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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)
-   The Sand Pit (https://britishexpats.com/forum/sand-pit-116/)
-   -   Ramadan to start on 11th August (https://britishexpats.com/forum/sand-pit-116/ramadan-start-11th-august-671414/)

Millhouse Aug 11th 2010 6:11 pm
Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
 
Originally Posted by Ethos83 (Post 8771346)
The quality of airplane food is a lot better than it used to be - no joke.

I've been flying regularly all my life and the trend was 1980s-decent food with real cutlery - 1990s crap food with plastic cutlery - 2000s - slowly getting better food.

Emirates has good food. Air Austria was surprisingly good. British Air is mediocre. The American airlines are awful. Air France is good. Lufthansa is pretty decent. KML is unremarkable.
No food that is prepared 6 hours before consumption, stored in a metal tin and superheated in a furnace can be described as 'good'. It's generally 'ok' in business but even then I wouldn't choose to eat it unless I was really hungry. I normally stock up in the lounge before boarding.

I'm on the 2am tonight, why anyone needs to eat on a night flight amazes me.

Bahtatboy Aug 11th 2010 6:24 pm
Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
 
Originally Posted by Ethos83 (Post 8771346)
KML is unremarkable.
It IS remarkable. Remarkable in that I've been offered the same meal on the AMS AUH leg for the last year--tasteless green beans, tasteless white rice, some sort of meat in a sauce, and I tried once the quiche they offer before landing--really soggy, no cutlery, and a taste that stays with you for days.

Trouble is, that's a day flight and I leave home at 4:30 am, maybe have a nibble at the sandwich on LBA to AMS, not enough time in AMS to grab anything, so I'm bloody starving by the time the big bird takes off. Last time smuggled some boiled eggs and nuts through security.

Maybe protein bars are the way to go.

Millhouse Aug 11th 2010 6:25 pm
Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
 
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy (Post 8771378)
It IS remarkable. Remarkable in that I've been offered the same meal on the AMS AUH leg for the last year--tasteless green beans, tasteless white rice, some sort of meat in a sauce, and I tried once the quiche they offer before landing--really soggy, no cutlery, and a taste that stays with you for days.

Trouble is, that's a day flight and I leave home at 4:30 am, maybe have a nibble at the sandwich on LBA to AMS, not enough time in AMS to grab anything, so I'm bloody starving by the time the big bird takes off. Last time smuggled some boiled eggs and nuts through security.

Maybe protein bars are the way to go.
I sometimes take sandwiches on board - there is an upper crust in T3 here, or a costa in T1...

Lorna at Vicenza Aug 19th 2010 7:23 pm
Re: Ramadan to start on 11th August
 
Originally Posted by Patsy Stoned (Post 8764301)
Oh God Darling..good luck to him being in Saudi during ramadan. How long will he be there for? They defo should give him some "hardship" dosh! :)
OH left this morning Patsy.
Going to Jeddah.
Return flight booked for September 3rd.
He is not happy.


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