What’s the deal with airline food?

[the_interloper]

I'm eating in the Virgin lounge right now in Perth, waiting for the red eye back to Melbourne.

Don't touch the stuff on the plane.

The Virgin Lounge is not much better than the plane food, at least the beer is ice cold and plentiful.

 

[raskolnikov]

I've found that the Asian airlines are the best for food on long distance flight.

 

[ChappyUK]

I've found that the Asian airlines are the best for food on long distance flight.

Singapore are good. .Malaysian was inedible.

 

[raskolnikov]

Singapore are good. .Malaysian was inedible.

I flew JAL to Moscow last year. They were pretty good. I'm flying EVA air to Vienna in September. Will report.

 

[Mofra]

I've found that the Asian airlines are the best for food on long distance flight.

I enjoyed the Air Asia meals, and you can pre-order a fresh coconut on their domestic flights.

 

[Doss]

Vietnam Airlines food was pretty decent I thought.

Of other long distance ones I've experienced, Qantas are decent enough, Etihad were pretty good, Emirates were also pretty good, and LATAM are also quite presentable. You're never going to write home about plane food but for the most part, I've found it's far from the complete slop some would have you believe.

I've heard US airlines in general aren't great, but I've only ever flown with them once (from LA to Newark, on United; the return flight back was Qantas all the way) and that was when I was lucky enough to somehow score a free upgrade to first class. Needless to say, the eye fillet cooked to perfection and bottle of Mendoza Malbec went down quite nicely that day, but it was no doubt a world away from what cattle class were served.

I reckon the worst I've had was Airberlin, when flying from Abu Dhabi to Berlin two years ago; it's about a 6.5-7 hour flight and their only food was a crappy, stale chicken roll. The chicken was meant to be tandoori I think, but it really just kind of tasted like it had been dipped in curry power; it was very ordinary. No wonder they went out of business not long after.

 

[JW Frogen]

You are eating flying through the sky and clouds, how Leonardo would have loved to do that!

He would have ate his own turds to do that.

Get a window seat and enjoy the wonder.

And besides, because of the lower cabin oxygen levels, it is much easier to get pissed, it is a great high all the way around.

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

The Virgin Lounge is not much better than the plane food, at least the beer is ice cold and plentiful.

I make a sandwich or two, nothing wrong with them.

 

[SwampCreature]

Guys you realise the actual airline food part of the OP is just pretext right

Christ, this is exactly how thedonald started, isn’t it

 

[SwampCreature]

how Leonardo would have loved to do that!

Pretty sure he could take the blimp out whenever he wanted

 

[SwampCreature]

It's a vicious cycle. The food is dehydrated and clogs you up. To combat that you can drink copious amounts of coffee and sooner or later you'll get that gurgling, loosening feeling that sends you off to the toilet anyway.

But then of course you won't sleep and you'll still need to piss another four times after dumping out.

That might be the most beautiful thing I've ever written.

You can just start your own “bodily functions on flights stories” thread Doss if you want, nobody will judge you

 

[SwampCreature]

I mean, except for me, obviously. I’ll judge you. Because that’s disgusting.

You’re disgusting.

 

[JW Frogen]

Pretty sure he could take the blimp out whenever he wanted

This is the thing about "pretty sure".....it is usually wrong,

 

[raskolnikov]

Guys you realise the actual airline food part of the OP is just pretext right

Christ, this is exactly how thedonald started, isn’t it

I'm not really sure what the OP is about. You start talking about airline food then randomly go off on a tangent about how short you are.

 

[Doss]

I mean, except for me, obviously. I’ll judge you. Because that’s disgusting.

You’re disgusting.

At least I don't think sweep shots count, m8.

You're probably one of those types who thinks Woolworths managers are the bomb too.

 

[SwampCreature]

This is the thing about "pretty sure".....it is usually wrong,

I can’t see why Donatello wouldn’t just give him the keys if he asked

I'm not really sure what the OP is about.

It’s satire. All of bigfooty is satire.

You start talking about airline food then randomly go off on a tangent about how short you are.

I may be short, but did you hear about Nirvana?

You're probably one of those types who thinks Woolworths managers are the bomb too.

IT’S A LEGITIMATE CAREER CHOICE

 

[SwampCreature]

Sorry, Sartre. Not satire. I feel like I’ve maybe been making that typo unknowingly for some time. How embarrassing.

All of bigfooty is Sartre. Bad faith, all choices made in anguish, etc

 

[raskolnikov]

I may be short, but did you hear about Nirvana?

It's ok. I stand eye to eye with Libba Sr.

 

[SwampCreature]

THE SHORT THING IS AN SA THING

SARTRE PEOPLE

great now everyone thinks I’m a midget

 

[Cleavy]

What? No way I call bs

Somebody science me this

The Heston episode on airline food was quite interesting.

 

[the_interloper]

I make a sandwich or two, nothing wrong with them.

A sandwich is a pretty shit dinner though, the Qantas lounge is a lot better (unfortunately I always fly with Virgin though).