Airplane snacks / food

DullGreyGuy

jimi_man said:

Without lounge access, Wetherspoons is fine, as is Wagamamas. 

The issue with Spoons is mainly the queues, a friend travelled recently and the queue was out the bar and around the corner. Walk 100m down from it and there was another pub with plenty of seating and no queue at all; yes was £1/pint more but you could have a couple of pints in the time it would have taken you to get to the front of the queue at Spoons.

NoodleDoodleMan

In this world you get what you pay for - so provided meals from the major league international carriers are obviously going to be much superior to any offerings from package holiday flight operators.

I presume the OP is talking about short haul flights to the usual sun, sea and sand locations ? 

Many of us will remember the days when TUI (Thomsons as was) and Thomas Cook etc. included a modest meal as part of the deal, since discontinued. For a few years you could opt in to have one by pre-ordering, that's now also stopped AFAIK.

Just pack a snack meal of your choice - I like a roll on ham or cold beef, plus a bag of ready salted crisps.

Vitor

Put down 'Lactose intolerant Kosher' on your dietary requirements, likely to served-first with a specially prepared meal.

Emmia

Pollycat said:

As the OP gives no details of how long the flight is, who it is with or what type of things they like to eat, it's just a 'how long is a piece of string?' question.

If you are going to an EU destination, be aware that you are not allowed to take in any meat or dairy products - and that means the contents of your uneaten sandwich.

We take black and green olives, cornichons, pickled onions, Aldi thins (savoury biscuits) and spread cheese.
Our flights are usually short haul maximum of 4 hours.

How does "spread cheese" not qualify as a dairy product?

la531983

Emmia said:

Pollycat said:

As the OP gives no details of how long the flight is, who it is with or what type of things they like to eat, it's just a 'how long is a piece of string?' question.

If you are going to an EU destination, be aware that you are not allowed to take in any meat or dairy products - and that means the contents of your uneaten sandwich.

We take black and green olives, cornichons, pickled onions, Aldi thins (savoury biscuits) and spread cheese.
Our flights are usually short haul maximum of 4 hours.

How does "spread cheese" not qualify as a dairy product?

I mean, i imagine they eat it before they land....

Emmia

la531983 said:

Emmia said:

Pollycat said:

As the OP gives no details of how long the flight is, who it is with or what type of things they like to eat, it's just a 'how long is a piece of string?' question.

If you are going to an EU destination, be aware that you are not allowed to take in any meat or dairy products - and that means the contents of your uneaten sandwich.

We take black and green olives, cornichons, pickled onions, Aldi thins (savoury biscuits) and spread cheese.
Our flights are usually short haul maximum of 4 hours.

How does "spread cheese" not qualify as a dairy product?

I mean, i imagine they eat it before they land....

On the Eurostar once I saw someone have their homemade cheese sandwich confiscated en route to Brussels.

redpete

Exodi said:

Obviously there are restrictions on liquids so you're somewhat forced to pay £3 for a bottle of water from WHSmith if you get thirsty.

Not forced to buy water. Take a bottle to the airport, empty it before going through security and fill it for free airside at a water station.

strawb_shortcake

I used to love airplane food when I was younger, but guess if I ate the same food as an adult I'd realise it's a rose tinted memory. 

Depending on flight times, we buy a meal deal in the airport which is quite reasonably priced. This year I hear our local airport has had an M&S open so we'll be upgrading from Whsmith meal deals which could be a little lacking. The first time we had a meal deal I hadn't realised that crisp packets swell when you're up in the air

pattycake

On a recent trip I was pulled over at security.  We’ve detected something organic the officer told me.  Oh, that’ll be my sausage roll I said.  Indeed it was, brought from home to eat at the airport.  I also had cheese rolls for the plane.  I refuse to part with money if I can help it!  My empty water bottle gets filled airside.

Pollycat

Emmia said:

Pollycat said:

As the OP gives no details of how long the flight is, who it is with or what type of things they like to eat, it's just a 'how long is a piece of string?' question.

If you are going to an EU destination, be aware that you are not allowed to take in any meat or dairy products - and that means the contents of your uneaten sandwich.

We take black and green olives, cornichons, pickled onions, Aldi thins (savoury biscuits) and spread cheese.
Our flights are usually short haul maximum of 4 hours.

How does "spread cheese" not qualify as a dairy product?

la531983 said:

Emmia said:

Pollycat said:

As the OP gives no details of how long the flight is, who it is with or what type of things they like to eat, it's just a 'how long is a piece of string?' question.

If you are going to an EU destination, be aware that you are not allowed to take in any meat or dairy products - and that means the contents of your uneaten sandwich.

We take black and green olives, cornichons, pickled onions, Aldi thins (savoury biscuits) and spread cheese.
Our flights are usually short haul maximum of 4 hours.

How does "spread cheese" not qualify as a dairy product?

I mean, i imagine they eat it before they land....

Yes.
You imagine correctly.

Of course spread cheese qualifies as a dairy product.
I am aware that I'm not allowed to take in any meat or dairy products - which includes spread cheese.
So... I eat them or leave them in the trash on the plane.
But I was simply warning people who may not be aware.