Anyone who flies with any regularity knows of the abomination that is the midflight meal: rubbery chicken, iceberg lettuce “salad,” and we won’t even start on what passes as dessert (come on, couldn’t you just give me a decent brownie and call it a day?).
Now Aun of Chubby Hubby has taken a stab at redesigning the in-flight meal:
I simply don’t understand why airlines can’t serve good, simple meals to passengers (and I’m speaking about us folks who fly cattle class most of the time). I appreciate (1) the need to manage food costs; (2) that the dishes served need to be refrigerated and then served either cold or reheated; and (3) the combinations chosen need to appeal to as wide a demographic audience as possible.
His take on a decent airline meal? “[A]ll I really want to eat,” he explains, “is something simple, comforting and ideally palatable … give [customers] something classic, something simple, and something that will make them happy.” He proposes the following:
1. UCC dark roast Espresso
2. Kirin Melon Cream Soda
3. The Laughing Cow Cheese Dippers
4. Satsuraku Coffee Jelly, served with a cream syrup
5. Chicken à la King served with steamed rice
6. Potato Salad à la Harumi Kurihara
There’s even a photo of the meal on his blog. If some airline doesn’t steal his menu and quick, they don’t know what’s good for them.
What airline food?? The only meals I’ve gotten on a plane in the last 7 years have been when I flew to London. Doritos, peanuts or pretzels are not food and that’s all I’ve seen on 5 hour cross country flights.