renamed by humorous FT'ers as golden shower. Champagne and cloudberry liqouer. First sip was very strange, but taste grew on me. (Or taste buds gave up)
New cocktail list sees the "Blue skye" retired. Replaced with "Golden sky", quickly renamed by humorous FT'ers as golden shower. Champagne and cloudberry liqouer. First sip was very strange, but taste grew on me. (Or taste buds gave up)
Blue sky has unfortunately disappeared from the cocktail list, but luckily they have ingredients for it if you know to ask! That golden sh... errr... sky is a bit too sweet to my taste, but if one asks to half the amount of cloudberry liqueur, it improves it alot!
Jun 7, 2018, 2:31 pm
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Some late field reports...
April 27, HEL-BKK. First, the menu.
The best thing about the starter was karjalanpiirakka (the karelian pie). Both the salmon and the accompanying horseradish were fine by themselves, but as a mix didn't work as well.
For the main course, I chose the fish. Yes, I know. Anyone who has seen the movie Airplane knows that you should never have fish on the airplane. Nevertheless, I did. And it was pretty much in line with what I've experienced previously from Finnair J when flying out of Helsinki: simple, humble looks, but extremely tasty.
And finally, dessert cheeses and ice cream. Of course at this point I'm drunk and tired so my judgment is less objective, but it still was nice.
A very satisfying flight overall, foodwise and otherwise. I've often been please with the food in Finnair's long-haul J flights to Asia and this was another pleasant experience.
April 27, HEL-BKK. First, the menu.
The best thing about the starter was karjalanpiirakka (the karelian pie). Both the salmon and the accompanying horseradish were fine by themselves, but as a mix didn't work as well.
For the main course, I chose the fish. Yes, I know. Anyone who has seen the movie Airplane knows that you should never have fish on the airplane. Nevertheless, I did. And it was pretty much in line with what I've experienced previously from Finnair J when flying out of Helsinki: simple, humble looks, but extremely tasty.
And finally, dessert cheeses and ice cream. Of course at this point I'm drunk and tired so my judgment is less objective, but it still was nice.
A very satisfying flight overall, foodwise and otherwise. I've often been please with the food in Finnair's long-haul J flights to Asia and this was another pleasant experience.
Last edited by BlueNordicSky; Jun 7, 2018 at 2:39 pm Reason: (wrong flight destination corrected)
Jun 7, 2018, 2:38 pm
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May menu. Finnair HEL-HKG on May 17.
Ummm... yea. I didn't take a picture of the menu. Stupid me. Amuse-bouche still same as before.
For the main course, I took the fish (again, I know I shouldn't). As the usual Finnair formula when flying out of HEL, it was plain-looking but very tasty. Nieriä, aka nordic char.
I actually prefer the foods flying out of HEL than coming back. Even places famous for great food like HKG and BKK don't quite match the tastiness of airplane food when stacked against HEL.
Ummm... yea. I didn't take a picture of the menu. Stupid me. Amuse-bouche still same as before.
For the main course, I took the fish (again, I know I shouldn't). As the usual Finnair formula when flying out of HEL, it was plain-looking but very tasty. Nieriä, aka nordic char.
I actually prefer the foods flying out of HEL than coming back. Even places famous for great food like HKG and BKK don't quite match the tastiness of airplane food when stacked against HEL.
Jun 8, 2018, 2:20 am
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I guess taste is a very personal / subjective thing, but Tommy's gravlax on my HEL-BKK flight end of March was seriously one of the best things I've ever had on an airplane!
Jun 8, 2018, 3:39 pm
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I didn’t take any photos, but I flew SFO-HEL-SFO a few weeks ago and thought the food was quite good. Not EK F, but certainly pretty tasty, even out of SFO. Food on the way back from HEL was very good, including the karjalanpiirakka or however you spell that, along with the Indian curry snack before landing.
Great crews too.
Great crews too.
Jun 8, 2018, 7:21 pm
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Flew SFO-HEL-PRG on A330 & A321 in J Service was great and food was pretty tasty FA accidentally gave me the wrong starter so I got to try both.
Amuse bouche
Starter 1
Salmon Main
Cheese.
Dessert.
"Sweet" breakfast.
HEL-PRG starter.
HEL-PRG main.
Amuse bouche
Starter 1
Salmon Main
Cheese.
Dessert.
"Sweet" breakfast.
HEL-PRG starter.
HEL-PRG main.