On this flight the regular menu for the meal in this ticket class began with an amuse bouche: it was foie gras and small rolled rosemary crackers stuffed with mozzarella. A cloth napkin and real dishes came with the quite elegant meal. The entree (appetizer) was shrimp with roasted zucchini and peppers, a duck and beet risotto and baby spinach served with a tiny sweet little bottle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Preceding this was champagne; wines of Provencal offered along with other beverages for the meal were all served in real glasses. Then came the main course selections: veal osso bucco, a fish dish with basmatti rice in a wonderful sauce along with spinach, and there was also a chicken coconut curry with rice. The lovely crusty rolls were the only thing with gluten.
Dessert was also marvelous for the gluten free diet: sorbets, ice cream, fresh fruit; and I forgot to mention the cheese course: camembert or comte.
So here was my gluten-free special diet tray: plastic everything to eat from, rice crackers, vanilla soy yoghurt, some weird salad of shredded carrots with either chicken or tuna (I never tasted it, because the wonderful guy I married shared his regular meal with me).
The flight attendants brought me the coach meal of fish and rice in a plastic tray of course and gave me dessert. I was also given the foie gras and Paul had grapes and a clementine to share with me. I know that a special diet order usually necessitates one size fits all, so the trays for gluten-free/kosher/halal/vegetarian/vegan/dairy-free/no cholesterol are pre-prepared, one-size-fits-all horrid.
Not blaming the airlines, just saying.... Order the elegant delicious food and pick out what you can eat when in business/first class.
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