Timmy tours to the Malvinas - utterly horrible food. A boring snack when you're trying to get some sleep, then invariably Lamb Italian a bit later - and a rubber breakfast 3 hours before arrival at ASI. A scotch in th cage, then another horrid meal or two whilst watching 'Chicken Run' or 'Black Rain' for the umpteenth time if the videeoplayer batteries have lasted long enough....
The infamous S1 box -
Not bad when they had the odd sandwich and Walkers crisps - but cr@p nowadays.
Pre-penny pinching days, in-flight at Brize was excellent
Beef Stroganoff was always good, as were the trays of sandwiches (killed off by some health and safety or food hygiene misery-guts). But by the time I left it was baby-puke baguettes and bloody S1 boxes due to the laziness of certain ALMs in 10 ops who weren't capable of phoning through the crew meal order on towline trips.
But the best days were when we used to fly the new crews on their States Trainers. Everyone took turns to do the catering and we dined pretty well on many an occasion - and for a fraction of the cost of using handling agents to provide the food! But no sodding chicken wings thanks - nasty hot greasy little bits of fat and gristle covered in an unpleasant hot sauce!
Best ever was lobster tails followed by filet mignon when flying back from Hawaii...........tell that to the youngsters of today and they won't believe you!
But it's back to Lufthansa business class again on Tuesday; I guess being civilian filth does have some compensations!