The DO flights drinks and catering thread
 

All,

With over 170 interested on the list, let's start to discuss what you would like to drink and eat on the 4 charter flights.

Tony, the great mind behind Scandinavia's best restaurant by far, Palace Grill in Oslo will be in charge of the catering on board.

This thread is for you to post your favorite drink, food and to throw ideas out there.

There will be 3 shorter flights of about an hour each and one longer flight about 2 1/2 hours.

The catering will be kept secret till the menu's are handed out on board the flights, this thread is to give input and inspiration.

Here we go!!

:eek: Seltzer! :eek:

That didn't take long

I had something else in mind that also is fizzy. :D

Of course. Let's hear your preference. ;)

- Arrogant Baaastaaard beer. To be served by hand from large bottles into pint-sized glasses. Should be easy to ship from ORD if SAS' catering company will play ball. (pardon the multilpe a's .. the software censors the word .......)

- If Palace Grill handle the food, I'm confident that it will raise some eyebrows no matter what.

- Mexican chips and salsa for the short flights .. or one of them .. Obvoiusly some tequila should also be available for this .. maybe a theme per leg?

Hmmm.... Theme pr. leg.. I like it!^^

AB is good stuff! monitor -- your kind of bubbly is already on the list :p

I despise chips & salsa. Besides, they are cheap. Also, think of the mess they will make. Do we want chips all over the floor for the whole day?

Here's a list of QF domestic snacks (i.e. from refreshment flights) served to Y pax. Not that I'm hot on having any of those on the flights, but strangely I'm guessing some will differ:

• Apple tea cake
• Madeira cake with pink icing (used as a promotion for breast cancer awareness)
• Nuts & sultanas
• Tomato lavosh with mushroom hommus (sided with a small shortbread biscuit)
• Onion biscotti with spicy carrot dip
• Ham and bean salad
• Ham and salad sandwich

I guess the other point of the list is probably to think about what people may not want on these flights. The duration of the flights will also affect what can be had (e.g. meal/snack service, hot/cold drinks, bar available etc.).

I wonder also how many attendees have specific dietary needs? That might make the "theme" idea more interesting (in a good way, of course)...

I guess something sporting the local fare might be ideal - what do Scandinavians eat? (I'm guessing they drink mulled wine in the stark cold weather, but any decent tipple will certainly warm any stooge up!)

We need hot dogs and Norwegian ketchup! Icelandic ketchup is good too :p

Coca cola!! :)^

...Zero! And Fanta Zero! :D

Definitly Jägermeister on all flights!

Fck the fooD!

BFN:cool:

How about unlimited Moulard duck foie gras and Pol Roger. Better keep it simple. :)

I like both. Noted!

Fernet :D

I never had any kind of pizza in the air...

AA serves little Pizza Hut pizza's in F on some flights

I have had few times, traveling with SAS Economy from Scandinavia to USA. It was served before landing to USA.

Actually you are right, DL does the same pre-arrival to USA. Ok, I never had a real pizza in the air... :D

Try LX! :p

Why not try to keep the catering Scandinavian... Toast skagen, gravlax, bleak roe, lobster, veal roastbeef, lamb loin, duck breast... meatballs? :D Hmm, what is Scandinavian? :rolleyes:

Wines? French!

Me too. To be honest, it was nothing to write home about.

You mean there's more to Scandinavian food than bags of Kottbullar from Ikea and leftsa? ;) I like the Scandinavian idea. A snack representative of each country after we take off from the airport in that country? That could be an idea for the 1 hour flights if there's time.

I would be more than happy to provide Grandiosa or Big One pizza
For more info (norwegian only)
http://www.grandiosa.com/
http://www.bigone.no/

What about Grandiosa ala Palace Grill???

Gravlox yes ^

Pizza no :td:

LH also serves pizza calzone before landing in Y. :td:

Remember that aircrafts have limited heating ability. The ovens usually are only good for heating stuff that is moist. Any pizza/bread will become hard and disgusting very fast, especially with untrained crew (have mercy on the mods:))

If you want gravlaks, take a scheduled SAS flight. They serve them all the time :D

This catering shouldn't be very hard. The most exotic thing on the wish list is Arrogant Bast*ard :p

With enough Arrogant B... there really isn't any need for anything else, is there .. ? .. except for maybe a few wheelchairs on arrival!

Point taken on the chips .. it would be a mess, I agree.

Tony has access to some of the best Norwegian(!) oysters around that'll match up the Pol Roger perfectly, but getting them opened and served on board might be tricky if not handled expertly.
Eric Rodez Bland De Noirs champagne has a richer taste than Pol Roger which handles better in the air (dry air, reduced cabin pressure etc), is about the same price and'll do nicely..

Jägerbombs! Obviously too messy. I am getting hungry / thirsty reading this. Fois gras for sure.... I would love to try some of the "organic" stuff from Pateria de Sousa

I agree. I had this (among others) at New Years Eve and it's a Champagne that should do well in the air also.

For food do I suggest a mix between the orgin(s) and destination. I.e. Scandinavian and French food

Gastronomy from Toulouse region:

- Aperitif: Floc de Gascogne (wine whose fermentation has been stopped by added armagnac)

- salade perigourdine (including smoked & dried duck breast, bacon i tærn, confit duck (gesiers and/or manchon) and foie gras). It would be better to have foie gras separately though for the wine.

- Salmis de palombe (kind of birdie roasted with a mashed-ham and armagnac flambed sauce)

- cheese (especially from the basque country)

- clafouti de pruneaux (cake with pruneaux marinated in armagnac and flavoured with "orange flower")

- Armagnac (as a change from the rather common cognac offered in the air)


Cassoulet is also nice but a bit too heavy in the air.
Wines: sauternes/Montbazillac/Pacherenc for the foie gras, Crozes Hermitages/Nuits Saint Georges/Saint Emilion for the Salmis de Palombe

Yea -- but theirs aren't particularly good (at least when I've had them on SAS). Why didn't you tell me to take CO for pizza? I do all the time and it's G-R-O-S-S.


A huge self-serve bar of foie gras would be nice :p

I would suggest Swedish surströmmings. And as all SAS flights are no smoking there´s got to be snus with the cognac instead of cigars.

Now we are talking!

Surströmmings? Well, then, why don't I suggest a smorgestorte?

Please no :P We don't want this to be punishment :P How about some musta makkara ;)

Flight from OSL - fiskeboller! (Fish balls)

I love fiskeboller!