Spring 2011 Upper Class Menu UK-USA

OUTBOUND

Starters
Oak smoked Scottish salmon fillet with Tabouleh, tomato and herb dressing, pea shoots and shiso cress
Watercress and potato soup with spring onion creme fraiche

Main Courses
Pork loin topped with glazed apple and Somerset cider sauce, course grain mustard mashed potatoes, Savoy cabbage and red onion
Pan seared cod fillet with salsa verde, buttered new potatoes, carrot ribbons and fresh asparagus
Fresh macaroni, sauteed wild mushrooms and baby spinach bound in mascarpone sauce with a cashew nut, feta and breadcrumb top

Light Bites (VS 7, 17, 19, 23, 43 only)
Mini beef burger with cheese and a bloody Mary relish
Green salad with spring onions, pea shoots, flaked almonds and extra virgin olive oil
Mini sushi selection box

Desserts
Apple and blackberry steamed sponge pudding with cinnamon creme Anglaise
New York style baked chocolate marble cheesecake with cherry compote

Cheese
Wensleydale with cranberries
Sussex Blue
Somerset camembert

Afternoon Tea (Not VS 17)
Selection of sandwiches - chicken and salad, bacon, lettuce and tomato or egg and cress
Sultana scone with jam and clotted cream
Cupcakes - chocolate brownie, cranberry and orange or lemon


INBOUND

Starters
Grilled chicken take-out style salad with tandoori Caesar dressing
Butternut squash soup with spiced creme fraiche

Main Courses
Steak and mushroom pie with mashed potato, green beans and pear tomatoes
Wild Alaskan whitefish and langoustine lobster with sherry cream sauce and spinach fettuccini
Cheese filled tortellini pasta with minted pea cream sauce and chilli oil

Desserts
Saigon cinnamon cake with creme Anglaise
Caramel flan with creme Anglaise

Cheese
Derby sage
Krystal cheddar
Gorgonzola picante

Breakfast
Cereal - Cornflakes, Weetabix, Muesli, Special K
Fresh fruit salad with plain yoghurt
Croissant with butter and a selection of preserves
Muesli topped apple muffin
Bacon roll with either tomato ketchup or brown sauce
Scrambled eggs with cream cheese, grilled back bacon, banger sausage, potato hash brown, button mushrooms and cherry tomato (Not VS 2, 6, 10, 12, 18, 22 and 46)


WINES

Champagne and Sparkling
Champagne Pannier Brut
Antech Brut Nature Blanquette de Limoux

White
Spinsanti Pinot Gris - Argentina
Saladini Pilastri Falerio - Italy
Domaine D’Antugnac Chardonnay - France

Red
L’Ostal Cazes Minervois - France
Clava Pinot Noir Coastal Reserve - Chile
Bergerac Chateau Blanquine - France

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[Nottingham Nick]

Thanks, as always, Tink. :X oo)

Nick

Thanks for posting Tinks, been waiting to see what delights I'll get on ma flight to NYC in May. The veggie option don't sound too bad, and as there isn't any other choice for me, that's what i'll have to try :-0 But hey there's always champagne

[buns]

Tinks
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buns

Tinkerbelle - you're the boss!!!

Thanks so much

[Darren Wheeler]

Thank you Tink.

Not overly struck by the pork loin but the fish or mac&cheese looks fine and the wine is tempting too. Might pass on the desserts as one must watch the waistline. :w

Inbound will probably be the soup with the fish again.

Both ways, there is always the cheese plates.

[honey lamb]

Thanks Tinks but in this case :$ :$ :$

...well except perhaps for the caramel flan

Nom!

Thanks Tinks.

Quite impressed with this menu choice

Thanks for that Tinkerbelle -Looks quite good to me - but the proof as they say is in the eating.
When does spring end and summer begin- I am flying in mid June

No Italian red - boo

When does spring end and summer begin- I am flying in mid June

Beginning of June

Thanks for the rapid response - guess I might get an Italian Red yet

Thanks Tinks, looks like a slight improvement.

Let's hope that will continue to expand on the "take-out style" choices, as I get the impression most people prefer that to the usual offerings

Avoid the steak and mushroom pie at all costs, had on Wednesday, it's dire, and whoever thought that cherry tomatoes in gravy was a good idea is an idiot!

I won't ever eat chicken on a VS flight after being poisoned two years ago, and then having that spoil five days of my holiday. So that's out too.

What exactly is langoustine lobster? Is that like saying it's a big shrimp but we're bigging it up!

Isn't tortelleni pasta tautological?

Nice to see nuts making their way back to the menu, so that's another two options off for me.

Can't say I like the sound of a mini sushi box, especially 10 hrs after it could have been loaded.

This is a menu that has me pulling my hair out, it's like VS has reversed in one fell swoop the improvements in dining of late.

At least the pork loin might be eatable, and the Minervois is definitely drinkable.

BTW Tinks, thank you very much for posting!

[Scrooge]

Avoid the steak and mushroom pie at all costs, had on Wednesday, it's dire, and whoever thought that cherry tomatoes in gravy was a good idea is an idiot!

I have to agree with you on that,very bizarre choice. The soup sounds like the normal :$

Other than that, I am thankful there are two more menu changes before we fly in November and of course, even more thankful that the PE menu will probably hold something I will like

Oh, and where is the Lanson? Did I dream up a big splash about this recently?

What exactly is langoustine lobster? Is that like saying it's a big shrimp but we're bigging it up!

LOL ) I couldnt work that one out either? Its either lobster or a big prawn, but at the same time not big enough or small enough to call it either
If its a hybrid shrimp from vietnam i dont wanna know thanks!

Bring on the soup ?|

cheers

alex

[Scrooge]

It's a crab...OMG Virgin's got Crabs :0

It's a crab...OMG Virgin's got Crabs :0

Is this better or worse than BA's bed bugs?? Lol

I note on the inbound menu that the full cooked breakfast is not on the VS46. Does this mean that a cooked breakfast isn't served? Do we not get brekkie on the VS46 from JFK to LHR?

I note on the inbound menu that the full cooked breakfast is not on the VS46. Does this mean that a cooked breakfast isn't served? Do we not get brekkie on the VS46 from JFK to LHR?

Not on the shorter east coast routes, nope. Still have the bacon roll option though, not just the full breakfast, has been like that for quite a while now too!

Thanks for letting me know Alex, appreciated. Just have to have a continental breakfast then I guess. Or we'll just head to the revivals lounge and grab a cooked breakfast in there

[honey lamb]

I note on the inbound menu that the full cooked breakfast is not on the VS46. Does this mean that a cooked breakfast isn't served? Do we not get brekkie on the VS46 from JFK to LHR?

None of the east coast flights to LHR get a cooked breakfast because of the shortness of the flight. The bacon roll is the only option. It's been like that for some time

Thanks for letting me know Alex, appreciated. Just have to have a continental breakfast then I guess. Or we'll just head to the revivals lounge and grab a cooked breakfast in there

Or have both ???

Looks nice - much better than the last lot I had in UC!

I'm on the 45 a week today and the 10 2 weeks later so I will sample as much as I can