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In-flight Meals!

DavidGrahamJones said:
They certainly make it nigh impossible to communicate with them unless you have a complaint. Still, at least I've tried.
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Non reply from filling in forms on websites is predictable, I think they give people the opportunity to communicate without any intention of replying. I might have to resort to a recorded delivery to the MD's home.
 
Hi hope you dont mind me butting in on your discussion. Last time I was on a flight I ended up with food poisoning ! From the fish, they wanted to keep me in hospital in dubia, had to fight to get them to let me get on connecting flight next day. Was given injections & on drip for 8 hours, they told me to never ever eat fish on a flight as they get so many passengers with food poisioning after eating fish on a flight. Needless to say no fish on flight agsin for me.
 
Thanks for the warning @maureen5752. I did have the seafood option on my last flight but fortunately didn't get the food poisoning like you. I think I will opt for the Asian vegetarian option next time, it's probably tastier too.
 
Prem51 said:
Thanks for the warning @maureen5752. I did have the seafood option on my last flight but fortunately didn't get the food poisoning like you. I think I will opt for the Asian vegetarian option next time, it's probably tastier too.
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Yes that's exactly the meal I got when I went to India, within India on internal fl8ghts and returning from India. Disgusting!
 
maureen5752 said:
Hi hope you dont mind me butting in on your discussion. Last time I was on a flight I ended up with food poisoning ! From the fish, they wanted to keep me in hospital in dubia, had to fight to get them to let me get on connecting flight next day. Was given injections & on drip for 8 hours, they told me to never ever eat fish on a flight as they get so many passengers with food poisioning after eating fish on a flight. Needless to say no fish on flight agsin for me.
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This reminds me of the spoof film "Airplane" where they asked the passenger's if any of them could fly a plane as the pilot had eaten the fish!
 
maureen5752 said:
they told me to never ever eat fish on a flight as they get so many passengers with food poisioning after eating fish on a flight
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I had a Asian type meal with Abalone in it on a SIA flight from the UK to Singapore. I had no problems with it but pretty gaseous when I got home to Australia my partner and kids complained a lot about the meal I ate.
 
I have travelled several times to Turkmenistan with Turkmenistan Airways. The flight goes on to Amritsar or Delhi and the food available caters for those travellers, I made the mistake once of having the curry and despite being no stranger to a vindaloo it was much too hot to handle, not what you expect on an aeroplane. The steward told me that on a previous flight they had to prevent an inexperienced air traveller preparing his on meal on a Primas stove in the aisle.
 
The airlines seldom want to offer low carb as one of the choices, because it is more expensive to prepare.
 
maureen5752 said:
Was given injections & on drip for 8 hours, they told me to never ever eat fish on a flight as they get so many passengers with food poisioning after eating fish on a flight.
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Worth knowing, what did the airline say? Slightly different, I got serious food poisoning from scrambled egg in Bahrain on the morning of my flight home. Local doctor gave me an anti-emetic for the vomiting and something for the other end (unnecessary as the bacteria had been very efficiently ejected from my body both ways). British Airways were brilliant when I told them before boarding, they even found me a hot water bottle, extra blankets and a business class seat so I could get a decent sleep. If they noticed I was awake they were continually offering me hot drinks.

milesrf said:
The airlines seldom want to offer low carb as one of the choices, because it is more expensive to prepare.
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More expensive than the Lacto-ovo-vegetarian, Vegan vegetarian, Asian/Hindu vegetarian, Muslim, Kosher, child meal, baby meal, gluten intolerant, low fat, low salt, low calorie, low lactose and diabetic meals offered by British Airways? I don't work for them by the way.
 
Dieticians and nutritionists are not obsessed with strict low carb the way we are.I was given a diet plan with bread,pasta and potatoes.

Besides, when admitted to the hospital I had bread.
 
A couple of years ago, I travelled BA and ordered the diabetic meal. It consisted of a white roll with chickpeas followed by a muffin!
I wrote to BA politely but disappointedly. I received a thank-you response and a 100 GBP voucher for my next flight (greatly appreciated!).
The next time, I tried again -- and got EXACTLY THE SAME MEAL!!!
 
Dgebuadze2 said:
A couple of years ago, I travelled BA and ordered the diabetic meal. It consisted of a white roll with chickpeas followed by a muffin!
I wrote to BA politely but disappointedly. I received a thank-you response and a 100 GBP voucher for my next flight (greatly appreciated!).
The next time, I tried again -- and got EXACTLY THE SAME MEAL!!!
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They gave you the £100.00 to pay for your own food supply when you fly with BA in future.
 
So not quite inflight, but in the lounge pre flight. This is my go to breakfast......and I know kippers are not to everyone's taste!! - I can. now avoid breakfast on the aircraft.

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Prem51 said:
I think I will opt for the Asian vegetarian option next time, it's probably tastier too.
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Asian vegetarian is yummy, as a rule. As for Low Carb I don't remember, as that wasn't my focal point at the time.
 
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