Originally Posted by
meleagertoo
I tnhink it fair to say that "michelin quality food or close to it" is about as far from reality as it is possible to get.
Maybe not - I got bumped to first class on a flight from Seattle to London about 35 years ago (Pan Am 747). The meal service was simply stunning - a full blown seven course dinner. Made to order green salad, caviar (first and only time I've ever had it - decided I wasn't missing anything), I think there was a choice of eight different main course entries (one was prime rib - they wheeled the roast out on a trolley, you pointed at the cut you wanted and they sliced and served it to you).
The seats were mediocre compared to today's fancy lie-flat, and of course IFE was a pull down movie screen in the front of the cabin, but the meal service was pretty darned good.