Pre select meals J class
#1
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Pre select meals J class
i tried to select meals on the website but can’t seem to find it
it gave me
option 1,2,3? But what is that
Also is “seafood” meal a good choice? Is it lobster Thermidor or some type of lavish seafood feast?
it gave me
option 1,2,3? But what is that
Also is “seafood” meal a good choice? Is it lobster Thermidor or some type of lavish seafood feast?
#2
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Seeing the same for a flight in May. How far away is your flight?
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Above the option box there should be a link to what option 1, 2 and 3 are. It should say ... for more information about business class meals, please click here (or something like that).
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#7
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i can’t seem to find “seafood” meal. Is it a special J class premium selection?
#8
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While I've never tried the "Seafood" meal, usually Finnair pre-select meals are intended for people with dietary restrictions/allergies/etc. Hence, I wouldn't expect very much from them, and I would not expect to get anything even closely resembling Lobster Thermidor (if you refer to the iconic SQ J dish). Perhaps not quite seafood in its usual context, but if you like fish, I believe AY offers fish dishes on most LH J flights, and usually they're quite good. Hope this helps.
#9
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I have to oppose this. Recently I had 4 Book the Cook SQ meals incl. this J Lobster. The result? Appetizers wins AY without doubt. Main courses go to AY, too, in most cases I recall as LH J meal on AY. There was absolutely nothing spectacular about SQ. Sorry to say, it's just overhyped product. AY doesn't have so fancy food, but it usually has very tasty food. I definitely prefer that.
#10
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I have to oppose this. Recently I had 4 Book the Cook SQ meals incl. this J Lobster. The result? Appetizers wins AY without doubt. Main courses go to AY, too, in most cases I recall as LH J meal on AY. There was absolutely nothing spectacular about SQ. Sorry to say, it's just overhyped product. AY doesn't have so fancy food, but it usually has very tasty food. I definitely prefer that.
#11
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AY offers fish both as appetizers and as main course in longhaul J. Selecting "seafood" as a special meal would most likely just secure you the fish options that are on the menu anyway.
#12
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Thanks
I didn’t realise this is a dietary option! I thought was some nice seafood platter option.
it appears I can select this for the short haul flight as well.
For Short haul from AMS or LHR what do you normally get in J class?
I didn’t realise this is a dietary option! I thought was some nice seafood platter option.
it appears I can select this for the short haul flight as well.
For Short haul from AMS or LHR what do you normally get in J class?
#13
Join Date: May 2017
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For short-haul, you could select the 'Seafood' to get a guaranteed seafood/fish dish. They stock 2 options on most SH routes, and sometimes that's e.g. beef and chicken. Never been on an AY LH where the main dinner/lunch menu didn't include a fish main.
Last edited by SuloL; Jan 13, 2019 at 8:18 am
#14
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Maybe I worded myself badly. I'm by no means implying that AY's dishes would be bad; LH J experiences from the past few years are quite the contrary actually. They may lack in presentation occasionally, but almost always taste good. What I meant to say, that AY doesn't practice that somewhat silly approach of trying to allure customers with fancy sounding dishes (e.g. the Lobster Thermidor) rather they stick to basics and do it well. I mean after all, it's airplane food. No matter how good your dish is, it just won't compare to anything on the ground.
Improvements AY would need to do are much easier to achieve - assuming there is some will.