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Spring 2010 Premium Economy Menu UK-USA

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 16:30
by Tinkerbelle
OUTBOUND
Salad
Fresh green salad with a light vinaigrette dressing
Main Courses
Braised beef burgundy with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables
Creamy chicken korma with steamed rice and vegetable jalfrezi
Garganelli pasta with arrabiata sauce topped with bell peppers and parmesan
Warm Bread
Crusty white cob or mini malted roll
Dessert
Gu chocolate dessert
Cheese and Biscuits
Croxton Manor mature cheddar with crackers
INBOUND
Starters
Tomato and mozzarella green salad with Italian herb dressing
Main Courses
Seared salmon with lemon and caper sauce served with roasted fingerling potatoes and sliced carrots
Diced chicken breast fricassee with fettuccine and broccoli
Cheese filled tortellini pasta with tomato sauce and parmesan
Warm Bread
Pumpkin roll or pumpernickel bread
Dessert
Strawberry swirl cheesecake
Cheese and Biscuits
Cheddar cheese with crackers
WINES
White
Marques de Caza Airen
Red
Marques de Caza Tempranillo
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Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 16:34
by Kraken
Some of those dishes sound nicer than the UC offerings IMO. Typical VS.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 16:36
by Neil
Originally posted by Kraken
Some of those dishes sound nicer than the UC offerings IMO. Typical VS.
I agree, sounds nice actually, I hope they are as nice when we are flying PE ([n]) in October.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 16:39
by northernhenry
Would these include the LGW/MAN flights ?

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 16:44
by Tinkerbelle
quote:Originally posted by northernhenry
Would these include the LGW/MAN flights ?
Yes LHR/LGW/MAN to the USA and back.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 16:52
by aspence7
Do you have the UC menus from LHR to HKG and SYD?

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 18:10
by Bill S
Think I'm going to ask is anyone in PE wishes to swap meals!
They do sound more appetizing, particularly outbound!

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 18:13
by Nottingham Nick
Many thanks for taking the time to post these menus, Tink.
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Nick

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 18:21
by Tinkerbelle
Thank you Nick for saying 'thank you' - it takes time to copy and type out these menus so it is nice to know that someone appreciates them.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 18:22
by DocRo
Yummy - Gu chocolate dessert -- if I ask very nicely will they bring one to the forward cabin?

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 18:41
by flabound
yes thanks Tinkerbelle- when do these start -it looks like we are flying to MCO the day before Kraken

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 18:41
by s1990
The main courses appeal to me more than the Upper class ones. Did the catering department mix up their menus?!

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 18:43
by Tinkerbelle
Originally posted by flabound
yes thanks Tinkerbelle- when do these start -it looks like we are flying to MCO the day before Kraken
These menus started this week on the 3rd March.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 19:25
by katie666
Thank You from me too Tinkerbelle.
Katie


Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 19:49
by woggles
Ohhh. Can I order one of eveything now please?
Thanx Tinkerbell.[y]
Now have to wait for the home bound leg as we don't return till 1st July.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 19:51
by jilly
Big thanks from me Tinks, especially as my Mum is due to return from MCO next week and doesn't eat cheese of any sort. Hopefully she'll get the salmon but at least now I know to send her off with a sandwich just in case.
Jilly

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 20:00
by slinky09
Thanks Tinks [^]

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 21:39
by aft1981
Thanks Tinks....I should be flying PE at the end of this month, and they do sound good. My only thing is yes, they do sound delicious, but when it arrives and you peel back the tin foil, it's always a tad disappointing (unless you've had many drinks and you will eat anything!). I think it would actually be better if they made the menus sound as dreary as possible, and then when you got your food there is the chance that you might be pleasantly surprised. For example:
Starter: Lettuce (with potential bonus other stuff)
Main: Chicken and a sauce of unspecified nature
Beef with a vegetable of some sort
Something with no meat
Warm Bread: Bread, warmed.
Dessert: Something chocolatey
Cheese & Biscuits: Cheese & biscuit(s)
On a more serious note, one cost cutting/environment saving idea could be to get rid of the menus they give out in PE. Yes, I see the attraction, but realistically, the only choice is chicken or beef, and I'm not sure we need a printed menu for that. One idea (which they could also extend to the whole plane) would be (like they do on the AF A380) would be to have the menus on the IFE. Probably wouldn't be too much trouble to do?

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 22:43
by Scrooge
Originally posted by s1990
The main courses appeal to me more than the Upper class ones. Did the catering department mix up their menus?!
Nope that's pretty normal, for some reason the catering people at VS don't seem to get that people flying in J would like a nice meal, instead they do with the overly fancy stuff that never really works well on a plane.
I mean you have a choice between
A
Braised beef burgundy with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables
Creamy chicken korma with steamed rice and vegetable jalfrezi
Garganelli pasta with arrabiata sauce topped with bell peppers and parmesan
or
B
Braised wilder beast tongue in a poison ivy reduction with creamed turnip
Pan seared Dodo liver with fermented goose eye balls
Pasta made with Jamaican coffee sauce
Of course you are goning to go with A, though I have a strange feeling that the people at VS would grab B in a heart beat.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 22:50
by burkie
I'm flying PE in May (MAN-MCO), they sound delicious.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 22:57
by Scrooge
BTW, more than once when flying in Upper I have requested meals from the PE menu (Sorry PE folks) it is an option that you sometimes have to take.

Posted:
05 Mar 2010, 23:04
by aft1981
Originally posted by Scrooge
I mean you have a choice between
A
Braised beef burgundy with mashed potatoes and seasonal vegetables
Creamy chicken korma with steamed rice and vegetable jalfrezi
Garganelli pasta with arrabiata sauce topped with bell peppers and parmesan
or
B
Braised wilder beast tongue in a poison ivy reduction with creamed turnip
Pan seared Dodo liver with fermented goose eye balls
Pasta made with Jamaican coffee sauce
Of course you are goning to go with A, though I have a strange feeling that the people at VS would grab B in a heart beat.
You're right. The VS people have no clue. Obviously the poison ivy reduction and creamed turnip would be a much better complement to the pan seared dodo liver. Sheesh, who ferments goose eye balls these days?!

Posted:
06 Mar 2010, 00:06
by seany
Thanks for posting Tinks.
I too prefer this menu to the UC one!
I 'll stick to my method of stuffing myself in the CH and just have cheese and biscuits onboard.

Posted:
06 Mar 2010, 07:38
by buns
Tinkerbelle
Grateful thanks [oo][oo]
buns

Posted:
06 Mar 2010, 16:22
by 15isto2
Looks much better than the UC menu