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[QUOTE=Smoothy;2252338]Fly United. They serve sandwiches. Complete crap sandwiches.[/QUOTE]Yeah, I flew on one leg this year as they were code sharing with ANA. Even the hot foods were much worse than ANAs and unlike the Asian airlines, they use plastic utensils.
[QUOTE=Jim200;2252412]Yeah, I flew on one leg this year as they were code sharing with ANA. Even the hot foods were much worse than ANAs and unlike the Asian airlines, they use plastic utensils.[/QUOTE]Not sure how this thread got into the topic of airline food but I'll chime in anyway.
I fly business class these days and my MOO is to eat the food in the lounge before I depart and ignore the food served in flight.
Why people feel obliged to eat large meals between 2200 and midnight after lift-off is beyond me. Would you do that at home?
I have some friends in the airline food catering business and the stories they tell reinforce my strategy to generally avoid airline food at all costs.
On board I usually have a glass of wine and then hit the dessert wines (muscat or port).
Sweet and syrupy and more bang for your buck. Couple of glasses and I sleep well. Works for me.
[QUOTE=Breadman;2252322]Our taste buds don't work properly? So why is it that you set down a plate of airline food and a whopper made an hour ago and that whopper is delicious? Give me a cold ham and cheese sandwich any day over the preheated food they serve on airplanes. Imagine requestion a special meal and being able to select a cold sandwich, that would be pure heaven compared to what they serve now.[/QUOTE]One of the best airline meals I ever had was when they ran out of the hot food before they got to me and resorted to serving us a basket with a ham and cheese sandwich, small bag of chips, an apple and a cookie. LOL. Ham sandwiches can be done just fine by airline chefs. Chicken cordon bleu, not so much. Imagine if they redirected their efforts to preparing a meal for an airline that is difficult to pull off impressively in established restaurants and instead focused on making really great ham and cheese sandwiches.
[QUOTE=Jim200;2252412]Yeah, I flew on one leg this year as they were code sharing with ANA. Even the hot foods were much worse than ANAs and unlike the Asian airlines, they use plastic utensils.[/QUOTE]The food on ANA isn't bad. Their bread rolls are always pretty good too, not stale and hard like the ones on United.
[QUOTE=Smoothy;2252334]I'm not saying that article is inaccurate. However, the food served on planes in economy class is garbage regardless. It's tantamount to a reheated frozen food dinner you can make in your microwave at home.[/QUOTE]Well, I think the question is if it is really garbage, from the very moment it was produced, or has it become garbage at the moment you eat it because of all the reasons mentioned in the article?
Probably the latter in most cases.
[QUOTE=EihTooms;2252518]One of the best airline meals I ever had was when they ran out of the hot food before they got to me and resorted to serving us a basket with a ham and cheese sandwich, small bag of chips, an apple and a cookie. LOL. Ham sandwiches can be done just fine by airline chefs. Chicken cordon bleu, not so much. Imagine if they redirected their efforts to preparing a meal for an airline that is difficult to pull off impressively in established restaurants and instead focused on making really great ham and cheese sandwiches.[/QUOTE]Maybe you were just lucky with that sandwich because it was relatively fresh. I think chicken cordon bleu can be done just fine too by airline chefs. That is, if they are really chefs in a restaurant and prepare it fresh. But airline food is made in big factories, a long time before it's eaten, and not fresh on the spot in a kitchen in the plane. And that's a world of difference.
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Why people feel obliged to eat large meals between 2200 and midnight after lift-off is beyond me. Would you do that at home?[/QUOTE]Maybe business class has large meals but on long haul flight in economy class I can barely survive on the two tiny meals they are serving these days, LOL.
On long haul flights from the USA to Asia I bring along a large bag of high quality trail mix that I purchased the day before at my neighborhood gourmet food store. That way I can avoid most Airline meals which are pretty awful and which can send me to the shit box while still in flight. When I must eat an Airline meal I try to eat light and avoid the carbs.
[QUOTE=NattyBumpo;2252638]On long haul flights from the USA to Asia I bring along a large bag of high quality trail mix that I purchased the day before at my neighborhood gourmet food store. [/QUOTE]Me too. I bring something similar or I buy something to munch on before boarding the plane. One good thing about Cathay Pacific is they will heat up ramen noodles for you any time you want it. Yes I know this isn't good food but at least you have a choice not to go hungry. They also have unlimited snacks and some fruits to eat during the flight.
[QUOTE=BananaBoi;2252677]Me too. I bring something similar or I buy something to munch on before boarding the plane. One good thing about Cathay Pacific is they will heat up ramen noodles for you any time you want it. Yes I know this isn't good food but at least you have a choice not to go hungry. They also have unlimited snacks and some fruits to eat during the flight.[/QUOTE]And in business class, they will make you an edible burger (runs out fairly quickly as it is in limited supply).
[QUOTE=Jim200;2252809]And in business class, they will make you an edible burger (runs out fairly quickly as it is in limited supply).[/QUOTE]Cathay's business class burger is good. I pass on their dinner and get their burger if available.
I stayed in very comfy and guest friendly Citadines 11. Wondering if guest friendly is policy for all chain in BKK? I'd be interested to hear if Citadines 8, and 23 are also guest friendly?
Is Citadines in soi8 girl friendly? Anyone stayed there? I like to call in the ladies so hope the hotel does not ask me to come down to pick them up but rather just sends them to my room after a call.
Hello guys,
Could anyone please advice me any good girl friendly hotels to stay in Pattaya for 2 nights, my budget is 1500 baht per night max more or less, also you can inbox me thanks.
Well Gents, Soi 11 used to be my stomping grounds, and I've been to BKK probably over 30 times over 25 years. But Soi 11 has become gentrified, too expensive, all the character gone. I like Old Thailand, when things were less commercial, and the closest thing to Soi 11 as it was 20 years ago is Soi 22. My new hotel is Admiral Suites:
[URL]https://www.admiralsuites.com/en/[/URL]
It checks all the boxes. Girl friendly, laid back staff, big rooms with kitchen, not expensive, can throw parties every night, and lots of massage girls close by (like right across the street) who can be summoned in a pinch, like the Bobsie Twins.
I've been depressed lately, so what did I do? Just bought round trip tickets on Hong Kong Air out of LA ($680 + $200 for upgraded seats) and just booked 9 nights at the Admiral Suites.