Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago.
Why have one breakfast when you can have two…of the same thing? That was my breakfast experience on Aegean this week. Oh yes, and a lot of turkey.
My first flight (the one with the drunk seatmate) took off from Yerevan at 4:45AM…just in time for an early breakfast.
The choices for breakfast in business class were a toasted turkey and cheese sandwich or an omelet filled with turkey. That’s a bid odd, but I ordered the turkey omelet.
It arrived with goat cheese, carrots, and leaks inside. And LOTS of turkey. It was stuffed full of turkey…of the deli counter variety. Quite honestly, the omelet was disappointing. The turkey was overwhelming and yet lacking flavor at the same time. It literally overpowered the taste of every other ingredient.
At least the hot croissant, fruit, and Greek yogurt with honey were nice. It appears that Aegean double caters in Athens, because the butter, preserves, and yogurt were all produced in Greece.
As I stepped onboard my connection, I was hoping for a better breakfast. Instead, the menu was identical. Looking at the menu, it appeared to be a systemwide breakfast menu. That’s great from an efficiency perspective, but unless that is rotated weekly I can see that getting old very fast.
This time, I ordered the turkey toast. It was better, but still just so-so (and I generally like Turkey). Very greasy too. Everything else on the tray was identical.
CONCLUSION
Aegean generally has wonderful food. This time, it wasn’t so great…at least in my opinion. But I look forward to trying Aegean again soon. Generally, they are above average when it comes to in-flight dining.
Not going to lie, that bread on the turkey toast looked pretty good. It almost looks like the sandwich was deep fried! I’m kind of disappointed that both meals fell short on taste.
I was going to say the same thing.
I think Aegean double caters all its flights, given that the turnaround times are so short. Did you not have the option to preorder a meal? Sometimes the meal options are different from the onboard menu. Unfortunately, they don’t always get the preorders right… :-\
Also, what was “leak”ing inside your omelet? ;-p
Leeks are popular in that region, is that what you meant?
Had a very positive experience on my flight from Tel Aviv to Athens last month – had preordered my meal through the website, which had an additional fish option that was not on the printed menu onboard. The flight attendant noted my selection when she was taking dinner orders, and confirmed the meal had been boarded in Athens. I think Matthew mentioned this was a last minute booking so likely outside the pre-order window (I think it closes 48 hours prior to departure).
“and I generally like Turkey”
Ok, but how do you feel about the meat?
“And generally I like Turkey”
*angry Greek noises*
Aegean do cater both outbound and return from Athens and IMO the quality is always excellent. Normally though IMO the inbound and outbound from/to ATH is different and what you experienced should not happen. That said, breakfast options are generally more limited than the rest of the day but I’ve had some really great (for airline food) breakfasts ex. Athens.