I saw this video on Bon Appetit’s YouTube page: Kids Try 100 Years of Airline Food.
I thought it was an entertaining, though somewhat questionable video. The first two “meals” are questionable at best in my opinion. They aren’t really “airline food,” as they were eaten by pioneers, not passengers. And is that really sparkling wine that they’re serving the kids?
The best part of the video is watching the reactions, though. The kids generally react the way you’d expect them to, but sometimes you get some surprising reactions.
What’s not surprising about the video, however, is the quality of the food. As you can see, over time, the quality of food goes down… WAY down in some instances. But then, in 2016, things take a turn for the better. Of course the food also focuses more on being healthy, which the kids don’t like. ?
I haven’t had any airline food in 2016 yet. But, over the past few years I’ve had a couple airline dining experiences. In fact, back in 2013, I had the best airline meal I’ve ever had.
The wife and I were on one of American’s new 77W’s got a flight from LHR to LAX. It’s one of the few times we’ve flown in a long haul premium class cabin. The food was of good quality. I mean, look at that steak! it’s a nice medium/medium-rare! Not perfect, but I’ve had WAY worst on the ground. Of course ever since the boy from US took over, AA’s food quality has gone way down, though it appears to be on the upswing again.
Even back in steerage, I’ve had pretty good food.
This teriyaki meatball meal from Hawaiian Airlines was tasty, fresh, and nicely cooked. My only complaint? The meal was a bit small. Three bite-size meatballs? I was hungry again in about an hour and starving by the time we finally touched down. This was a 5 hour flight, by the way.
I’m interested to see how our (economy class) meals are on Alaska Airlines. Especially since all meals are advertised as being developed by Seattle celebrity chef, Tom Douglas.
What’s your take on airline food? I’m sure many of you have had far better stuff on flights than I have.
Where are we headed? Best case, astronaut food. Here’s your tube of key lime pie!
More likely it’ll be BYOF. Imagine the plane filled with the smells of an airport food court, plus the Kimchi and cheeses some will brown bag in.
Hah! I think that would even be welcome.
I know BYOF is already pretty common out of HNL on flights not operated by Hawaiian, but we’ll see. AA and DL are bringing back complimentary meals on some of their farther flights from HNL. That is a consideration too, though, the types of foods others will bring along with the smell. I think something you’ll likely see as a BYOF out of HNL is a Zippy’s Zip Pac; basically a container full of rice, assorted griddled or deep fried meats, and pickled Japanese radish.