I try to upgrade to J whenever possible for the transcon flights to/from PER, but don't seem to have much luck with the J menu lunch or dinner menu! I'm not normally a particularly fussy eater, and there was always usually at least a pasta and/or beef/chicken/lamb main to choose from, but alas I seem to keep getting the same menu - if someone had sat down to make a less appealing (to me) menu, they couldn't have done a better job - almost completely made up of things I either can't eat or can't stand
. Our Tuesday evening departure from MEL ended up being delayed by about 90 minutes and I was really looking forward to getting into The Business, then checked out the menu and went "oh %^$&$, not again".
Starters - Prosciutto or tomato soup (absolute YUK to both, can't stand either of these)
Main - Duck curry or spiced cauliflower salad (can't eat curry of any kind, or most spiced foods - they simply don't agree with me, and that's NOT good on a flight!). Ocean trout was on the menu - not a fan of trout, but would have had it if there was nothing else - but it wasn't available.
Dessert - Cheese platter (the only cheese I ever eat - or like - is some grated cheddar on the occasional sandwich or wrap - ok, I'm pretty basic in my food preferences, so shoot me!) or passionfruit panna cotta (way too rich for me, and like the curry etc would NOT have been a good idea).
Thankfully, as they only had two choices of main and J was completely full, they were also offering oyster chicken with rice and vegetables or penne pesto pasta which I assume were the Y meals (?), so I very gratefully went for the chicken which was quite nice. And the nice young lass looking after me in J brought me some Lindt chocolate for dessert
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What a tale of woe - and first world problems of course! I've given feedback in VA surveys that the return of at least one "plainer" choice on the menu would be very welcome.
ETA: Oh, and I don't drink alcohol either, so couldn't even drown my sorrows LOL.