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We are on a day flight to US in UC in a few weeks. DS9 can be a picky eater – the usual nonsense about food needing to be segregated and no sauces. Child meals don’t work because they tend to be cheesy pasta or the like. Normally in PE we have to bring our own sushi (yes he eats sushi for some illogical reason)
I will fill him up in the lounge but a full breakfast will only last for a few hours. I really don’t want him to just eat sweets and crisps.
Has anyone flown UC recently – can they adjust the meals to serve the food ultra plain or does it come read dished up?
I last flew UC pre covid and they have a bit of wiggle room, but things may have changed now with COVID and food prep.
You could ask for a few things, perhaps two starters or get him the tiny burgers from the freedom menu (if they still do them) quite plain but tasty.
You could also check the meal booking option and see what they have under the kosher or low fat options, something may appeal to you/him
A fruit salad a la the princess royal?
Our son won’t touch any food on a plane except the wrapped biscuits and chocolate in the Club Kitchen – and he’s 16 now! Our fall back option is to pack a pile of ham sandwiches (no green stuff, of course) – freeze them if it’s a long flight then they’ll still be fresh when he the breakfast wears off!
IIRC VS UC meals are plated up by the CC after they have been heated – they don’t come pre plated – so there is a degree of flexibility in what they can do.
Obviously they can’t remove the sauce from a chicken curry but if a sauce is an additional to a dish it usually comes separaetly anyway.
I would have a word with the member of CC who first appoachs you with the offer of a drink or brings the menu to see what they can do.
there is a sample menu here on the VS website to give you an idea
https://flywith.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/upper-class-cabin-and-seats/food-and-drink-upper-class.html
Well of Virgin’s various available special meals, maybe the fruit platter is the least controversial and would be the best antidote to the sweets and crisps 😀
https://help.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/special-assistance/dietary-requirements.html
At least they don’t have the most mystifying of meal selections found elsewhere, the “bland” meal. I’ve always wondered who would order this, given “bland” isn’t a dietary or religious requirement and most plane food would conform to this, especially down the back end…
Isn’t eating fruit after sweets and crisps piling more sugar on the sugar, salt and fat.
When we travelled to Miami over Christmas the Upper Class meal for kids was popcorn chicken. The overnight return we didn’t eat the main meal but the breakfast was pancakes for the kids.
The snack burger has gone, replaced by a chicken burger.
Outbound adult meal:
Braised pork cheek, cauliflower purée, potato fondant, kale and red wine jus
Roasted fillet of trout, chickpea masala, Gujarati green beans, red pepper pakoras and creamy curry sauce
Vegan spiced cauliflower, spinach and lentil pastry pie, sautéed Lyonnaise potatoes, garden vegetables and herb gravy (ve)Return Adult meals:
Miso roasted chicken and soba noodles with sauteed Asian vegetables, oyster mushroom with a coriander and ginger teriyaki glaze.Tikka spiced seared salmon, black rice, roasted cumin cauliflower, cucumber and tomato raita, red onion and coriander salad with cherry tomatoes
Smoked Gouda mac and cheese, with roasted winter vegetables, sauteed kale and caramelised pearl onions (v)
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Isn’t eating fruit after sweets and crisps piling more sugar on the sugar, salt and fat.
True enough; I was being flippant while at least throwing up a possible suggestion of something they can order, and might eat.
Dietary (and dental) problems are related to, or generated by, everyday habits. In general people worry not nearly enough about their regular habits and far too much about special events – because they stand out in their minds. Doing something weird on the 2 days per year that a child fly, or the fact that they eat easter eggs for breakfast one day per year makes literally no difference. To be honest if your child with a normally decent diet will only eat s**te out of packets on a once or twice per year long-haul plane journey then I wouldn’t worry about it for more than one second.- This reply was modified 55 years, 4 months ago by .
OMG he doesn’t eat fruit apart from out of season raspberries costing about 50p each!
Thank you everyone for your replies. It sounds like they will be able to accommodate his nutritional foibles.
Do we know if they have a way of warming food? He will eat brown rice by the bucket load so I can always bring a packet of the ready-cooked rice as a back-up plan.
The reluctance to let him binge on sugar is because he is more likely to stay awake and annoy the hell out of me and everyone else during the flight. It also plays havoc with his eczema.
If I thought I could get away with it, I bring a family bag of Haribo and tell him to get on with it when he complains about the menu. 🤣
Couple of Wasabi sushi packs in hand luggage to be getting on with?
Never understood the obsession with melted cheese on everything/anything!Do we know if they have a way of warming food? He will eat brown rice by the bucket load so I can always bring a packet of the ready-cooked rice as a back-up plan.
They have an onboard oven – it’s sometimes convection based and sometimes water powered. Microwaveable stuff is never, IME, going to work. You also need a friendly crew member – take snacks for the crew!
If I want to get the UC meal for kids (popcorn chicken would work) – do I need to select a kids meal online? I have tried the Whatsapp Virgin system to ask and it seems to have shut down due to too many people using it.
If I want to get the UC meal for kids (popcorn chicken would work) – do I need to select a kids meal online? I have tried the Whatsapp Virgin system to ask and it seems to have shut down due to too many people using it.
Yes you can select online.
I would send him to economy … then he won’t complain about the Upper class food
Just to update. LHR > MIA. We ordered a kids meal. The little cost centre got popcorn chicken and corn on the cob. I took some homemade sushi rice. The FSM got it plated up for us so my son loved it. The starter was hummus and crudités which was lovely. He received the adult pudding.
Afternoon meal was more problematic. The children’s option was veg – it was a god-awful wrap and rock-hard roll. I ordered the chicken burger meal and gave it to him. I ended up with his option. The crew found me a cheese plate because his original meal was pretty inedible.
The crew also got my son some standard crisps instead of those weird cheesy pretzels.
Selection of snacks is decent but not particularly healthy.
Staff were absolute brilliant with him.
Thanks for the heads up. Will probably bring children’s own unless VS improves before our flight in the summer.
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