V-Flyer

I believe the UC meal changes in September, if so has it already and could somebody please post what it is. With many thanks Linda :X

Had it the other day on my "normal route" and the options were the same as August (and July for that matter!)

The wine list HAS changed though. The Zinfandel (Peachy Canyon) is gone - which is a REAL shame, but there's a nice Napa Sauvignon Blanc now on there which went well with the chicken option.


I'm off again tomorrow, and then back on Tuesday next week - so if it changes, I'll post here. Might even take a photo to save typing

The menu changed in August.

Hmmmm. Really? Stir fry chicken with black bean sauce and jasmine rice, beef thingy with silver onions, and the veggie thing.

Been having that combination since July (we both have)....

preiffer wrote:Hmmmm. Really? Stir fry chicken with black bean sauce and jasmine rice, beef thingy with silver onions, and the veggie thing.

Been having that combination since July (we both have)....

It's changed UK-USA - you've been flying to Shanghai too much.

Yup - just checked. July 12th had exactly the same menu as now - we both had it on the flight out. Granted, the "stir fried chicken" now lists that it is in black bean sauce, but it was back then too.

So - the all important question then Linda : What route are you flying...?

Tinkerbelle, did the wine change for September? The Greek red seems to have gone. The menus from VS3 last week had just 'September 2012' printed in the small print at the bottom, but from what I can work out the food options were unchanged.

Has the system changed from the old 'seasonal' menu rotations?

at240 wrote:Tinkerbelle, did the wine change for September? The Greek red seems to have gone.

Read up a bit

preiffer wrote:The wine list HAS changed though. The Zinfandel (Peachy Canyon) is gone - which is a REAL shame, but there's a nice Napa Sauvignon Blanc now on there which went well with the chicken option.

Options are now:

Lanson Black Label Champagne
St. Supery Napa Sauv. Blanc (2010) USA
Felines Jourdan Picpoul de Pinet (2011) France
Signal Cannon Chenin Blanc (2011) Australia
Paco Garcia Seis Rioja (2010) Spain
La Lision Carmenere Reserva (2010) Chile
Stone The Crows Shiraz/Viognier (2010) Australia

preiffer wrote:Read up a bit

I did -- sorry, I didn't express myself clearly.

OK, so for US routes the food changed in August and the wine in September. Is this a new system? I thought that in the past the menus had a season printed at the bottom and that the wine changes at the same time? Maybe I'm misremembering.

Apparently that system has changed - it's no longer a strictly seasonal menu, and no longer on a 3 month cycle...

I am going to LA on the 3rd October. Was hoping the beef and caramel pud would still be on, unfortunately i don't really drink only the occasional white wine and baileys

Sorry guys, I can't find the menu for UK-USA and vice versa, could someone kindly link to it. Many thanks

Last Friday (31/08/12) to EWR it was:

Somerset Cider and onion Soup
Beetroot cured Salmon

Slow cooked feather steak (fondant potatoes, carrots and onions)
Grilled breast of chicken (gnocchi, spinach and truffle cream)
English pea and mint tortelloni

Apricot-raspberry almond tart
Warm chocolate and salted caramel pudding

Cheese trolley

Graze was:

Sausage and Mash
Coronation Chicken salad
Vegetarian sushi selection

The food on VS18 (02/09/12)

Breakfast - bacon butty, cereals, muffins, pastries and smoothies - juices and tea/coffee

Graze was:

Bourbon cured belly pork
Caesar salad
Philly steak sandwich

Dine was:

Sweetcorn chowder
Salmon rillette

Seared beef sirloin (potato confit, glazed vegetables and red wine sauce)
Pan-roasted chicken breast (truffled mushrooms, crushed red-skin potatoes)
Rolled Lasagne

Lemon and vanilla cheese cake
Warm bread and butter pudding

Cheese trolley

A delicious Napa sauvignon blanc...I also tried a nice Signal cannon Chenin blanc.

Anyone flown upper class from Gatwick to Cancun. Going next June and thinking of upgrading the outbound to uc

horburyflyer wrote:Last Friday (31/08/12)
Grilled breast of chicken (gnocchi, spinach and truffle cream)

Had that the other day.. arrived complete with mushrooms too.. be warned haha!

These are duplicated on the current PVG menu:

Somerset Cider and onion Soup
Beetroot cured Salmon

Slow cooked feather steak (fondant potatoes, carrots and onions)


Apricot-raspberry almond tart
Warm chocolate and salted caramel pudding

horburyflyer wrote:The food on VS18 (02/09/12)

Wow -- the salmon, the chicken, and the puddings are the same as the ones offered in April, unless my memory fails me! :0

Thanks everyone for posting, I hope the menu doesn't change again as all that looks great and I love mushrooms so more the merrier.

Had the shiraz viognier last Thursday 6th Sept with the slow cooked beef, both good.

Starter was the cured salmon (think I had this before?), again good, with the Languedoc, which OK.

On my own experiences this year things are definitely better since they changed the service a few months ago.

The key seems to be that they're moving to food that reheats well.

It was the other half's daughter's first time on VS. She loved the LHR Clubhouse, complaining only that she didn't have enough time there, despite us arriving 3 1/2 hours before the flight and using the super fast Wing entrance. I concur.

However, overall, she has decided she prefers BA F though. Sigh.

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Howard. I do hope you made use of the spa as usual.

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