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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by JessicaB
Thanks, I didn't realise. I always fly J and it's hard to reach that when you have the footstool down, especially with the table in position. I do think that if the catering is to remain so dire, they should put them in a more prominent position. Maybe given the tiny quantity of food now offered they could enhance them to a smaller size.
The safety card and sick bag(s) should be in the special pocket below the table, by your seat - not in the main literature pocket in the foot stall.
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 3:13 pm
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The Club World menu for BA15 LHR-SIN this month.
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 3:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Never Stansted
The British flag next to the traditional Italian tiramisu is a particular highlight.
As is selection of Desserts.......
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 3:18 pm
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Originally Posted by Cw novice
As is selection of Desserts.......
The average CE menu is better than this one now that theyve reinstated normal CE service.
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 3:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Never Stansted
The average CE menu is better than this one now that theyve reinstated normal CE service.
Agreed chilli bean stir fry chicken sounds very meh.

I don't get that after busting a gut to get Club Suite rolled out if they're matching it with prison food.

Especially as the people booking J at the moment seem to be Holiday makers looking for a one off experience.

What would help BA is to publish a road map back to normal catering. Like when the new concept was brought in start with NYLON and have all routes back within 3 months.

In the mean time actually pay the caterers to make better one tray specials.
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 3:29 pm
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I’ve chosen Kosher for J flight on Friday. Any thoughts if this will be better thacurrent J offering?!
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 3:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Genius1
The Club World menu for BA15 LHR-SIN this month.
All sounds like it came from Iceland .
Would it hurt to have a third cheese too?
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 3:43 pm
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Originally Posted by sunshinebob
All sounds like it came from Iceland .
Would it hurt to have a third cheese too?
The LGW CE cheeseboard is definitely better than the current CW offering
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Alternate menu

Since we were due to fly in cw but got moved to another airline due to flight delays I thought that this meal deserves an honourable mention (if only to show what is possible)

Amuse bouche

Soup

Main

Cheese
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 4:29 pm
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Originally Posted by Cw novice
Agreed chilli bean stir fry chicken sounds very meh.

I don't get that after busting a gut to get Club Suite rolled out if they're matching it with prison food.

Especially as the people booking J at the moment seem to be Holiday makers looking for a one off experience.

What would help BA is to publish a road map back to normal catering. Like when the new concept was brought in start with NYLON and have all routes back within 3 months.

In the mean time actually pay the caterers to make better one tray specials.
I don't understand how they are rolling out this menu in competition with the menu SQ offer, and with BA cash tickets being significantly higher.
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 5:39 pm
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Originally Posted by mikeyfly
I’ve chosen Kosher for J flight on Friday. Any thoughts if this will be better thacurrent J offering?!
Frankly, I'd be astonished if it's not. I'll be doing the same for my return from the US.

Do report in on what you get!
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 8:46 pm
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Originally Posted by Cw novice
Agreed chilli bean stir fry chicken sounds very meh.
Shame that they're flying to an Asian city but there's nothing in there that resembles an Asian dish. Someone must've thought, as long as there's jasmine rice, then it can reasonably pass off as an Asian dish?

And they've removed my favourite pre-arrival breakfast congee?
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Old Apr 5, 2022 | 8:48 pm
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Originally Posted by danmushman
I don't understand how they are rolling out this menu in competition with the menu SQ offer, and with BA cash tickets being significantly higher.
Plus SQ has THREE flights a day, in comparison to BA's currently lone flight.

That said, there are only a handful of dishes on SQ's menu that's befittingly of mention from their BTC menu - lobster thermidor being one of them. The others of late are mainly reconstructed hawker dishes that are cheaply available in Singapore, you'd even see them used interchangeably between J and F classes.
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Old Apr 6, 2022 | 12:26 am
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Originally Posted by Cw novice
Agreed chilli bean stir fry chicken sounds very meh.

I don't get that after busting a gut to get Club Suite rolled out if they're matching it with prison food.

Especially as the people booking J at the moment seem to be Holiday makers looking for a one off experience.

What would help BA is to publish a road map back to normal catering. Like when the new concept was brought in start with NYLON and have all routes back within 3 months.

In the mean time actually pay the caterers to make better one tray specials.
Also, I understand lack of crew on an overnight transatlantic but on a 13 hour flight made up of predominantly leisure travellers, if the meal service takes a bit longer, so be it. Im sure you could still get everyone served, achieve crew rest, and have time for customers to sleep. Even if first service took 3 hours and second service 2 hours, thats still c8 hours of lights out.

I appreciate covid recovery will take time and there are supply chain issues but passing this off as normal CW is not really on.

My bet is that these catering reductions will end around the same time as most people have spent their FTVs - as a lot of the full cabins will be coming (Id think) from money taken during lockdowns etc, so cashflow / cash out must be under scrutiny. Im waiting for BAbybel to be listed on the cheeseboard.
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Old Apr 6, 2022 | 1:32 am
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Funny. I clicked the link to look at this forum, normally it takes me to the most recent post but for some reason it took me back to the first page. I didn't notice and was looking at reports of delicious food and some lovely photos, and I'm thinking "hang on a minute, how come they got all that nice stuff and I got served absolute trash on my flight last weekend". And then I noticed the date. If you look at the photos at the start of this thread and the recent ones there's honestly no comparison.
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