Jan 2, 2023, 1:41 pm
Last edit by: NewbieRunner
Menus ex ZRH in F and C (6 Mar 24 - 4 June 24)
First Class:
https://preview.thenewsmarket.com/Pr...ets/663584.pdf
Business Class:
https://preview.thenewsmarket.com/Pr...ets/663583.pdf
Link for pre-ordering meals ex ZRH in F and C
https://www.pre-flight-shopping.com/en/?p=eHSqnIMU_UQ
Special themes in F for 2024 (from olm022 )
21. February - 5. March 2024 (Caviar Weeks)
22. May - 6. June 2024 (Theme to be communicated)
21. August - 3. September 2024 (Theme to be communicated)
20. November - 3. December 2024 (Theme to be communicated)
First Class:
https://preview.thenewsmarket.com/Pr...ets/663584.pdf
Business Class:
https://preview.thenewsmarket.com/Pr...ets/663583.pdf
Link for pre-ordering meals ex ZRH in F and C
https://www.pre-flight-shopping.com/en/?p=eHSqnIMU_UQ
Special themes in F for 2024 (from olm022 )
21. February - 5. March 2024 (Caviar Weeks)
22. May - 6. June 2024 (Theme to be communicated)
21. August - 3. September 2024 (Theme to be communicated)
20. November - 3. December 2024 (Theme to be communicated)
The SWISS Business & First Class Menu Thread
Mar 18, 2023, 5:50 am
#1426
Join Date: Jan 2007
Programs: LH SENATOR
Posts: 1,038
It gets time for the F catering to be adjusted and EX ZRH the quality also can be better at times. Starting with the bread, for so many years it's always the same. The cold plate and even additional starters always +- the same. Of course I am not speaking about the signature Balik which is here to stay. Then the main courses miss the creativity and quality, at least you can pre order some additional dishes now but also here quality is missing. The Zürcher Geschnezeltes would also need to be a better quality version for instance.
Mar 18, 2023, 7:55 am
#1427
Join Date: May 2004
Programs: LX Senator; AF Platinum and Club 2000; AA Platinum for life (former EXP)
Posts: 494
Opinions on the C class sliced veal with mushrooms, Zurich style. Classic dish that can be great or terrible in restaurants. Opinions on the LX version?
Mar 18, 2023, 8:34 am
#1428
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 243
Avoid it at all costs anyway, because it is terrible. Dry and no taste of curry at all. Not to compare at all with Hiltl versions, sometimes served by Swiss.
Mar 18, 2023, 6:00 pm
#1429
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: LH M&M, BA EC, DL SM
Posts: 5,718
It always comes with fried potatoes (Rösti), which cannot be good on a plane. I never have it in the sky now, but enjoy it a lot on the ground (e.g. at the FCL at ZRH).
Mar 18, 2023, 6:05 pm
#1430
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: LH M&M, BA EC, DL SM
Posts: 5,718
I won’t order the vegetarian option anyway, but thanks for the warning. Whether it is good or not so good, it should be vegetarian, and ideally also tasty.
Mar 18, 2023, 8:28 pm
#1431
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Location: Stoke on Trent, UK (MAN ), BUE, BKK, DBV
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It gets time for the F catering to be adjusted and EX ZRH the quality also can be better at times. Starting with the bread, for so many years it's always the same. The cold plate and even additional starters always +- the same. Of course I am not speaking about the signature Balik which is here to stay. Then the main courses miss the creativity and quality, at least you can pre order some additional dishes now but also here quality is missing. The Zürcher Geschnezeltes would also need to be a better quality version for instance.
Mar 19, 2023, 12:19 am
#1432
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: CH
Programs: LX SEN
Posts: 899
But from the current offerings, this is the one that I pre-ordered. When it is served, it does not look as good as advertised. Nevertheless, I believe that it is still better than many of the other available choices.
Mar 19, 2023, 4:54 am
#1433
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: LH M&M, BA EC, DL SM
Posts: 5,718
If one does not order food that doesn't work on planes, LX catering ex ZRH is really pretty good. It keeps surprising me that airlines offer meals that can, by definition, not work well on planes.
Mar 19, 2023, 5:01 am
#1434
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: LH M&M, BA EC, DL SM
Posts: 5,718
I concur. It is not good. And it does not compare to the FCL's version that competes with good restaurant versions.
But from the current offerings, this is the one that I pre-ordered. When it is served, it does not look as good as advertised. Nevertheless, I believe that it is still better than many of the other available choices.
But from the current offerings, this is the one that I pre-ordered. When it is served, it does not look as good as advertised. Nevertheless, I believe that it is still better than many of the other available choices.
Mar 19, 2023, 6:00 am
#1435
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For European carriers, only AF P can beat or compare to LX F ex ZRH & from my departure points AF is at a much higher price & they don’t have the schedule choice in F
Mar 19, 2023, 6:21 am
#1436
Join Date: Aug 2010
Programs: QR Gold, BAEC, Marriott Rewards Gold, SPG Gold
Posts: 1,142
Very tasty, though I have no ground-based restaurant experiences to compare it against.
Would happily choose it again.
Mar 19, 2023, 6:55 am
#1437
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: CH
Programs: LX SEN
Posts: 899
I forgot to mention that I ordered it for a C, not an F, flight. I agree that, while the sliced veal is to my view a reasonable choice in C, it is not in F
Mar 19, 2023, 8:28 am
#1438
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: LH M&M, BA EC, DL SM
Posts: 5,718
LX and the ZRH hub is still a pretty good compromise over all. Just need to bring back decent bubbly on the feeder flights in Euro-J.
Mar 19, 2023, 8:33 am
#1439
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: LH M&M, BA EC, DL SM
Posts: 5,718
The veal itself is most likely fine. The side, Rösti (fried potatoes) just cannot work very well on a plane, where the food is only reheated. Just like french fries, potato wedges, chicken nuggets and the like airlines sometimes offer (particularly in kids meals), which all come out soft and soggy instead of crispy.
Mar 19, 2023, 4:18 pm
#1440
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Somewhere between BHX and HUY
Programs: Flying Blue Plat, Eurobonus Silver, ALL Gold
Posts: 1,673
...but I did regret ordering it eventually since the other dishes were so much more memorable - my better half had the famous venison and left me just enough so that I would curse my choice forever.