Kosher Meal

Dinner

Appears that purity/separation from other (potentially non-kosher) food is taken very seriously. See first photo below, the red label lists the meal's contents individually. The tray, itself is as big or bigger than the seat's tray table, and is heavily saran-wrapped. The main course (just above the red label in the first photo) is heavily wrapped and sealed separately from the other items, but within the tray. In other words, can be tough to unwrap the tray and then the main; risk of making a mess is not to be underestimated. Then you have to somehow get rid of a large handful or saran wrap while the flight attendants walk around with the dining cart. In short - the logistics of getting to the food are not ideal.

Now to the food. Appetizer is a sort of spiced potato salad with tuna. Edible. A sort of dense but decent roll (beats the airline standard fare) with non-dairy spread (mixing meat and dairy is a big no-no in the Kosher diet). Main is a "beef casserole" more like a sort of salted roast beef with carrots, sauerkraut and potatoes. Very edible though was not a fan of the potatoes. Dessert was a kind of artificial-tasting cake, which I didn't mind, had a caramel topping. 

Overall, not too shabby. Happy eat again, minus complex logistics of unwrapping the whole thing and worrying about where to throw out saran wrap. A close second to the Hindu meal previously reviewed.

Date of travel: November 2013
Flight: BA 293 - LHR (London Heathrow) - IAD (Washington Dulles)

Hindu Meal

Warning - This is what I believe, a liberal interpretation of what is permissible in a Hindu diet, one could call it a Hindu non-vegetarian meal. Many Hindus do not eat meat or fish of any kind. It appears that CX's definition for this meal is that  beef or pork won't be used but that fish/chicken will be. Folks who are strictly vegetarian or want such an Indian meal should go for the Asian/Hindu vegetarian meal (code AVML) instead.

Dinner

Now down to business...Best airline special meal ordered to date that's been reviewed here. Pause

Was more than edible. Main dish of Fish Jalfrezi, fish was dry (nothing new here), but curry more than serviceable. Airline rice in the middle and on other side, a sort of curried/spiced potato. Soft and pretty flavorful. Standard dinner roll and butter, ditto fruit. Dessert was some kind of Kesari - like thing (a sort of sweet cream of wheat with clarified butter, plenty of sugar and food coloring) pretty tasty, but like most other Indian desserts, a heart attack inducer.

Date of travel: November 2013

Flight: CX 636 - SIN (Singapore) - HKG (Hong Kong)