AC Food & Beverage - Business Class - International (Jul 2021 - ???)
Sep 8, 2023, 8:16 am
#1111
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Sep 10, 2023, 1:02 am
#1112
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Your post is confusing given service delivery sequence. Your meal is delivered from a meal cart and the "topper" with wine choices is right on top (alternative beverages on request). First wine offering. The trolley with wine and bread comes around a second time to pick up appetizer dishes prior to plating. Second wine offering. And other top-ops provided proactively or on request. Doesn't make sense.
I did flag someone down later to get a glass of wine, but surely someone should ask if you want something when 2 people come by and you have an empty wine glass sitting there. To be fair, they did offer drinks with desser.
Sep 10, 2023, 10:19 pm
#1115
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Sep 12, 2023, 4:29 am
#1117
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Here is what appeared to happen. My meal seemed to come right from the galley (special meal request) not off the normal cart. I had an empty wine glass on my table, but nothing offered. THen they came by and asked if I wanted bread…I replied no and they immediately went down the aisle to the next row of people . Same empty wine glass on table. No one offered a refill.
I did flag someone down later to get a glass of wine, but surely someone should ask if you want something when 2 people come by and you have an empty wine glass sitting there. To be fair, they did offer drinks with desser.
I did flag someone down later to get a glass of wine, but surely someone should ask if you want something when 2 people come by and you have an empty wine glass sitting there. To be fair, they did offer drinks with desser.
Sep 13, 2023, 6:23 am
#1118
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Usual smoked salmon. As someone who does not like potato salad, this version is nice.
Delighted to see the sea bass back on rotation on this flight. No second bread serving with the main course.
Sep 15, 2023, 6:45 pm
#1119
Join Date: Nov 2006
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AMS-YUL. Phone was stowed in the overhead bin so no photos, but the shrimp appetizer was nice, and I enjoyed a decent salmon main, not overcooked. SDs and FAs need a little customer relations training though, no intro and bare minimum interaction on a day flight.
Sep 17, 2023, 8:53 pm
#1121
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Anyone else have that weird prawn and pineapple appetizer? It's apparently a Hawksworth effort. It came with red cocktail sauce (in a little plastic tub, but the only thing on the plate that had real flavor) and a green, creamy sauce identified as guacamole. Quite a poor effort, both in presentation as well as in taste.
Sep 18, 2023, 1:54 am
#1122
Join Date: Feb 2023
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Anyone else have that weird prawn and pineapple appetizer? It's apparently a Hawksworth effort. It came with red cocktail sauce (in a little plastic tub, but the only thing on the plate that had real flavor) and a green, creamy sauce identified as guacamole. Quite a poor effort, both in presentation as well as in taste.
Both of us liked the concept but neither the presentation nor the delivery.
We are going to try a version when we get home. We will grill the pineapple on the bbq, use some sweet Thai chilli sauce with ponzu and ignore the so called guacamole.
The beef was pretty good. The cod was cold and not that pleasant.
Sep 18, 2023, 6:05 am
#1124
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Anyone else have that weird prawn and pineapple appetizer? It's apparently a Hawksworth effort. It came with red cocktail sauce (in a little plastic tub, but the only thing on the plate that had real flavor) and a green, creamy sauce identified as guacamole. Quite a poor effort, both in presentation as well as in taste.
Sep 18, 2023, 6:49 am
#1125
Join Date: Jan 2015
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Not having seen it, likely some form of ceviche. Seafood has often as been seen as a higher class appetizer. Whether it actually lives up to that reputation is another story. I mean if you look at it, the most commonly known version is usually a shrimp cocktail. Not necessarily a good thing, but something to keep certain customers happy.