virgin atlantic meals,better to get veggie??

dazzer68

ive heard that its best to order the vegetarian option of virgin atalntic meals, as its a far better meal. im not a veggie, but usually when im on i plane they get to me and have run out of food and have to end up with akids meal! is that a better thing to do? any one know what a veggie meal would be? thnksx

richardw

Unsurprisingly there is a website for this http://www.airlinemeals.net/specialmeals-vegetarian/VirginAtlantic.html

lfc321

IMO you usually get better food with a veggie meal (I'm talking about VLML). The added bonus is you get it first: I've usually finished before most of the cabin have been served.

neilbond007

Kind of related... used to fly BA quite often at a time when you used to get a free brekkie on European flights. The "healthy" breakfast meant smoked salmon rather than the rather poor English breakfast. So I changed my profile to mirror this.
Didn't fly BA for a while and then booked a trip to New York. Shortly after booking changed my profile to a "normal" meal.
On the flight I was surprised that I still had my special "healthy" meal. My wife got the normal meal.
I forget what the main course was, but the little bit of dessert for me was a pack of raisins and for her a brownie.
Devastated is not the word....

Moonchild

I always go for normal meals, find them far preferable.

Had a steak in economy on Singapore Airlines that was unparralleled for economy class food, whilst a day later a friend flew Qantas to Melbourne having decided to try Asian Vegetarian Meal and got 4 back to back servings of Dahl

My girlfriend has had the Gluton Free Meal on Virgin before, that was actually quite impressive. But you normally get options with 'normal' so to me that means more flexibility.

Lemmy_Caution

I would say that you are better opting for the normal meal. Virgin Atlantic, (and other airlines as well) seem to think that vegetarians are people who don't like to eat cake. They always go overboard on the healthy stuff. Usually there is a veggie option at the time they are handing out the standard meals anyway. When I went to Cuba last year, this option was better than the pre-booked veggie meals.

Blue264

I've been vegetarian since I was a child but I haven't flown with Virgin, so all I can say is that my ex used to get quite envious when I got my veggie meals before him and was often quite envious of the standard of meal I received.
The trick is to clearly state that you are a lacto-ovo vegetarian (there are many degrees of vegetarianism) which simply means that you do have dairy products. I've always found that the lacto-ovo options have been exemplary compared to meat eaters' options particularly with Air New Zealand. I've dined at 4 and 5* hotels that couldn't compete with their menu options.

steveo3002

ive never been impressed with anything they serve up..take some crisps and sandwiches instead

SwissLe

It's true, you will get served first and therefore the best temperature. It also means you won't have your heart set on the chicken option to find they ran out three rows back.

The meals tend to be better quality as vegetables are cheaper than meat, easier to cook and require less handling in order to prevent bacterial growth.

The downside is on most airlines you also go without dairy, so no chocolate cake dessert or cheesecake - normally a fruit salad or something boring!

mrme

I eat meat but always opt for a veggie meal... always warmer as they are served first & I don't trust the quality of the meat its cheap food lets be honest!!

randomtask_2

The only meat meals I've had in economy that I can say are reasonable quality are curries or spicy oriental food. When I've travelled to the Far East and India especially, meal times were actually quite enjoyable.

As for breakfast, anything with eggs is to be avoided - I've heard (albeit unconfirmed) they are made from unsellable discards from farms...