Disgrace to Chinese Food: Pudong Shangri-La Biz Food Service
Mar 19, 2017, 9:42 pm
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Disgrace to Chinese Food: Pudong Shangri-La Biz Food Service
I frequently take LH between China/Hong Kong and Germany. I often wonder what is the concept behind the collaboration with Pudong Shangri-La hotel? The Chinese food option is seriously sub-par.
As a business traveller, I certainly won't go to Pudong Shangri-La hotel after seeing how bad onboard food is. Why dont' Pudong Shangri-La hotel just drop the collaboration rather than embarrasing itself by putting its name on the menu? Having its name on the menu really diservice the brand.
As a business traveller, I certainly won't go to Pudong Shangri-La hotel after seeing how bad onboard food is. Why dont' Pudong Shangri-La hotel just drop the collaboration rather than embarrasing itself by putting its name on the menu? Having its name on the menu really diservice the brand.
Mar 19, 2017, 11:04 pm
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I wholly agree with your opinion. If I were you I would comment to both LH & Shangri-La Pudong about this dish and its effect on your vision of each.
Mar 20, 2017, 12:56 am
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Despite I do my very best not to fly LH longhaul, I've also noticed this last year and wondered why the Shangri-La would do that.
The Pudong Shangri-La food outlets are all top-notch - I can only recommend to go there for the food. That makes it particularly puzzling.
The Pudong Shangri-La food outlets are all top-notch - I can only recommend to go there for the food. That makes it particularly puzzling.
Mar 20, 2017, 3:16 am
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It does look... disgusting. Let's see what's it meant to be from this menu.
Sautéed shredded Pork with black Fungus and spicy Garlic Sauce enhanced by steamed Rice?
Sautéed shredded Pork with black Fungus and spicy Garlic Sauce enhanced by steamed Rice?
Mar 24, 2017, 3:51 am
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The people at LH flyinglabs have now launched an app to report such catering desasters: https://www.flyinglab.aero/FeedbackApp?l=en
Mar 25, 2017, 11:56 pm
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Despite all the remarks here but I still find the food offering more appetizing than what CX does offer in business class, which I rank the lowest quality in food catering category on my list.
Mar 27, 2017, 2:54 am
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Could someone please explain me the connection between a Lufthansa flight and the Pudong Shangri-La hotel?
1) Not all Shangri-La hotels in China are great.
2) Putting the name of a so-called luxury hotel next to a meal in Business Class is quite common in Asia. However, this is just a marketing ploy. The meals are still prepared by the same caterer that cook the Economy meals, as well.
1) Not all Shangri-La hotels in China are great.
2) Putting the name of a so-called luxury hotel next to a meal in Business Class is quite common in Asia. However, this is just a marketing ploy. The meals are still prepared by the same caterer that cook the Economy meals, as well.
Mar 27, 2017, 1:16 pm
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That is IMO the wrong term. It looks bad for a Bizz food service, but that's about it (difficult to judge the taste by a picture).
If you want disgusting, you better fly domestic in China. On one flight, I was unable to say what the inflight-meal was. Neither looks nor taste allowed to say what they served. Apparently it was chicken, but it could've been anything....
If you want disgusting, you better fly domestic in China. On one flight, I was unable to say what the inflight-meal was. Neither looks nor taste allowed to say what they served. Apparently it was chicken, but it could've been anything....
Last edited by WorldLux; Mar 28, 2017 at 6:24 pm
Mar 27, 2017, 2:15 pm
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I agree. There are lots of "street food" that doesn't look edible, but actually tastes better than some of that fancy stuff you get in a high end restaurant. Whether that plate is good or not, I don't know. I reckon it also depends on how hungry one is, if humans are hungry enough, they eat all sorts of stuff 😂
Apr 4, 2017, 3:00 pm
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i've flown a lot between China and the US via MUC/FRA with Lufthansa in PE and C. I'd say the chinese meal is not as good as other meals provided in Lufthansa in PE and C, but as a Chinese myself, it's very decent, at least in my personal experience.