What was your most memorable in-flight meal?

[claytw]

My most memorable both involve Vegemite.

Once in Qantas J on way back from China after 3 weeks of rice and noodles, the hosty made me a vegemite sandwich and it was great.

Another trip to US I think, again QF J, on way home after a few weeks without, I asked for a vegemite sandwich... she went off and came back and said THERE WAS NO VEGEMITE ON THE PLANE...A QANTAS PLANE!!

I only ever crave Vegemite when I can't have it. I've learnt to pocket little vegemite portion control serves wherever I am in OZ (Q lounge sometimes). I ration and so for my upcoming 30 day trip I have 4 serves, so far. One toast and Vegemite a week while I'm away, should keep the cravings at bay.

 

[DejaBrew]

I've learnt to pocket little vegemite portion control serves wherever I am in OZ (Q lounge sometimes). I ration and so for my upcoming 30 day trip I have 4 serves, so far. One toast and Vegemite a week while I'm away, should keep the cravings at bay.

4 portion control serves = 1 toast and Vegemite per week for 4 weeks?? Your maths doesn’t add up there. That’s barely enough for 1 toast and Vegemite!!

Now, back OT before I derail this thread into another Vegemite portion size debate!

 

[Janflyer]

Back in 2002, I flew Nepal Airlines from Bangkok to Kathmandu in Y. The meal came on one of those old style molded trays with spaces for bread, salad, an entree, a main meal, a dessert and the extras (salt, pepper, butter, etc). The tray was bigger than the drop-down table and every part of the meal was truly excellent.
The service was "different". The meal trays were practically thrown at you and this was followed a few minutes later by the wine service. Offered a choice of a red or white wine, a bottle of each of which the flight attendant was carrying. I opted for the white wine and held up my glass, thinking she would reach the bottle over the passenger next to me to pour the wine, but instead, she sort of jerked the bottle towards me, whilst hitting the bottom of the bottle with her hand. The wine came flying out of the bottle and I had to catch it in my glass. I managed to catch most of it. It remains the most hilarious service I've ever experienced.

 

[flyingfan]

I was trying to remember a humble story about a meal but couldn't - I wish I could say my most memorable meal was a simple mushy mess in Y, memorable only because it was my first ever flight or first flight alone or coming home after being desperately homesick, but honestly I can't remember them, and those trips weren't about the meal at all.

My submission is the below chilli pasta dish on QF F on my honeymoon - it's the first time +1 had been in F, and it's important to give her a taste of the good life so she tolerates my hobby

I've had tastier, better-plated meals (on EK, SQ and MH) but apart from satay on the latter two I don't really remember what they were, so they're less memorable.

 

[markis10]

Lobster for breakfast on SQ into BNE after I couldn’t eat it for dinner the night before, on a lifemiles redemption in the good old days

 

[chillbaby]

To be honest not a lot of memorable meals although a couple stick out:

1. My wife and I flying first class Cathay on 747 approx 2007 from Haneda to HK. We were the only 2 passengers in the cabin so obviously the service was amazing along with the food. When they found it it was my wifes birthday she ended up with a card signed by all the crew, all (?) the crew sang happy birthday, the Captain came over and a LOT of merchandise. Very special
2. I love any long haul Asiana business/first and the Korean banquet is pretty special. JAL have similar (Japanese banquet) although not quite as nice

 

[Pushka]

Christmas Day 2014 ADL-SYD-CHC with Qantas in J. The ADL lounge menu had already reduced in quality and variety, so I was looking forward to the inflight meal and SYD lounge. While SYD lounge was a marked improvement on ADL, mostly because of the timing of the flight it had been picked over. I ate sparingly thinking Qantas would have something special as the inflight evening meal. The only offering was a quinoa salad. Yes, I probably should eat more of these however having missed a special Christmas breakfast and lunch I was not enthused with the menu. Arrival in CHC was too late to get a meal.

We did the same thing in Melb F waiting for a flight to Bali. In J. We will eat on the plane. Bad bad move. The offering was a horrible corn beef sandwich.

 

[Verbal]

Uncle Chin's Chicken Rice on (Thai) Air Asia about a decade ago.

Was living in London and flew to coughet for a stag-do, flew SQ LHR-SIN and then took a cheap Air Asia flight to coughet.

Having been living in London for a few years, I hadn't eaten much Chinese food so the airline meal blew my mind away. Later I did factor in that I had to make a quick connection at SIN and I was starving when I boarded the Air Asia flight so anything would've tasted great at the time.

Flew Air Asia again a few years later and advanced purchased the chicken rice in full anticipation of another culinary masterpiece. Sadly I was brought back down to earth (figuratively speaking) with an average airline meal that wasn't worth mentioning ever again. Did spend a week in Malaysia at that time, so I did have a good baseline benchmark to compare against and it did spoil my memory of that first Air Asia chicken rice experience.

 

[jastel]

I only ever crave Vegemite when I can't have it. I've learnt to pocket little vegemite portion control serves wherever I am in OZ (Q lounge sometimes). I ration and so for my upcoming 30 day trip I have 4 serves, so far. One toast and Vegemite a week while I'm away, should keep the cravings at bay.

I have done that, but my trips are usually a month or so and I eat them too quick. A few tours I have been on someone will always have a toothpaste tube of vegemite to borrow a bit. I hear other people say that they had some and it was confiscated by customs a lot as well.

You cant even get real jam in USA, just plastic looking stuff. Some of their peanut butter is pretty ordinary as well...I would end up taking my own food...so I take nothing and just eat what's there.

When back in Oz, its usually a vegemite sanga, Burger Rings, Cherry Ripe and Ice Break I have on my first day back because I missed them...(not all at once)