virgin atlantic meals,better to get veggie??

neilbond007

snowbrow wrote: »

I tend to get a boots meal deal airside and take it on board with me

i do that too
i eat the food on the plane and the boots food is for after 6 hours of the flight. 4 hours after the paltry airline offering when i'm starving again

jackieblack

I sat next to a lady who had booked a vegetarian meal on a Virgin flight about 3 weeks ago, the meals she was given were for a vegan - cabin crew told her it was the same meal for vegan and vegetarian, despite the fact that there was a vegetarian option on the standard meal, so she ended up with no dairy as well as no meat.

She told me that she wished she hadn't booked the special vegetarian meal and just chosen the vegetarian option on the standard meal.

We ended up swapping my daughter's egg and cheese bagel for the fruit salad she was given for breakfast as she was desperate for something more substantial.

jackieblack

Indout96 wrote: »

At last someone who thinks like us :j:j
I really cant believe that people like airline food, we always take sandwiches / cornish pasties ect

I really can't believe that people like cornish pasties!

Indout96

I really can't believe that people like cornish pasties!

Only us snobs :rotfl:and I only like them cold

stoneman

Indout96 wrote: »

Who Me :rotfl:
Not at all, infact from your recent Vegas report we seem to eat at most of the same places over there, I just do not like airplane food (even the smell of it) must just be us.

P.S. Thanks for the pics of the shooting range, something I would really fancy this year - have to just be me though as Kathy will not go

Sorry it wasn't directed at you personally, but reading it back I see how you would think that:D

stoneman

jackieblack wrote: »

I really can't believe that people like cornish pasties!

Being a Devon lad I have to reluctantly profess that I too love [STRIKE]Cornish[/STRIKE] Devon pasties, with lashings of tomato sauce

RachelW1987

Im not fussy at all so i'll eat any airline food and have always enjoyed it. I usually have a bite to eat in the airport and then on the plane. Im a big eater (but a big gym goer so it cancels it out)

SwissLe

Eggs are never much cop on airlines because of the preparation process. They just shrivel up and go hard with too much chilling, microwaving and gradual heating. However they do make up part of the expected breakfast onboard planes so you normally get plastic style scrambled.

I am not a big fan of airline food as I used to be sub-contracted to Alpha and saw the process of it being 'created'. I do eat it, unlike Ginsters food which after a visit to the factory put me off for life

mumofjusttwo

I normally opt for the vegetarian option with Virgin and I think that the reason that you don't get cake etc is that they give you a Vegan meal with no milk etc.

I quite like the curry you get but many times I have had the same meal on the out bound and inbound flight.

Aidenr

As crew for VS at the momment, the veggie special ( pre order ) is a spinach ricotta and the regular veggie option out of the UK is a scilian penne pasta dish.

If you do pre order a veggie ie: VGML / VLML / AVML these meals tend to be the same as can be used for a variety of diatery requests.
These are delivered first, this is due to on some flights there being 30+ pre ordered meals so its always easier for us due to seat specific.
FYI: the normal main meals on most routes at the mo are:
Chicken breast with wedges and veggies with a BBQ sauce
Braised Beef Stroganoff
Penne Pasta
I know that it has mentioned on here loads of time and those who are seasoned travellers will know that with 379 economy passengers on a gatwick flight for example, we dont have 379 chicken meals. there is on average about at a 50%/40% and 10% ratio's on meal choices and to be honest, regardless if we start in the middle,front or back, there is no fair way to deliver the meals to ensure you get first choice.

On another note, without sounding harsh, I have seen a lot lately that people are ordering veggie meals online or through there operater and getting there meals onboard and then disgruntled that they dont like it, or there is no "GU" pud. Although I will always try and get puds or a different meal, if the flight is full this is not always possible.

If you dont want to take your chances on a very busy flight - Orlando/vegas etc then my advise would be to order a kosher meal (KSML). this is normally Salmon or Chicken with rice. You may not get this delivered first like the pre order veggies as they take an extra 20mins to cook ontop of the other meals.

Hope that helps lol

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