[norbert2008]

I have been wondering recently about salad on planes. Is it now just a cost cutting move or does anyone remember a really good salad? And as for soup I had it once in Euro Business class on Alitlia once (80’s) is it a good idea for euro biz?

[DavidSmith2]

When I see the food options on a flight, my first thought is how it will look when splattered down my shirt-front and tie. So soup and spag bol are usually off the menu. I think I was given soup on a flight in the last year or so, which suggests it was BA, but maybe I just dreamed that?

In almost all cases, whether short/long haul, business/economy, the salad seems to have become simply a way of filling some space on the tray at the cost of around 10p. It’s rather like the half tomato and piece of watercress on a Beefeater meal from the 1980s – adds colour and fills the plate but you’re not expected to actually eat it!

[cwoodward]

Do people still don a tie on aircraft – it seems that they do.

I have had excellent soups and salads on Asian airlines and with Qantas and Air NZ.

[esselle]

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Same on SQ in F and AF in La Premiere. Delish.

[AlanOrton1]

Definitely had soup in J before. Qatar springs to mind.

Domestic F in US would often have a salad option as the other choice to a hot meat based meal (to which you sometimes had the option to add chicken or prawn to).

So wouldn’t agree it’s necessarily a cost cutting measure.

[GivingupBA]

I won’t be surprised if airlines find it more difficult, and expensive, to serve soup or salad in economy class. (Business class is different in my opinion – it will be served there, and salad at least is always served when I take business class long haul).

[Inquisitive]

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Good airlines like SQ serve good salads even in economy class.
These are securely packed in plastic bowl and there is no issue to have that with a fork without any mess.

In business class, I had many excellent salads and soups in SQ, BA (earlier) and United.

[LetsFlyNow]

Just occured to me that there was actually no soup option on the recent flights i’ve had in business class on LH, EK, KL & AF in last 2yrs (even before Covid). Not even on longer flights like ZRH/FRA-GRU. Just a tiny salad.
The last soup i had was in BA F.
I find myself eating more in lounges as i find food on flights rather disappointing. Though i found food on AF surprisingly good of late.

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[nevereconomy]

I had some nice F soups on BA -Qantas too, but sometimes not so hot as they use flasks. SQ and CX I seem to remember had nice Asian soups. Salads I usually avoid as I like my own versions and mostly on the plane they are not up to much, no matter what class – the BA salads offered as main meals were horrible.

[IanFromHKG]

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People have been rude for years about CX’s catering but the one thing I thought they always did really well was the salad

I seem to recall rferguson commenting years ago in a thread about choices of first course and commenting that CX had it right by having no choice because it was *always* a really nice salad. And (as in so many other things) he was spot on.

[canucklad]

Soup for me is a no go , never mind a mile up in the air but also staying at hotels . Absolutely nothing compares to proper chunky home made soup like your mum used to make.

On the other hand , Salad can be a joy if airlines use imagination, fresh ingredients and most importantly of all maintain crunchability!!!

Too many airlines use salad as a insipid soggy space filler that inevitably gets left or used to create a roll filling for later on. the exception being Air Canada who back in the day served up a great Caesars . The secret to success is the management of the tomatoes !!

[esselle]

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Are you saying AC put tomatoes in their Caeser salad?

[lostantipod]

I often order the soup on long haul with QR or EY – usually very good and because I am mindful of keeping my fluids up. Which I then destroy with another glass of wine 😉

[IanFromHKG]

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Sounds like a perfectly balanced diet! lol

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